The ‘Umble Sparrer (Sparrow) - Cameos of Birdlife #8
sparrow song
under the eaves ...
coming home
The ‘Umble Sparrer (Sparrow)
Carry Akroyd (born 1953)
Artists Inspired by Nature - Carry Akroyd (born 1953)
Carry Akroyd is a painter-printmaker whose images examine the relationship between humans, landscape and wildlife. Her representations of contemporary agriculture, botany and birds concentrate on colour, shape and balance.
A Song Thrush Sings
A Song Thrush Sings - Cameos of Birdlife #4
It’s early morning. Still dark. A pale moon hangs in the sky as the pre-dawn light rims the nearby mountains. A Buzzard mews; an owl hoots from the nearby woods. As the garden trees take shape a Song Thrush breaks into song - hesitantly at first; but then full and vibrant - lost in its own joy of singing ...
The Cry of a Gull
The Cry of a Gull - Cameos of Birdlife #6
I woke to the cry of a passing seagull - his call tossed about in the gusty wind - ‘flee, flee Jack, flee’1. For a moment I am a child again, at the seaside, in Cornwall. Gulls calling all around. But here in the foothills of Snowdonia we are more used to hearing the throaty ‘kronk’‘kronk’ of Raven and the ‘mewling’ of Buzzard. Perhaps I was dreaming ...
A Chaffinch Calling
A Chaffinch Calling - Cameos of Birdlife #7
first light a chaffinch calling from the cherry
