Two shots at getting this drake Garganey memorialised before new spring excitements wing their way in (I'm hoping Dotterel next, to continue the whitestripes theme). I played around with some angles on this one with head turned, but actually most of the time I was watching him, he was bang side-on: so I decided to paint him that way and not try to be clever.
Some very intriguing images as he fed his way through the reeds- filed away for another day.
