A sky full of snow

gulls
Originally uploaded by wherethewolvesare.

I pass this field, near Barwick, every morning on my way to work. Every day I count the black-headed and common gulls in this field. Sometimes there's fifty, sometimes there's none. I keep a record in my nature journal, with the hope of eventually finding a pattern. Maybe it's seasonal, maybe it's to do with the weather. Anyway, yesterday there were four.

The sketch was done with watersoluble 8B pencil, and smudged with licked fingers (my son, Nathan, makes a similar looking mess on clean walls). It was good for a sky that looked full of snow. Confirmed when we had our first snow and sleet of the winter later in the day.