Dipper

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Acrylic on paper, 16 x 20 inches

The River Tweed runs over this weir at the town of Melrose, near my home in the Borders. It is the most reliable place I know to see dippers – I think I have seen one here every single time I have stopped to look.

I liked the contrast between the glassy smooth pool above the weir and the tumbling, bubbling water as the river cascades down through the jumble of rocks. Taking a viewpoint below the weir gave a sense of height and drama to the scene.

While painting the field sketch, a dipper was constantly buzzing around the boulders, occasionally taking what seemed to be suicidal dives into the boiling water, only to bob up like a cork a few seconds later.

 

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  • Redshank
  • Jewels of sunlight
  • Grey wagtail
  • Shallow waters
  • Snow charm
  • Snowy birches and ermine
  • Avocet
  • Moorhen and bulrushes
  • Melting away (snipe)
  • At the waterline
  • Winter fox
  • St Mary’s seals
  • The Gathering
  • Short-eared owl
  • Abernethy Forest pool
  • Redshank alarm
  • Evening pools – wigeon
  • Silver light
  • Aberlady Bay
  • Fishing in the flow tide – Little egret
  • Long-eared owl
  • Shrimping
  • Purple sandpipers
  • Morecambe Bay waders
  • Storm surge – gannets at Bamburgh
  • Sandpiper flight
  • Lindisfarne Bay
  • Heading north – migrating dunlin
  • Redshank
  • Against the light
  • Spring tide
  • Marsh grass
  • Warming up
  • Snow petrel
  • Smiling at the sun (rock martins at Abu Simbel)
  • Salt marsh sentinel
  • Making waves
  • Log pile
  • The sand martin and the jellyfish
  • Humpbacks in the Gerlache Strait
  • Dipper
  • Beachcombers
  • Run-off

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