The #starlings that have been gathering every night in #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire, since December are dispersing. 😢

From 23,000+ #birds in mid January, last night my estimate was only 2,500+. I'm going to miss them when they're gone.

Here's a #painting I made of them as they explode out of the roost at #sunrise. It's called "Up, up and away!" I hope you like it.

#watercolour & #gouache on paper - 288 x 275mm - £225 - https://janetomlinson.com/artworks/up-up-and-away/

#art #starling #murmuration #birding #birdsinflight

The #starling #murmuration in #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire, made it to ITV News here:
https://itv.com/news/meridian/2023-02-03/tens-of-thousands-of-swooping-starlings-mesmerise-birdwatchers

I'm the madwoman enthusing about them at 57 secs. There's another glimpse of the madwoman at 2mins 38secs. 🤣

Most of all enjoy the spectacle!!!!

#starlings #sturnusVulgaris

I've just finished this #painting "#Starling Skyfall"- that moment when they tumble from the sky into their roost.

It's a great big eyeful of biff-bang-pow colour & you can thank Ukrainian folk artist Maria #Prymachenko for that! I hope that someone out there will appreciate the wild zingy colours at the greyest time of year.

(Size 238 x 334mm - gouache on paper - £200). It's not on my website yet so if you're interested msg me

#eynsham #murmuration #starlings #sturnusVulgaris #oxfordshire

Another #starling #painting is on the way, with a nod to #Ukrainian artist #Prymachenko.

Last night's #murmuration in #Eynsham #Oxfordshire was one of the best we'd seen (& we've been out every night for wks). 23,000 to 30,000 #birds. They were freaked by a sparrowhawk & shapeshifted for 20+ mins!

Last night we were joined by an ITV News Meridian film crew for which I did a vox pop (I may not make the edit), to be broadcast Thurs or Frid this wk at 6pm (Thames Valley region).

#workinprogress

New #painting! "The Sun, the Moon & the #Starlings" is view of the #starling #murmuration currently showing so well in #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire.
23,000 birds there on Wednesday!

I am now addicted to starlings & can't resist going out to see them every evening.

This pic is not on my website yet, so msg me if you're interested.
#watercolour - 325x240mm - £200

#birding

As it was too foggy to see the #starlings #murmurate over #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire, yesterday afternoon, I thought that instead I would make a #painting of the clouds of birds swirling through the apricot evening sky. And it's turned out pretty well! The colours are very soft and subtle.

"Eynsham murmuration" - watercolour - 250 x 250mm.

I only finished this painting just now, so it's not on my website yet. If you're interested in it, message me. It's £165.

#birding #sunset #sturnusvulgaris

Too foggy for #starling-watching today, so I thought I'd make a small #painting of some swirling over the skies of #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire.

#workInProgress
#murmuration #starlings #birding #sunset #sturnusVulgaris

We've been watching 1000s of #starlings gather, #murmurate &roost every evening in the nearby village of #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire all week. And my #art seems to have entered another #starling phase, as it frequently does in winter. This one - finished & sold yesterday - is called "All the colours of a starling".

If you like it, pls #FollowMe. I #followBack.🙏

#SturnusVulgaris #birding #AYearForArt #art #Mastoart #artistonMastodon #MastoArt #CreativeToots #art #painting #MastodonArt