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I started drawing in 2008 to illustrate the Ayrshire Bird Report. This page represents several of my pencil drawings completed so far. Many of my drawings have featured in various publications including The Birds of London by Andrew Self (Helm/Bloomsbury 2014).

 

 

Marsh Frog drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Marsh Frog  (Pelophylax ridibundus) 

Heart Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura cordigera) drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Heart Longhorn Beetle  (Stictoleptura cordigera) 

Privet Hawk-moth drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Privet Hawk-moth  (Sphinx ligustri)  

Buff-tip moth drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Buff-tip  (Phalera bucephala) 

Angles Shades drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Jersey Tiger  (Euplagia quadripunctaria) 

Angles Shades drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Angle Shades  (Phlogophora meticulosa)

Poplar Hawk-moth drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Poplar Hawk-moth  (Laothoe populi)

Beautiful Hook-tip drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Beautiful Hook-tip  (Laspeyria flexula)

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper  (Chorthippus albomarginatus)

Earthling Stone Grasshopper drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Earthling Stone Grasshopper  (Euryparyphes terrulentus)

Wartbiter drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Wart-biter  (Decticus verrucivorus)

Roesel's Bush-cricket drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Roesel's Bush-cricket  (Metrioptera roeselii)

Collared Pratincole drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Collared Pratincole  (Glareola pratincola)

Long-tailed Duck drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Eurasian Jay  (Garrulus glandarius)

Long-tailed Duck drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Long-tailed Duck  (Clangula hyemalis)

Cream-coloured Courser drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Cream-coloured Courser  (Cursorius cursor)

Kentish Plover drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Kentish Plover  (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Black-crowned Night Heron drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Black-crowned Night Heron  (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Goldeneye at Hogganfield Loch drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Goldeneye  (Bucephala clangula)

Eurasian Cranes courtship dance in Sweden drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Eurasian Cranes  (Grus grus)

Short-eared Owls at RSPB Rainham Marshes drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Short-eared Owl  (Asio flammeus)

                   Yellow-crowned Night Heron drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

 

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (Nyctanassa violacea)

Red Kite drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Red Kite  (Milvus milvus)

 

 

Kestrel drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Kestrel  (Falco tinnunculus)

 

 

 

 

 Sanderling drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Sanderling  (Calidris alba)

 

 

 

Nuthatch drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Nuthatch  (Sitta europaea)

Goosander drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Goosander  (Mergus merganser)

 

 

Goldeneye drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Goldeneye  (Bucephala clangula)

 

 

 

House Sparrow drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

House Sparrow  (Passer domesticus)

 

 

 

Great Cormorant drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Great Cormorant  (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Mute Swan drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Mute Swan  (Cygnus olor)

 

 

 

Northern Lapwing drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Northern Lapwing  (Vanellus vanellus)

 

 

 

Mallard drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Mallard  (Anas platyrhynchos) 

Blue Tit drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Blue Tit  (Cyanistes caeruleus)

 

 

 

 

 

 Great Tit drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Great Tit  (Parus major) 

 

 

 

 

 Willow Tit drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Willow Tit  (Poecile montanus)

 

 

 Dunlin drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Dunlin  (Calidris alpina)

 Common Shelduck drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Shelduck  (Tadorna tadorna)

 

 

Little Egret drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Little Egret  (Egretta garzetta

 

 

 Little Grebe drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Little Grebe  (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

 

 

 

 

Ring-necked Parakeet drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Ring-necked Parakeet  (Psittacula krameri

 

 

 

 

 Tree Sparrow drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Tree Sparrow  (Passer montanus)

 

 

 

 

Common Eider drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Eider  (Somateria mollissima)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 European Starling drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

European Starling  (Sturnus vulgaris)

 

 

 

 

 

Great Crested Grebes drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Great Crested Grebes  (Podiceps cristatus)

 

 

 

 

 Atlantic Puffin drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Atlantic Puffin  (Fratercula arctica)

 

Tawny Owl drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Tawny Owl  (Strix aluco)

 

 

 Northern Shoveler drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Northern Shoveler  (Anas clypeata)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whooper Swan drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Whooper Swan  (Cygnus cygnus)

 

 

 

 

 Ruddy Turnstone drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Ruddy Turnstone  (Arenaria interpres)

 

 

 

Mandarin Duck drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Mandarin Duck  (Aix galericulata)

 

 

 

 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (Tryngites subruficollis)

 

 

Common Gull drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Gull (Larus canus)

 

 

 Tufted Duck drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Tufted Duck  (Aythya fuligula)

 

 

Grey Heron drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Grey Heron  (Ardea cinerea)

 

 

 

 Bohemian Waxwing drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Bohemian Waxwing  (Bombycilla garrulus)

 

 

 

 

Eurasian Wigeon drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Eurasian Wigeon  (Anas penelope)

 

 

 Stonechat drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Stonechat  (Saxicola torquatus)

 

 

Grey Heron drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Grey Heron  (Ardea cinerea)

 

 

 

 Stonechat drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Hoopoe  (Upupa epops)

 

 

Common Blackbird drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Blackbird  (Turdus merula)

 

 

 

 Green Heron drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Green Heron  (Butorides virescens)

 

 

Northern Shoveler drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Northern Shoveler  (Anas clypeata

 

 

 

 Common Tern drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Tern  (Sterna hirundo)

 

 

Greylag Goose drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Greylag Goose  (Anser anser)

 

 

 Green Woodpecker drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Green Woodpecker  (Picus viridis)

 

Feral Pigeon drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Feral Pigeon  (Columba livia)

 

 

 

 

 Mediterranean Gull drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Mediterranean Gull  (Larus melanocephalus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Snipe drawing © Fraser Simpson  

 

 

Common Snipe  (Gallinago gallinago)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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