Free Watercolor Style Realistic Birds Collection Fussy Cuts
31 Realistic Bird Fussy Cuts in Colour and Line Art
These free printable bird fussy cuts bring 31 realistic wild birds to your junk journals and paper crafts. You get 4 A4 pages: two in hand-painted watercolour style and the same birds as black-and-white line art to colour yourself.
Click any image to open the full-size JPG, then save it and print.
Which birds are included
- Page 1 (line art) and page 3 (colour): peregrine falcon, blue jay, robin, hummingbird, puffin, hawk, mallard, wood duck, magpie, hoopoe, chickadee and several small songbirds.
- Page 2 (line art) and page 4 (colour): cardinal, grey heron, bald eagle, barn owl, goldfinch, kingfisher, snowy owl, woodpecker, green heron, cedar waxwing, osprey, nuthatch and more.
Every bird is drawn on a plain white background, so it is quick to fussy cut.
Ideas for your bird printables
- Junk journals: nature and garden spreads, tuck spots, envelopes and page corners.
- Colouring: the line art pages are lovely with watercolour pencils or fine markers.
- Cards and tags: birthday and thank-you cards, gift tags and bookmarks.
- Birdwatching journals: mark the birds you spot, or print on sticker paper.
- Collage and scrapbooking: vintage-style accents for spring, summer or winter layouts.
Printing tips
- All sheets are A4 portrait. Print at 100% (actual size), or “fit to page” for Letter.
- Use matte photo paper or 160–200 gsm cardstock for the colour pages; watercolour paper works well for the line art.
- Small birds are easiest to cut with fine-tip scissors; leave a thin white border for a sticker look.
More nature freebies: woodland mushroom clipart, watercolor fish clipart and all free downloads.
