Posts Tagged ‘post card size’
Postcard art- shelducks
Posted in animals, art, tagged art, Benny Thomas, berg eenden, ducks, post card size, shelducks, watercolor on December 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Herons-watercolor
Posted in animals, art, tagged art, Benny Thomas, herons, post card size, reigers, water wading birds, watercolor on September 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
een paar schol eksters- weide vogels
Posted in animals, art, tagged art, Benny Thomas, birds, meadow birds, post card size, private collection, sail needle magpie, schol ekster, the Netherlands birds, watercolor, weide vogels on May 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
a tower-Ireland
Posted in architecture, art, tagged architecture, art, Benny Thomas, post card size, watercolor on May 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Red Crowned Cranes-watercolor
Posted in animals, art, tagged Benny Thomas, cranes, post card size, red crowned cranes, watercolor on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
shells-murex nigritus philippi-watercolor
Posted in art, tagged 2002, Benny Thomas, Californian coast, murex nigritus philippi, post card size, shells, watercolor on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bird-watching for the beginners-sandwich tern
Posted in art, tagged Benny Thomas, birds, nature, post card size, sandwich tern. tern, watercolor on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Latin name
Sterna sandvicensis
Family
Terns (Sternidae)
Overview
The Sandwich tern is a very white tern, with a black cap on its head, a long black bill with a yellow tip and short black legs. In flight it shows grey wedges on its wings tips and it has a short forked tail. In the UK, many of the important colonies survive because they are on nature reserves.
Where to see them
There are colonies of Sandwich terns scattered around the UK coasts including the North Norfolk coast; Minsmere, Suffolk; and Dungeness, Kent.
When to see them
From late March to September.
What they eat
Fish such as sandeels, sprats and whiting.
Estimated numbers
Europe UK breeding* UK wintering* UK passage*
- 12,490 pairs - -
(ack: /www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/)
art-crane series
Posted in art, tagged Benny Thomas, birds, post card size, water color on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
cranes-watercolor
Posted in art, tagged Benny Thomas, birds, pair of cranes, post card size on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whooper Swans- watercolor
Posted in art, tagged Benny Thomas, nature, post card size, watercolor on September 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »









