September 1st 2008
Arctic tern
pencil/watercolour 38x56cm
Still a few Arctic terns at Norby beach including some juveniles. Possibly birds from from further north. Sadly don't get the numbers at Norby that were there 10 years ago, used to be up to 1000 birds loafing on the beach in August and early September prior to heading south. Lucky if there are 100 these days. This bird was painted in the early morning the water highlighted bright yellow.