Bird tattoo ideas

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Traditional colour tattoo of a log cabin with a red moon, wolf, pine trees and orange flower on the upper arm.
Log cabin, wolf and red moon on upper arm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight, with bold outlines and shaded wings, on the side of the ribs.
Swallow in flight on the side ribs
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a central urn, a hand holding a dagger, a bird, an eye, a pipe, flowers, arrows and script lettering.
Black and grey flash sheet with urn and hand
Traditional style swallow tattoo with red flowers on the upper arm, shown in black, grey, blue and red ink.
Swallow and red flowers on an upper arm
Woman in a peach sleeveless blouse with a lace collar, showing colour tattoos of roses and a bird on her upper arms and forearms.
Colour roses and bird tattoos on both arms
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos covering a person's arms, with a ginger cat cradled against the right forearm and a small tattoo visible on the upper chest.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve with a ginger cat
Traditional style swallow tattoos in red, blue and black on the ankles of two bare feet resting on a wooden bench dusted with sand.
Matching swallows on both feet
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything Can Happen, on a forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.
Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.
Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bird-headed figure in a suit holding a sword, inside an oval frame with scrollwork, on an upper arm.
Bird-headed figure with sword in oval frame
Traditional style flash sheet in navy line work showing an anchor with rope, a swallow in flight, a three-masted sailing ship and a cluster of roses on a white background.
Nautical flash sheet with anchor, swallow, ship and roses
Close-up of a traditional-style blue swallow tattoo in flight on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing with a star charm.
Blue swallow on the lower abdomen
Black and grey swallow tattoo in flight beside the script words "and in time, this too shall pass" on a pale area of skin.
Swallow with script quote
Collage of four tattoos: a traditional hot air balloon with roses on the upper back, a colourful traditional anchor with rope and hearts on the upper arm, a black and grey anchor with a compass and
Four nautical and balloon tattoos collage
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon blue and pink bird with outstretched wings on the top of a foot.
Cartoon blue bird on a foot
Traditional-style tattoo of a blue-black raven head above a red banner reading the hardest thing in this world is to live in it, on the upper arm.
Raven and quote banner on an arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a brown bird with a red breast and musical notes on the inner forearm.
Brown bird with music notes on a forearm
Black and grey shaded swallows in flight with small star and dot accents, tattooed on the side of the ribs in a traditional style.
Two swallows with stars on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue and red swallow in flight with an orange wash behind it, on a man's shoulder and upper chest.
Swallow with orange wash on the shoulder
Black ink ornamental swallow tattoo in flight across the side of the ribs, with patterned wings and dotwork detail.
Ornamental swallow on the ribs
Small black and grey swallow tattoo in a traditional style, positioned on the upper shoulder of a person wearing a black sleeveless top.
Small swallow on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with olive leaves, placed on the upper back in a traditional style.
Cardinal perched on a branch on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a black swallow filled with red, orange and yellow roses and green leaves, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallow filled with roses on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with long tail feathers and talons on a lower leg, shaded in traditional style.
Black and grey bird tattoo on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm of a kissing couple framed by an orange scalloped heart, with a rainbow behind them.
Kissing couple in a heart frame on a forearm
Black ink swallow tattoo with swirling ornamental detail on the side of the ribs, shown on tanned skin.
Ornamental swallow on the ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cat with a small dark bird in its claws, placed on the upper arm.
Black cat clutching a bird on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a rowboat on water beneath a moon and two birds, framed by a heart-shaped rope border, on a forearm.
Rowboat in a rope heart on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in gold rope with a seagull perched on the shank, shown on a person's upper body.
Anchor with rope and seagull
Black line flash design of a songbird holding a sprig, a rose, a pearl necklace and a folding fan with peonies, in a traditional style with no placement shown.
Bird, rose and folding fan line drawings
Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional-style tattoos of a shark, roses and a clock on the thigh and calf, with white high-top trainers.
Traditional leg sleeve with shark and roses
Black line drawing flash of a swallow with spread wings, a pair of scissors, two roses and a CREATE banner, in a traditional style.
Swallow, scissors and roses with CREATE banner
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an owl, a woman's profile, red roses, a clock and a rabbit on a purple background.
Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.
Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm
Black outline swallow tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist and forearm of a pale-skinned person against a dark background.
Swallow outline on an inner wrist
Two photos of a colourful traditional-style sleeve on an arm, with a black steam locomotive with red details on the upper arm and a cartoon-style face and other scenes on the forearm.
Steam locomotive arm sleeve
Black and grey owl tattoo perched on a bare branch beneath a full moon, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Owl and full moon on an upper arm
Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.
Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads
Traditional-style swallow tattoo with black wings, red flowers and green leaves on a limb, with yellow accents along the wing and chest.
Traditional swallow with red flowers
Two black and grey traditional swallows in flight, one above the other, tattooed on a person's back.
Two swallows on the back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a wolf head with roses and pistols across the stomach, above rolled denim shorts.
Wolf head with roses and pistols on the stomach
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cartoon chicken with a red comb holding a revolver, shown on the calf from three angles.
Cartoon chicken with revolver on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings in orange, red and yellow on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Phoenix on upper back
Traditional style hot air balloon tattoo with pink flowers, clouds, birds and a small aeroplane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hot air balloon with flowers on the upper back
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight with bold outlines, shown on the side of a person's torso above a waistband.
Black and grey swallow on the torso
Traditional flash design of a red-crested songbird perched on an outstretched hand with a teal rose, a heart pendant and red nails.
Songbird perched on a hand
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of two birds and roses with white linework on a dark shaded background, with script above.
Birds and roses on upper arm