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Emma
@emmasartworks.bsky.social
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Artist and nature lover - celebrating the wildlife and wild landscapes of northern England. Also keen on rocks and fossils. Art and photos are my own unless stated otherwise. Occasionally I write poetry - apologies in advance.
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emmasartworks.bsky.social
Unexpected garden visitor - a Ring-necked Parakeet! There’s a feral population in a nearby park, but this is only the second one in the garden. Very fluffy tummy.
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@teesbirds.bsky.social
Photo of a ring-necked parakeet hanging upside down from a garden bird feeder.
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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joncarling.bsky.social
migration
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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robertvaughani.bsky.social
I was glad to see the 2 Taiga Bean Geese last week at Dooey in West Donegal. Having managed brief views of 1 of the 9 Taiga's that had been at Inch, it was a great opportunity to be able to take in the structure and details.
A Pink-footed sleeping in a roadside field made for a much better subject.
This adult Pink-footed Goose showed particularly well, sleeping in a roadside field with some Greylags. It was a great opportunity to sketch the details of what is still a relatively scarce bird away from a few sites. The 2 Taiga Beans remained distant, but gave an opportunity to focus on the structure, being quite distinct from the more regular Tundra. Hopefully they remain for the winter now and I will be able to return for better views and more sketching.
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
Once again I'm begging people not to compare politicians to invertebrates. Inverts are cool and diverse and play an important ecological role. Politicians are the lower order.
A nudibranch sea slug with two horn like rhinophores, two oral tentacles and a lot of finger like cerata covering its back the body is translucent with highlights of blue, orange and brown
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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michellejonesart.bsky.social
#Nudivember Day 9

(Posca markers, colored pencil and watercolor on pastel paper)
A cream colored nudibranch with branching tendrils all over its back, white spots and an orange/bronze patch on top.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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bernoid.bsky.social
So many Marasmius hudsonii in the woods. #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
Watercolour painting of a pumpkin patterned with orange, yellow and green.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Kestrel lit by the setting sun against a dark rain cloud on Teesside this evening.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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frosty goldenrod
swaps its yellow sundress for
a fuzzy sweater

#HaikuSaturday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #gardening
puffy off-white goldenrod flower seeds atop stems with fading green leaves; blurry other plants and frosted grass in the background
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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bethvolkmann.bsky.social
beneath starry skies
buck-toothed builder carves
frost moon on the wane

#haikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #moon #beavers #ecology #rivers #trees
Tree trunk gnawed by a beaver on the river bank in the autumn
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
They’re observant, birds,
Perpetually watching;
Never miss a trick.

#haikuSaturday
Photo of a jackdaw, jauntily posing on a roof edge, with a background of autumnal trees
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk what you think. GUTTED.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
Welcome to November!
A photo of a ruined building against a dark grey sky; a background of bare, black trees and foreground of faded grass stalks. There is an unnaturally bright green path leading out of the scene to the right, past broken remains of stone walls
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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It’s been exactly 2 months since I survived Heller’s myotomy. Life is about celebrating every day, and I am grateful for all the prayers, blessings and people who stand by me during

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#art #sciart #scientificillustration #traditionalart #watercolor #scicomm #deer #chronicillness #ink #penandink
Warm grey background. Warm Toned brown paper with a black ink handmade sketch of Spotted deer a four-legged mammal, two ears, long nose, black eyes, left fore-leg stretched forward. Spots on the back of the mammal. Short tail, furry body. Hind legs forming a "V" shape, my fingers holding a bamboo brush with a sharp brush tip. Left hand corner is my signature. It’s been exactly 2 months since I survived Heller’s myotomy. Life is about celebrating every day, and I am grateful for all the prayers, blessings and people who stand by me during this critical juncture of my life. Spending most of my days resting, watching birds and sketching occasionally. I am not active on the net or sharing my sketches and artwork. Realizing that every moment is precious and I wish to spend it with my loved ones and people dear to me. Doing things, I love the most and engaging in activities that give me peace and happiness. Sharing one of my sketches from my deer studies from Bannerghatta National Park. Wishing you all a successful week ahead! Spotted deer (Axis axis) Title: Penance_59! Medium: Ink on paper Size: 11.1/2x 8.1/4 inches (28.1x20.5 cms) size,300GSM Brown Paper Duration: 2 Hour 45 minutes Location: Bannerghatta National Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India August 25th, 2025 Reference image: Own Reference image
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
Swan poem:
#poetry
#natureWriting
Offshore by the outfall pipe Where a dead gull hangs, tangled in fishing line Swims a white swan. Yellow wedge bill pointing south, Straight swan neck - a Whooper, silent, Migrant from the North, Adrift from her people - left behind or gone ahead. A glance of sun on the water; She holds the blue white Arctic light Still in furled wings.
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
A solitary whooper swan near Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool today. Unusual to see one by itself, hope it’s ok.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
#BirdingNortheast
Photo of a solitary Whooper Swan at sea.
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
October sweeps out
while wind, rain, cold, dark seep in
--haunted thoughts prevail

#haikusaturday #haiku
two ghosts hanging from a tree at night blow in the wind.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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bethvolkmann.bsky.social
drought swept away
in tumults of autumn rain
river swells to life

(same river, same hour, very different moods)

#haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #rivers #autumn #NewEngland
view of a swelled river in late autumn with bare and dark leafy trees and a cloudy sky view of a rain filled river under bright blue skies and autumn colored leaves
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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kathleenjamie.bsky.social
North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
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North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes
A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 1st November 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
The wind blows the crows,
Tumbling with the falling leaves
As the seasons shift.

#haikuSaturday
Photo of a silhouetted jackdaw flying down from an autumnal sycamore, its branches half bare, against a pale blue sky
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Downfall - mixed media painting of a broken oak in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. Possibly lightning struck; the tangle of limbs is already being colonised by fungi.
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#art
#nature
Mixed media painting of a broken oak tree - the split stump is upside down with the branches at the bottom, covered in moss, fungi and lichen, with blue sky behind.
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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durhamwildlife.bsky.social
Some fabulous fungi to start off the week.
📷 Jonathan Phillips
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Close-up of a mossy forest log with a jelly wood ear fungus attached; the fungus is light brown, ear-shaped, and gelatinous. Leaves rest nearby. Label reads "Jelly wood ear"; Durham Wildlife Trust logo appears in corner. Cluster of Dryad's saddle mushrooms with scaly brown caps growing on a tree trunk, surrounded by leaves and woodland foliage. Two pleated parasol ink cap mushrooms on a woodland floor—one tall with a dark pleated cap and white edge, the other smaller with a rounded cap—surrounded by green foliage and dappled sunlight. Cluster of orange-capped mushrooms with white gills and yellow stems growing on decomposing wood, labelled “Fire shield” in top right corner.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Nice array of small ferns on a north-facing wall by the (currently closed) Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough. Asplenium spp - maidenhair spleenwort, hartstongue, wall rue and (?) black spleenwort.
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#wildflowerHour
Pen and watercolour sketches of small wall ferns (Asplenium spp) - maidenhair spllenwort, hartstongue, wall rue and (?) black spleenwort.
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
emmasartworks.bsky.social
#fungifriends - does anyone have a link to a good explanation of the mechanism by which honey fungus kills its hosts, and how the fungus benefits from this? Thank you 🍄
October 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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l1413.bsky.social
Bonsoir les #entomologues de Bluesky, j'ai besoin de votre aide.
Savez-vous quel insecte c'est ? Vu il y a quelques jours en plein milieu de l'Isère.
Merci !
#entomologie #insecte
Photo d'un insecte que je ne connais pas. Ça ressemble à un phasme tropical, mais au milieu de l'Isère ce serait étonnant.
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM