Ruth’s Portraits (Ruth Weaver)
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Here’s the finished Siberian Thrush drawing. Bringing it to life on paper was a great way to relieve the memories of a really special bird!
Coloured pencil on paper.
Reference photo Jake K. #birding 🪶
Coloured pencil on paper.
Reference photo Jake K. #birding 🪶
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Here’s the finished Siberian Thrush drawing. Bringing it to life on paper was a great way to relieve the memories of a really special bird!
Coloured pencil on paper.
Reference photo Jake K. #birding 🪶
Coloured pencil on paper.
Reference photo Jake K. #birding 🪶
Final Siberian Thrush drawing update before the original artwork and prints go live tomorrow!
Without a doubt my bird of 2025 🥂
#birding 🪶
Without a doubt my bird of 2025 🥂
#birding 🪶
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Final Siberian Thrush drawing update before the original artwork and prints go live tomorrow!
Without a doubt my bird of 2025 🥂
#birding 🪶
Without a doubt my bird of 2025 🥂
#birding 🪶
Made a little bit of progress this morning on my Siberian Thrush drawing whilst the light was still good. My blue pencils haven’t been put to work for a while!!
Reference photo: Jake K
#birding 🪶
Reference photo: Jake K
#birding 🪶
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Made a little bit of progress this morning on my Siberian Thrush drawing whilst the light was still good. My blue pencils haven’t been put to work for a while!!
Reference photo: Jake K
#birding 🪶
Reference photo: Jake K
#birding 🪶
I’ve been thinking about starting this drawing since I was stood in my welly boots in the Loch of Asta!
Thankfully, the Siberian Thrush showed well in the subsequent few days. Thank you to Jake K for the reference pic! #birding 🪶
Thankfully, the Siberian Thrush showed well in the subsequent few days. Thank you to Jake K for the reference pic! #birding 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’ve been thinking about starting this drawing since I was stood in my welly boots in the Loch of Asta!
Thankfully, the Siberian Thrush showed well in the subsequent few days. Thank you to Jake K for the reference pic! #birding 🪶
Thankfully, the Siberian Thrush showed well in the subsequent few days. Thank you to Jake K for the reference pic! #birding 🪶
Grey Partridge in the snow!
Inspired by a wintery survey season on Yorkshire farmland (although sadly none of them showed quite this well!)
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
Reference: Cameron Sharp
#birding 🪶
Inspired by a wintery survey season on Yorkshire farmland (although sadly none of them showed quite this well!)
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
Reference: Cameron Sharp
#birding 🪶
September 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Grey Partridge in the snow!
Inspired by a wintery survey season on Yorkshire farmland (although sadly none of them showed quite this well!)
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
Reference: Cameron Sharp
#birding 🪶
Inspired by a wintery survey season on Yorkshire farmland (although sadly none of them showed quite this well!)
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
Reference: Cameron Sharp
#birding 🪶
As summer draws to a close, one fascinating bird, the Arctic Tern, is preparing to start an epic journey of over 14,000 miles toward the south polar region.
“In search of the never setting sun”
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
#birding 🪶
“In search of the never setting sun”
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
#birding 🪶
August 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As summer draws to a close, one fascinating bird, the Arctic Tern, is preparing to start an epic journey of over 14,000 miles toward the south polar region.
“In search of the never setting sun”
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
#birding 🪶
“In search of the never setting sun”
Coloured pencil on watercolour paper
#birding 🪶
The textures on my grey partridge drawing are starting to take shape!
Sadly I haven’t seen a grey partridge since I was last in Yorkshire some time in the winter. Do you see grey partridges in your area? Let me know!
Reference photo with kind permission from Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
Sadly I haven’t seen a grey partridge since I was last in Yorkshire some time in the winter. Do you see grey partridges in your area? Let me know!
Reference photo with kind permission from Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
August 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The textures on my grey partridge drawing are starting to take shape!
Sadly I haven’t seen a grey partridge since I was last in Yorkshire some time in the winter. Do you see grey partridges in your area? Let me know!
Reference photo with kind permission from Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
Sadly I haven’t seen a grey partridge since I was last in Yorkshire some time in the winter. Do you see grey partridges in your area? Let me know!
Reference photo with kind permission from Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
Latest drawing is underway!
Grey Partridges are one of my favourite birds to see on my farmland surveys so it seemed only right to get them on paper!
Reference kindly provided by Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
Grey Partridges are one of my favourite birds to see on my farmland surveys so it seemed only right to get them on paper!
Reference kindly provided by Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Latest drawing is underway!
Grey Partridges are one of my favourite birds to see on my farmland surveys so it seemed only right to get them on paper!
Reference kindly provided by Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
Grey Partridges are one of my favourite birds to see on my farmland surveys so it seemed only right to get them on paper!
Reference kindly provided by Cameron Sharp #birding 🪶
It’s been ages since I last drew a bird of prey - if hypothetically I was going to draw one soon… what would you like to see?
I loved creating this drawing of male Merlin as part of the @btobirds.bsky.social book “Into the Red” 📕 back in 2022.
Reference photo: Michael Sanders
#birding 🪶
I loved creating this drawing of male Merlin as part of the @btobirds.bsky.social book “Into the Red” 📕 back in 2022.
Reference photo: Michael Sanders
#birding 🪶
July 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s been ages since I last drew a bird of prey - if hypothetically I was going to draw one soon… what would you like to see?
I loved creating this drawing of male Merlin as part of the @btobirds.bsky.social book “Into the Red” 📕 back in 2022.
Reference photo: Michael Sanders
#birding 🪶
I loved creating this drawing of male Merlin as part of the @btobirds.bsky.social book “Into the Red” 📕 back in 2022.
Reference photo: Michael Sanders
#birding 🪶
Of all the pieces I’ve drawn over the last 5 years, this one is probably closest to my heart. 🪶
Turtle Doves are struggling - in fact they are the UK’s fastest declining species.
In the UK we have lost 98% of our turtle doves since 1967 🧵 #birding
Turtle Doves are struggling - in fact they are the UK’s fastest declining species.
In the UK we have lost 98% of our turtle doves since 1967 🧵 #birding
July 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Of all the pieces I’ve drawn over the last 5 years, this one is probably closest to my heart. 🪶
Turtle Doves are struggling - in fact they are the UK’s fastest declining species.
In the UK we have lost 98% of our turtle doves since 1967 🧵 #birding
Turtle Doves are struggling - in fact they are the UK’s fastest declining species.
In the UK we have lost 98% of our turtle doves since 1967 🧵 #birding
It's been 3 years since the Turkestan Shrike was discovered at Bempton Cliffs (and my first twitch!)
This was a fantastic bird to witness and it showed beautifully I couldn't resist capturing the moment on paper once I was home. #birding
Ref: @birdphotos007.bsky.social
This was a fantastic bird to witness and it showed beautifully I couldn't resist capturing the moment on paper once I was home. #birding
Ref: @birdphotos007.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's been 3 years since the Turkestan Shrike was discovered at Bempton Cliffs (and my first twitch!)
This was a fantastic bird to witness and it showed beautifully I couldn't resist capturing the moment on paper once I was home. #birding
Ref: @birdphotos007.bsky.social
This was a fantastic bird to witness and it showed beautifully I couldn't resist capturing the moment on paper once I was home. #birding
Ref: @birdphotos007.bsky.social
It’s looking like I might not manage my annual summer trip to RSPB Bempton Cliffs to see the seabirds but I’m very much enjoying all the content from people who have visited!
Here’s my puffin drawing from a few years ago now 🐟 #birding 🪶
Reference photo: Luke Brady Johnson
Here’s my puffin drawing from a few years ago now 🐟 #birding 🪶
Reference photo: Luke Brady Johnson
June 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s looking like I might not manage my annual summer trip to RSPB Bempton Cliffs to see the seabirds but I’m very much enjoying all the content from people who have visited!
Here’s my puffin drawing from a few years ago now 🐟 #birding 🪶
Reference photo: Luke Brady Johnson
Here’s my puffin drawing from a few years ago now 🐟 #birding 🪶
Reference photo: Luke Brady Johnson
I was out early on a dawn bird survey yesterday and the hares were a wonderful highlight as usual!
It’s been a few years since I last drew a hare (one of my few no bird pieces) but I’m hoping I can change that soon 🐰
Coloured pencil on watercolour pencil
Reference from Frances Crickmore
It’s been a few years since I last drew a hare (one of my few no bird pieces) but I’m hoping I can change that soon 🐰
Coloured pencil on watercolour pencil
Reference from Frances Crickmore
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I was out early on a dawn bird survey yesterday and the hares were a wonderful highlight as usual!
It’s been a few years since I last drew a hare (one of my few no bird pieces) but I’m hoping I can change that soon 🐰
Coloured pencil on watercolour pencil
Reference from Frances Crickmore
It’s been a few years since I last drew a hare (one of my few no bird pieces) but I’m hoping I can change that soon 🐰
Coloured pencil on watercolour pencil
Reference from Frances Crickmore
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Nightjars are truly remarkable birds. Ground-nesting and masters of camouflage, they rely on their incredible natural patterns to protect their eggs and chicks from predators.
This stunning moment, captured by one of our team members on a NatureSpy cam, shows a female blending Nightjar blending in
This stunning moment, captured by one of our team members on a NatureSpy cam, shows a female blending Nightjar blending in
June 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Nightjars are truly remarkable birds. Ground-nesting and masters of camouflage, they rely on their incredible natural patterns to protect their eggs and chicks from predators.
This stunning moment, captured by one of our team members on a NatureSpy cam, shows a female blending Nightjar blending in
This stunning moment, captured by one of our team members on a NatureSpy cam, shows a female blending Nightjar blending in
I’ve been a bit quiet on here recently as I’ve had lots of private illustration work and surveys and I felt like I didn’t have much worth sharing - but I figured I have a lot of bits in the archive I haven’t shared in years!!
So here’s a female stonechat drawn in coloured pencil! #birding 🪶
So here’s a female stonechat drawn in coloured pencil! #birding 🪶
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve been a bit quiet on here recently as I’ve had lots of private illustration work and surveys and I felt like I didn’t have much worth sharing - but I figured I have a lot of bits in the archive I haven’t shared in years!!
So here’s a female stonechat drawn in coloured pencil! #birding 🪶
So here’s a female stonechat drawn in coloured pencil! #birding 🪶
The cuckoos on Cannock Chase have been putting on quite the show recently! 😁
Sadly not quite in the same league as Colin (as I’ve drawn below) but a treat none the less!
#birds 🪶
Sadly not quite in the same league as Colin (as I’ve drawn below) but a treat none the less!
#birds 🪶
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The cuckoos on Cannock Chase have been putting on quite the show recently! 😁
Sadly not quite in the same league as Colin (as I’ve drawn below) but a treat none the less!
#birds 🪶
Sadly not quite in the same league as Colin (as I’ve drawn below) but a treat none the less!
#birds 🪶
Last month I got to spend a week experiencing the magic of spring bird migration in Cyprus! 🇨🇾
So naturally, now I’m drawing all my favourite species from the trip.
Here’s ✅ 1: Blue-Cheeked Bee Eater @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social #cyprusbirding 🪶
So naturally, now I’m drawing all my favourite species from the trip.
Here’s ✅ 1: Blue-Cheeked Bee Eater @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social #cyprusbirding 🪶
May 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Last month I got to spend a week experiencing the magic of spring bird migration in Cyprus! 🇨🇾
So naturally, now I’m drawing all my favourite species from the trip.
Here’s ✅ 1: Blue-Cheeked Bee Eater @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social #cyprusbirding 🪶
So naturally, now I’m drawing all my favourite species from the trip.
Here’s ✅ 1: Blue-Cheeked Bee Eater @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social #cyprusbirding 🪶
Big thank you to everyone who came along last Saturday to visit my stand at the @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social open day! It was so lovely to chat to so many fellow bird fans #birding 🪶
May 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Big thank you to everyone who came along last Saturday to visit my stand at the @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social open day! It was so lovely to chat to so many fellow bird fans #birding 🪶
