This isn’t strictly speaking an Islay post, although I came across it because someone mentioned Islay in a comment to it. I’m not even sure if Rachel has ever been to Islay. Either way, Rachel makes birds from stained glass and I think they look absolutely amazing. The birds include Choughs and Hen Harriers, birds frequently spotted on Islay. If you know your birds you will spot the Chough in her tweet immediately:
For more of Rachel’s work including the already mentioned Hen Harrier and also some Greenland White-fronted Goose head over to Rachel’s website. It is being rebuilt as of writing this, but you can page through two excellent albums of her work.
Just posted on the blog, beautiful art with an Islay link: Rachel’s (@fidhw) stained glass birds new.islayblog.com/2019/09/06/rac…
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Islay… a name to conjure dreams and stories… I have written about it, dreamed about it, mapped migrating birds passing over and wintering there, but never yet seen it myself. One day! (And a lovely blog, thank you (New) IslayBlog.com new.islayblog.com/2019/09/06/rac…