Blue Tits

I've not been doing as much painting as usual lately sadly but on the upside I have finally been getting back out and about in the mountains - to see what we've been up to pop over to Two Pairs of Boots.

The couple of watercolours I have done have been inspired by watching the birds in the garden at this time of year.  Both of these have been painted from beautiful photos taken by Dave Webb.

© Sharon Whitley 

Feed me, feed me!

© Sharon Whitley

Baby Blue Tits

and here is one of the photos I took of a pair of  adult Blue Tits, one feeding the other in the garden, lovely to see.   

On another note I was dismayed to read about the call for allowing the destruction without license of nests of birds such as robins, starlings and wagtails!!!!  This blog on the subject makes interesting reading and if it's true then I can only fear all the more for the state of our British wildlife - so sad

  The real reason the government is allowing the destruction of robin's eggs and nests

Back in Lakeland

New post on the walking blog, a trip to the Association of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition before heading to the Lake District for a weekend's walking

Two Pairs of Boots - Back in Lakeland

Back in the Fells

I have finally updated the blog I share with Gary Jones, with a post about our recent trip to the Lake District - hope to see you over there!

Two Pairs of Boots