First bird of my day: Greenfinches at the feeder and a Green Woodpecker calling in the field next door. #Firstbirdofmyday
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First bird of my day: Greenfinches at the feeder and a Green Woodpecker calling in the field next door. #Firstbirdofmyday
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First bird of my day: a Robin perched on the blackthorn hedge on a breezy, overcast morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Hare waited as quietness fell over the earth. Swallows turned to bats; day to dusk. She felt herself calm. The moon came to join her and together they sat and listened to the stillness of the night. Tomorrow sheād be wild again, but tonight sheād be as soft as the evening blue. #Hare #WildlifeArt
Damsons for the #Fruits challenge growing well in a hedgerow and hanging heavy under the weight of a bumper crop. #Wildflowerhour
First bird of my day: a Greenfinch at the feeder and Dunnocks shooting in and out of the hedge on a breezy day. #Firstbirdofmyday
āThe tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings liftedā Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
First bird of my day: a Goldfinch perched on the feeder and many Wood Pigeons perched on the telephone wires. #Firstbirdofmyday
Itās looking a bit like autumn! Plump, luscious fruits are brightening the hedgerows like vibrant jewels, beautiful, but can you identify them? This week find the fruits of wild plants, snap away & post your lovely pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #fruits š
First bird of my day: a Chaffinch perched in the aspen tree on a calm, sunny morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Greenfinch and a Goldfinch sharing the feeder on a blustery morning as the clouds roll over the hills and valleys, hopefully delivering some much needed rain. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a pair of Greenfinches at the feeder on a blustery but as yet dry morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Dunnock exploring the foot of the hedgerow on a bright, calm morning after a little light rain. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a lone Crow crossing the valley and struggling against a strong breeze on a clear morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Rest Harrow, Cross-Leaved Heath, Heather, Harebell Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (Wild Flowers, 1957)
Common Nettle with a Comma caterpillar happily munching away at its leaves, every few seconds a faint puff of pollen could be witnessed drifting away on the lightest of breezes. #Wildflowerhour
Devils bit scabious and a little hoverfly pollinator, doing there thing in a wet acidic woodland margin. #Wildflowerhour
Gorse and Heather growing on the #Stiperstones bejewelled with a little much needed summer rain. #Wildflowerhour
First bird of my day: a pair of Dunnocks following each other in and out of the hedgerow on a calm, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a pair of Dunnocks hunting around at the base of the hedgerow on a quiet, cool morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: Greenfinches at the feeder on a calm, blue sky day. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Dunnock scouting the base of a hedgerow for food on a cool, calm morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
āRed Admiralā Butterflies and Moths, 1965 Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
First bird of my day: a small flock of Blue Tits fluttering about on the elder tree, searching for insects on an overcast, drizzly morning.
First bird of my day: a Blackbird eating ripe damsons from the tree in the hedgerow on an overcast, calm morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a pair of Wood Pigeons flying over the valley on a breezy, overcast morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Stunning Marsh gentian at Skipwith Common yesterday. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #yorkshire
Dark mullein still hanging on and producing valuable flowers while many others have gone to seed. #Wildflowerhour
Itās Sunday & itās 8pm so it must be time for #WildflowerHour! Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms youāve spotted this week from across Britain & Ireland especially if they are members of the #daisyfamily the focus of this weekās challenge!
Yarrow and Ragwort still healthy, Green and flowering well despite the drought conditions. #daisyfamily #Wildflowerhour
No apology needed, I love this cheerful little snapdragon!š
First bird of my day: a Blue Tit at the feeder and Jackdaws flying overhead on a warm, clear morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
āWith their strong, short bills the turnstones probe among the wrack and turn over any stones that may be thereā Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
First bird of my day: a female Redstart perched in an elder tree and eating the freshly ripened berries on an overcast, cool morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
A bat just hanging out on the wall complete with an atmospheric cobweb. #Bats
The pollinators are enjoying the Tagetes Burning Embers at the moment. Any bee people know who this is, they are much paler than the other bees I commonly see in mid Wales @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebees
New hope for the Wood White in Wales! š One of the rarest butterflies in the UK appears to be recolonising Wales decades after the last population died out. It has been recorded at four sites in Powys this summer - including a female laying eggs. š·: Bob Eade
First bird of my day: a male Bullfinch flying along the roadside on my way to work on a misty, cool morning before the heat builds. #Firstbirdofmyday
Itās late summer and the Asteraceae or daisy family are looking just splendid. Perfect for this weekās #WildflowerHour! See if you can find one & share your pics this Sunday evening 8-9pm using the hashtag #DaisyFamily. Happy Asteraceae hunting!
Love to see them!
First bird of my day: a Kestrel closely followed by three Swallows flying over parched fields hoovering up insects on a cool, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Blackbird singing in the hedgerow on a muggy, clear morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Redstart calling in the trees on a cool morning after a little light rain. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from the hedgerow trees across the field from where I stand on a breezy, cool morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Other work of the Ladybird artists āAugustā Whitbread calendar, 1971 Artist: SR Badmin
Wonderful paintings, I saw my first Dipper this year and youāve captured their movement perfectly in paint š
Ragwort and a Drone fly for #Pollinatorpals, not much left in flower on this dry acid grassland apart from a few Harebells and some Yarrow. #Wildflowerhour
'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
Holly blue butterfly and Helenium Sahins early flowerer. #Pollinators
āWhen the corn is ripe, flocks of sparrows raid the heavy-grain ears.ā Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
First bird of my day: a Raven calling over the valley on a calm, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Ladybird Book of Trees, 1963 Walnut and Dogwood Artist: SR Badmin
First bird of my day: a Blue Tit alarm calling from the hedgerow on a cool morning with a little breeze. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Great Tit at the feeder and Jackdaws flying overhead on a calm, cool morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Wood Pigeon calling from the trees on a drizzly morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Other work by the Ladybird artists āLife in the Cornā (Shell Guide, 1956) Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
First bird of my day: a pair of Crows perched together on a telephone pole surveying their domain on a calm, sunny morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a flock of Thrushes gathered in a yew tree on a calm, bright morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Red Kite soaring over the valley seemingly unbothered by the strong buffeting winds. #Firstbirdofmyday
Chicory flowering in a hedgerow margin, just one patch in the whole area. #Wildflowerhour
Marsh Cudweed? Popping up in a gravel pathway #Wildflowerhour
First bird of my day: a Red kite soaring above the house while a Wood Pigeon calls from the trees on a cloudy, breezy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
āOn the moorlands crystal clear streams run between boulders. Small waterfalls and rapids empty into poolsā Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
First bird of my day: a flock of Long Tailed Tits flying from tree to tree on a beautiful blue sky morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Harvest mice Artist: John Berry (1976)
First bird of my day: a Blackbird scurrying along the driveway on a calm, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Crow calling as it flies across a cloudy and calm valley. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Green Woodpecker shuffling up and down a telephone pole while calling on a calm, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Blackbird perched in a very damp hedgerow. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Dunnock hopping around beneath the feeder and a Kestrel being chased by a Crow overhead on a calm, sunny morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Common Hemp Nettle for the #DeadNettleFamily challenge showing the flowers and ripe seeds ready to be shaken free #Wildflowerhour
Fools Parsley popping up in the veg plot amongst the potatoes #Wildflowerhour
āSwifts, swallows and Canada geeseā Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
Printmaker Clare Leighton,'Blackbird on Nest' Lithograph of Wood Engraving, 1935 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
First bird of my day: Wood Pigeons and Sparrows calling in the fields on a calm morning with a hint of rain in the air. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Great Tit flying from tree to tree in the orchard, later a flock of Thrushes and Starlings hoovering up yew berries on a still, cloudy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Wood Pigeon waddling around on the driveway on a bright, still morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Magpie calling from the hedgerow on a hazy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Wood Pigeon perched on a fence post closely followed by two more perched on telephone wires. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Canada goose strolling up the road on a calm, sunny morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Blackbird flying away from the gooseberry bush on a calm, warm morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Teasel being enjoyed by a bumblebee - Bombus rupestris on a thundery afternoon #Wildflowerhour
A solo Harebell left flowering in a very parched acid grassland for #Harebellchallenge #Wildflowerhour
āOn the sands at low tide there are many interesting things to be found. They are not often so close together as in this picture, so some child must have collected theseā Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
First bird of my day: a Crow struggling to cross the valley with a strong headwind on an overcast day. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Chiffchaff calling in the hedgerow on a drizzly morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Has to be Curlew or Yellowhammers, particularly the call of the Curlew drifting over the heath on a breezy day.
First bird of my day: better late than never was a young Robin hopping around the picnic bench on a muggy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Hi friends!šæ I filmed a short video about my sketchbook collection and wanted to share a few photos too šš These pages are my peaceful little world ā hope you enjoy the glimpse! āØ #sketchbooklove #botanicalart #natureinspired #artasanescape #slowart #sketchbookpages
First bird of my day: a Wood Pigeon perched on a telephone pole on a misty, calm morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
A Robin alarm calling from the hedgerow and Wood Pigeons perched in distant trees on a warm, still morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
The Cardoons in the garden are colouring up nicely after the hot weather.
First bird of my day: a Red Kite crossing the valley before the rain arrives. #Firstbirdofmyday
First bird of my day: a Robin pecking at the feeder in the shade of a lilac bush on a bright and breezy morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
Red Valerian proving popular with the butterflies this week, particularly Gatekeepers and this Grayling. #Wildflowerhour
Sand Spurrey in flower on a sunny farm track #Wildflowerhour #hairyplants
Sow Thistle, one of very few flowers on offer for the bees in this heat. #hairyplants #Wildflowerhour
āThe privet bush in blossomā Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)
First bird of my day: a pair of squabbling Crows perched in a parched beech tree on a muggy, still morning. #Firstbirdofmyday
A Grayling visiting the Red valerian at home, a first sighting at home. #Butterfly @savebutterflies.bsky.social
