I was wandering through our local used-book store a few weeks ago and stumbled on a treasure: A Sketchbook of Birds, by Charles Tunnicliffe.
Our library has a couple of books of his measured drawings, which are amazing in their own right, but I prefer these sketches. They're really lively.
All images from Charles Tunnicliffe's A Sketchbook of Birds.
Link to the Charles Tunnicliffe Society.