It’s always exciting to see a new bird, and this Reed Bunting was a new sighting for me on my to England in Early 2024. I observed it at Rutland Water Nature Reserve not far from Gladwell & Patterson’s new gallery location in Stamford. It was a very brief sighting, and I only managed to snap a few pictures; fortunately, one of them was a good enough pose to inspire this piece.

I was very taken by the bird’s elegant and subtle color patterns and chose to make highlighting this palette the focus of my study.