'Hen Harrier, ‘ring-tail’, Ash Ranges' by Jan Wilczur

Original painting in gouache on paper, 37 x 25 cms, for sale.

This painting is currently on display at The Birdscapes Gallery near Cley, Norfolk. Please contact the Gallery for availability and prices. Tel: 01263 741742.

Ash Ranges is a large area of heathland in Surrey used by the Army, so is inaccessible for most of the year. It is open, however, on certain days such as public holidays and I visited for the first time on Boxing Day 2008, ostensibly to see a wintering Great Grey Shrike. I failed to see the Shrike but enjoyed walking around this wonderful wild area. I found out later a ‘ring-tailed’ Hen Harrier had been there the day after my visit so included it in this painting, imagining its plumage complementing the colours of the heath lit by the early morning sun.

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