Brigit Strawbridge
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers!
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Art. Poetry. Cornwall
Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'
Winter Stream - by contemporary Ukranian landscape painter, Peter Vikhor
#winter #art #winterart #landscapes
#winter #art #winterart #landscapes
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Winter Stream - by contemporary Ukranian landscape painter, Peter Vikhor
#winter #art #winterart #landscapes
#winter #art #winterart #landscapes
'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.'
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
Snowy Owl declared extinct in Sweden after decade without breeding
Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct after no breeding records since 2015. Climate change, declining prey and shifting ecosystems are believed to have driven the iconic Arctic owl from the...
www.birdguides.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.'
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
Such sad news. #birds
www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...
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Boxing Hares - painted in walnut ink, by British wildlife artist, Beverley Sweetman
More of this artist's beautiful artwork, here: beverleysweetman.co.uk
#hares #BoxingDay #art #wildlifeart
More of this artist's beautiful artwork, here: beverleysweetman.co.uk
#hares #BoxingDay #art #wildlifeart
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Boxing Hares - painted in walnut ink, by British wildlife artist, Beverley Sweetman
More of this artist's beautiful artwork, here: beverleysweetman.co.uk
#hares #BoxingDay #art #wildlifeart
More of this artist's beautiful artwork, here: beverleysweetman.co.uk
#hares #BoxingDay #art #wildlifeart
A Winter Walk - by one of my favourite artists and printmakers, Hester Cox @hestercoxprint.bsky.social
More of Hester's stunning artwork, here: www.hestercox.com
#art #printmaking #fox #winter
More of Hester's stunning artwork, here: www.hestercox.com
#art #printmaking #fox #winter
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A Winter Walk - by one of my favourite artists and printmakers, Hester Cox @hestercoxprint.bsky.social
More of Hester's stunning artwork, here: www.hestercox.com
#art #printmaking #fox #winter
More of Hester's stunning artwork, here: www.hestercox.com
#art #printmaking #fox #winter
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A Merry Xmas to friends and followers! Goosander sketches done recently at my local reservoir in tribute to The Snowman genius Raymond Briggs. Have a good 'un! 🌲🎉🍻#Birding #BirdArt Cheers
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A Merry Xmas to friends and followers! Goosander sketches done recently at my local reservoir in tribute to The Snowman genius Raymond Briggs. Have a good 'un! 🌲🎉🍻#Birding #BirdArt Cheers
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Young Peregrine euthanised after suffering gunshot injuries in Leicestershire.
Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...
Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Young Peregrine euthanised after suffering gunshot injuries in Leicestershire.
Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...
Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...
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Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
Need a last minute gift idea for someone who enjoys being creative?
@michellehughes.bsky.social's online lino printing course is excellent. Comprehensive, inspiring, and so well presented.
Have a look...
www.michellehughesdesign.com/lino-printin... #art #linocutting
@michellehughes.bsky.social's online lino printing course is excellent. Comprehensive, inspiring, and so well presented.
Have a look...
www.michellehughesdesign.com/lino-printin... #art #linocutting
Lino printing courses online | Michelle Hughes Design
Linocut workshops in my studio in York and online linocut courses. Learn how to make a one colour linocut print for beginners. Learn how to make a two colour linocut print with the multi-block or jigs...
www.michellehughesdesign.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Need a last minute gift idea for someone who enjoys being creative?
@michellehughes.bsky.social's online lino printing course is excellent. Comprehensive, inspiring, and so well presented.
Have a look...
www.michellehughesdesign.com/lino-printin... #art #linocutting
@michellehughes.bsky.social's online lino printing course is excellent. Comprehensive, inspiring, and so well presented.
Have a look...
www.michellehughesdesign.com/lino-printin... #art #linocutting
It has become a Winter Solstice tradition for me to make a Yule log with my youngest granddaughter, Arrietty. Last year we decorated it with snowmen truffles, and this year we made a family of 10 chocolate marzipan hedgehogs!
#WinterSolstice #hedgehogs
#WinterSolstice #hedgehogs
December 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It has become a Winter Solstice tradition for me to make a Yule log with my youngest granddaughter, Arrietty. Last year we decorated it with snowmen truffles, and this year we made a family of 10 chocolate marzipan hedgehogs!
#WinterSolstice #hedgehogs
#WinterSolstice #hedgehogs
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Would you like to come and do a palette knife workshop with me? I will be doing 4 next year in the spring with Made in Stirling … a gift to yourself (the best kind of gift!) for Christmas perhaps?
Oil painting with Palette Knife | Impressions of the Wild - www.tickettailor.com/events/madei...
Oil painting with Palette Knife | Impressions of the Wild - www.tickettailor.com/events/madei...
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Would you like to come and do a palette knife workshop with me? I will be doing 4 next year in the spring with Made in Stirling … a gift to yourself (the best kind of gift!) for Christmas perhaps?
Oil painting with Palette Knife | Impressions of the Wild - www.tickettailor.com/events/madei...
Oil painting with Palette Knife | Impressions of the Wild - www.tickettailor.com/events/madei...
Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
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There's also an audiobook version freshly available this week: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Everything Will Swallow You Audiobook on Libro.fm
'One of our very best authors ... Very funny, very moving novel' The New World'Charming portrait of friendship and loneliness' Daily Mail'Deeply comforting' Guardian'Funny, inventive and beautifully h...
libro.fm
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There's also an audiobook version freshly available this week: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
What a wonderful offer! I have just finished Everything Will Swallow You - a book brimming with friendship, connections, music, loss, place, humour, and so much more - and I LOVED it.
This review says it better than I can: thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/e...
This review says it better than I can: thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/e...
As a Christmas treat, I have a small selection of original linocuts by my mum - this leaping hare, in various colours - to give away FREE with signed hardbacks of Everything Will Swallow You.
To get in quick & nab one of these, please email me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address (UK only).
To get in quick & nab one of these, please email me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address (UK only).
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What a wonderful offer! I have just finished Everything Will Swallow You - a book brimming with friendship, connections, music, loss, place, humour, and so much more - and I LOVED it.
This review says it better than I can: thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/e...
This review says it better than I can: thinkaboutreading.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/e...
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A study showing synergistic effects of #glyphosate and urea #fertilizers is the latest indicator of the current system's #inadequacy in regulating #pesticides. 📣 In the absence of adequate regulation, tell your local mayors that adopting #organic land management is vital: https://ow.ly/v4TN50Xs4ix
🏞️ Lacking Adequate Regulation, Adopting Organic Land Management is Essential
📣 In the absence of adequate regulation, tell your local officials that adopting organic land management is essential! #TakeAction
ow.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A study showing synergistic effects of #glyphosate and urea #fertilizers is the latest indicator of the current system's #inadequacy in regulating #pesticides. 📣 In the absence of adequate regulation, tell your local mayors that adopting #organic land management is vital: https://ow.ly/v4TN50Xs4ix
My daughter @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social is in the throes of planning her debut solo exhibition - to be held in #Stirling from 28 March - 10 May 2026!
Charlotte works in oils, and during the event will run palette knife technique workshops
Details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/madei... #art
Charlotte works in oils, and during the event will run palette knife technique workshops
Details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/madei... #art
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My daughter @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social is in the throes of planning her debut solo exhibition - to be held in #Stirling from 28 March - 10 May 2026!
Charlotte works in oils, and during the event will run palette knife technique workshops
Details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/madei... #art
Charlotte works in oils, and during the event will run palette knife technique workshops
Details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/madei... #art
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A leaf-cutter bee’s turn to shine through a window of Nature’s Advent Calendar.
Leaf by leaf, these deft makers cut and carry precise shapes to line their nests and protect their young.
A quiet thank-you — to the bees, and to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, a dear friend who helps hold me together.
Leaf by leaf, these deft makers cut and carry precise shapes to line their nests and protect their young.
A quiet thank-you — to the bees, and to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, a dear friend who helps hold me together.
December 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A leaf-cutter bee’s turn to shine through a window of Nature’s Advent Calendar.
Leaf by leaf, these deft makers cut and carry precise shapes to line their nests and protect their young.
A quiet thank-you — to the bees, and to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, a dear friend who helps hold me together.
Leaf by leaf, these deft makers cut and carry precise shapes to line their nests and protect their young.
A quiet thank-you — to the bees, and to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social, a dear friend who helps hold me together.
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Last week I conquered my long-time fear of watercolours.
This w/e (encouraged by the watercolour experience, & inspired by @michellehughes.bsky.social's fab online Linocutting course) I finally had a go at a #linocut!
Mine's the basic Christmas tree one, copied from a card I found online. Hooked!
This w/e (encouraged by the watercolour experience, & inspired by @michellehughes.bsky.social's fab online Linocutting course) I finally had a go at a #linocut!
Mine's the basic Christmas tree one, copied from a card I found online. Hooked!
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last week I conquered my long-time fear of watercolours.
This w/e (encouraged by the watercolour experience, & inspired by @michellehughes.bsky.social's fab online Linocutting course) I finally had a go at a #linocut!
Mine's the basic Christmas tree one, copied from a card I found online. Hooked!
This w/e (encouraged by the watercolour experience, & inspired by @michellehughes.bsky.social's fab online Linocutting course) I finally had a go at a #linocut!
Mine's the basic Christmas tree one, copied from a card I found online. Hooked!
Tree Sparrows on Ground - pen and wash drawing - by wildlife artist, John Bushby (1928-2015)
I love this one
#art #nature #birds #wildlifeart
I love this one
#art #nature #birds #wildlifeart
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tree Sparrows on Ground - pen and wash drawing - by wildlife artist, John Bushby (1928-2015)
I love this one
#art #nature #birds #wildlifeart
I love this one
#art #nature #birds #wildlifeart
Did anyone else catch BBC's Rare Earth podcast a couple of weeks back, about 'Fashion'?
A really interesting listen. I found the contributions from Kate Fletcher (Professor of Sustainability, Design & Fashion) particularly thought provoking.
#sustainablefashion
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A really interesting listen. I found the contributions from Kate Fletcher (Professor of Sustainability, Design & Fashion) particularly thought provoking.
#sustainablefashion
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Fashioning the Future
Can we rethink how we dress to be less impactful on the planet?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Did anyone else catch BBC's Rare Earth podcast a couple of weeks back, about 'Fashion'?
A really interesting listen. I found the contributions from Kate Fletcher (Professor of Sustainability, Design & Fashion) particularly thought provoking.
#sustainablefashion
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A really interesting listen. I found the contributions from Kate Fletcher (Professor of Sustainability, Design & Fashion) particularly thought provoking.
#sustainablefashion
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Wow... and I thought male Hairy-footed Flower-bees had it all sown up in the feathery-leg department...
Magnificent!
Magnificent!
Day 10 of #InsectAdvent & the Christmas flirting has ramped up
This male Robberfly, Pegesimallus teratodes, has striking, feather-like scales on its hind legs, likely used for female attraction during courtship. (& cleaning the dance floor)
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
This male Robberfly, Pegesimallus teratodes, has striking, feather-like scales on its hind legs, likely used for female attraction during courtship. (& cleaning the dance floor)
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Wow... and I thought male Hairy-footed Flower-bees had it all sown up in the feathery-leg department...
Magnificent!
Magnificent!
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Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...