Robert Vaughan
Irish Wildlife Artist & Illustrator
I am an Irish free-lance artist and illustrator who has recently moved to Donegal from Dublin. I have been watching and enjoying birds and wildlife for as long as I can remember. Encouraged by the Tolka Branch of Birdwatch Ireland, which I joined when I was 7, I began to combine my love of art and bird watching. But it took a few years of further encouragement by Eric Dempsey before I began drawing in the field, something I hope to spend more time doing in the future.
In 2012, I went back to college and studied Illustration in Ballyfermot Institute of Further Education completing a higher national diploma.
I am currently working on books, logos and commercial illustrations, as well as private commisions.
I have been very fortunate to combine my love of birds and travel, visiting far flung locations in search of beautiful and rare birds and mammals. But my main passion remains birds of Ireland, all the species that have and could occur.
Publications & Portfolio
2024
NATURE BOY BOOK
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Written by Seán Ronayne,
Hachette Ireland Publisher
2024
ILLUSTRATED INFO BOARD
Fanad Lighthouse, Teach Solais Fhánada, Co. Donegal.
Illustrations: Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2024
CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS
Body Soap Collections | Packaging Design
The Donegal Natural Soaps Company
Illustrations: Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2023
CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS
Guest Soap Sleave Collections | Packaging Design
The Donegal Natural Soaps Company
Illustrations: Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2023
SEABIRDS COUNT
A census of breeding seabirds
in Britain and Ireland (2015–2021)
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Lynx Nature Books Publishers
2022
BALLYHEIRNAN BEACH MAP INFO BOARD
Fanad Coastal Group, Co. Donegal Ireland
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
ILLUSTRATED FLYERS
Celebrating Ireland’s Meadows
National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
ILLUSTRATED FLYERS
Car Park for Pollinators
National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
ILLUSTRATED FLYERS
Resident’s Associations Actions for Pollinators
National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS
Loofah Soap Collections | Packaging Design
The Donegal Natural Soaps Company
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
CUSTOM ILLUSTRATIONS
Gift box | Packaging Design
The Donegal Natural Soaps Company
Illustrations:Robert Vaughan
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2022
BRITISH BIRDS MAGAZINE
Illustrations Woodchat Shrike & Citrine Wagtail used in annual report.
Country: Britain
2022
BRITISH BIRDS MAGAZINE
Illustrations Red-footed Falcon & America Wigeon used in annual report
Country: Britain
2022
IN SEARCH OF ONE LAST SONG
Britain’s disappearing birds
and the people trying to save them
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Written by Patrick Galbraith,
Harper Collins Publishers – William Collins
2022
BIRDWATCH MAGAZINE
Illustration and text used in a finders account of Irelands 4th Double Crested Cormorant
Country: Britain
2021
A GARDEN BIRD YEAR
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Written by Mike Toms,
Harper Collins Publishers – William Collins
2020
AN IRISH NATURE YEAR
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Written by Jane Powers,
Harper Collins Publishers – William Collins
2020
GOLDEN WINGS. A tale about an Irish Barn Owl
Illustrated by Robert Vaughan,
Written by Susan O’Donohoe,
Designed by diademadisara.com
Produced & Funded by BirdWatch Ireland,
Galway County Council & Creative Ireland.
2020
EBBA2 – European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
Contribution of 15 illustrations.
Published by European Bird Census Council (EBCC)
and Lynx Edicions
2020
Illustration of Corncrake for The Red Sixty Seven book.
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Country: Britain
2020
Illustration of Corncrake
for The Red Sixty Seven Calendar 2021.
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Country: Britain
2020
RAMELTON WILDLIFE WALK MAP
Illustrations by Robert Vaughan,
Graphic Design by www.diademadisara.com
Text by Aengus Kennedy naturenorthwest.ie
2020
LOGO DESIGN | INISHTRAHULL
Bird Illustration: Robert Vaughan,
Graphic Design: Sara Sirtoli – www.diademadisara.com
2019
MAP & PATHS of TORY ISLAND’S WILDLIFE
Illustrations and text by Robert Vaughan,
graphic design by www.diademadisara.com
Commissioned by Comharchumann Thoraí Teo
2019
BIRDWATCH MAGAZINE
Illustration and text used in a finders account of Irelands 4th Collared Pratincole
Country: Britain
2018
European Breeding Bird Atlas
Providing illustrations for several species.
15 illustrations to be published
2016
BIRDWATCH MAGAZINE
Illustration and field sketch used in an article about Baillon’s Crake, Britain’s most secretive rarity?
Country: Britain
2016
BIRDWATCH MAGAZINE
Illustrated study of American Bittern included in the finders account by Peter Wolstenholme.
Country: Britain
2016
Irish Raptor Study Group. Illustrated raptors of Northern Ireland for a poster.
Country: Northern Ireland
2016
Irish Raptor Study Group. Illustrated raptors of Northern Ireland for a poster.
Country: Northern Ireland
2016
Irish Raptor Study Group. Illustrated raptors of Northern Ireland for a poster.
Country: Northern Ireland
2014
Illustrations for Bangladesh spoon-billed sandpiper project.
Country: Bangladesh
2014
A booklet produced by the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group and Golden Eagle Trust.
Country: Ireland
2014
A booklet produced by the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group and Golden Eagle Trust.
Country: Ireland
2014
Illustrations of every bird of prey and owl to be found annually in Ireland, commisioned and published by the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group.
Country: Northern Ireland
2012
WINGS MAGAZINE
A double page spread of paintings and illustrations in Birdwatch Ireland’s Wings magazine.
Country: Northern Ireland
2012
Cover of Irish Wetlands Birds Survey, I-WeBs Publication
Country: Ireland