Description: John Clare Isle of Mull Wildlife Photography Art
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Our South West Mull Makers shop/gallery at Fionnphort is now open for the summer (usually Tue-Sat 2-5pm) and I have my range of books about the local wildlife, history and landscape, numerous notecards, mounted artwork and a new, framed wildlife artwork for sale along with the work of the 9 other artists/craftspeople.
I am working on new artwork and books and am open to commissions for wildlife and book illustrations. I was asked to carry out a tree survey of the Beaton Garden this spring and found this impressive veteran oak coppice (4m across).
In the wildlife garden, all the birds are singing and pairing up and it looks like we will have tawny owls nesting again as well as house sparrow (20+ pairs), starling (we've had a mini-murmuration of 30+ birds over winter), chaffinch, goldfinch, greenfinch, yellowhammer, dunnock, wren, blackbird, song thrush and pheasant. The visiting flock of over 30 rock doves is a constant source of amusement, except when the local pair of sparrowhawks visit. The bluebells and pignut are on the rise and will soon be fl