Nick Derry - Wildlife Artist
Nick Derry - Wildlife Artist
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Wallasea Island RSPB
The ambitious project to create Europe's largest man-made coastal nature reserve in Essex has been followed by SWLA artists since 2012. In the summer of 2017 it was my turn to spend a few days there documenting the abundant wildlife. Here is a selection of fieldwork from those few days.
Above: Looking over the scrapes from the seawall.
Above: Wallasea is now home to a busy colony of Avocets.
Above: Mediterranean Gulls also breed amongst the more numerous Black-headed Gulls.
Above: Corn Buntings are common at Wallasea and it was a pleasure to hear their jangling song.
Above: Common Seals hauled out on the mud.