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A few sunset pics from Rathlin - still going through all of the photos!

The early stages of the painting I am currently working on…

Nice Jay photo from the Cambridge Botanic Gardens a few weeks ago - beautiful bird! More than happy to pose for the shot

Crested Tit, Abernethy Forest, 8 Jan. The best views I've had of this species!

Lots of excitement at RSPB NI Rathlin Island West Light Seabird Centre this week with the best views I've ever had of minke whales

Boat trip around Rathlin Island last night - more puffins, diving gannets and another minke whale!

So glad I got to see this legend before I left Rathlin

Puffins on Rathlin!

My favourite bird on the cliffs - fulmars. So amazing in so many ways

One of my favourite parts about painting on a beach is occasionally looking up and seeing a Ringed Plover running just a few metres away - this one was at mill bay and got more and more tame the longer I spent there

Getting back to some editing... This guy on Rathlin Island was almost too close for my camera!

Missing the Rathlin birds, but at least I've got a few sketchbook pages of them

Same plant, this time at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1 year apart

Trip to Musselburgh yesterday afternoon - got lucky enough to finally see the king eider as well as a drake scaup, a stunning long tailed duck and a LOT of scoters Birding Lothian

Watercolour painting in princes street gardens to avoid exam prep burnout

This afternoon at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with my watercolours and gouache - the Chinese hillside was the perfect place to shelter from the sun and paint

Went on a boat trip this morning with Scottish Seabird Centre around the iconic bass rock. Got lucky enough to get this photo of a chick!