Will Rose

It's such a tough choice! Vote for your favourite icon for our Birds in Greenspaces app. Cast your vote here ➡️ bit.ly/VoteBiGsIcon

I’m hearing a lot of wagtail votes. Which is your favourite? I’m still somewhere between wood pigeon and goldfinch !

Which is your favourite? Have you voted for your favourite bird ?

Loved designing these for the really lovely ‘Birds in Greenspaces’ app coming out in spring !
I’m very fond of the wood pigeon 🐦

YouTube video by What Bird Is That? An Animated Bird Guide WHAT BIRD IS THAT? EPISODE 05 Welsh - BIRDS OF PREY

Welsh language version here too

youtu.be/kHJgNExVSWU?...

Looking forward to some hawk chat on @cerysmatthews.bsky.social @bbc6music.bsky.social . I created an easy animated guide to birds of prey for @btobirds.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social . Learn to spot your sparrowhawk from your kestrel,your buzzard from your kite!

youtu.be/gH6L14rE6Fk?...

So pleased so many of you have enjoyed my latest film about being ‘Bird aware’. #birds 🪶

Nice!

Episode 11 - Trap Door with Will Rose Spotify video

Chatting about the kids show ‘The Trapdoor’ that made me want to become an animator.
Have a listen to the Square Window podcast all about children’s tv from back in the day!

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Behind the scenes: meet the animator who brought Bird Aware's new animation to life - Bird Aware Solent Find out more about illustrator and animator Will Rose, and why he believes learning to appreciate nature makes us more likely to protect it.

Watch my latest film all
about the birds of the Solent. The Solent isn't just special to us
- it's a lifeline for thousands of birds who fly here from around the globe #birds 🪶 birdaware.org/solent/meet-...

Behind the scenes: meet the animator who brought Bird Aware's new animation to life - Bird Aware Solent Find out more about illustrator and animator Will Rose, and why he believes learning to appreciate nature makes us more likely to protect it.

Watch my latest film all
about the birds of the Solent. The Solent isn't just special to us
- it's a lifeline for thousands of birds who fly here from around the globe #birds 🪶 birdaware.org/solent/meet-...

Brent geese over Hurst point. New project with Bird Aware Solent coming out tomorrow #birds 🪶

Follow the link to take a look at the free resource pack to help you spot birds in green spaces. Great for all the family with illustrations by me! 🦅

I illustrated a whole bunch of garden birds for this project. Sign up now for a free resource pack !

You’ll also find episodes there with San West, Mackenzie Crook, @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @levparikian.bsky.social @willrose.bsky.social @lucylapwing.bsky.social and many others!

Woohoo looking forward to this !

Delighted to illustrate these common UK finches for the new Birds in Greenspaces survey. Sign up for a free recources pack #birds 🪶

Five bird illustrations by Will Rose showing Goldfinch, male and female Chaffinch, and male and female Greenfinch. The bird species name features under the illustrations and at the top of the tile is the word finches.

Know your finches? 🤔 Whether an experienced birder or new to nature we want you to help us count Birds in Greenspaces next year 🪶 Our FREE resource pack provides ID guides to 30 bird species. Sign up to the newsletter to receive it at www.bto.org/greenspaces

Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social

Want a FREE resource pack with an ID guide to 30 species you’re likely to see in your local greenspace? 🐦🌳 Sign up to our Birds in #Greenspaces newsletter to receive one! ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspaces #Ornithology 🪶

Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social

Very happy to be part of this project coming in 2026!🦅

My work inspired by @nationaltrust.org.uk #longshawestate for BBC #Springwatch is going to be exhibiting at #mallgalleries next week . Private view on the 15th. Message me if you’d like a ticket for the PV.
It’s a fabulous show filled with incredible artwork inspired by the natural world
#birds 🪶

Thanks dude!

Nobody asked for a niche song about #Terns ,but I made one! Now available to listen to on Spotify! #birds 🪶

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Circular bird painting - gouache (colour) and m pen. Inner to outer circle - pied flycatcher nest with 8 eggs, oak leaves, pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers, oak leaves, water, storm petrels

Circular bird painting - gouache (colour) and m pen. Inner to outer circle - pied flycatcher nest with 8 eggs, oak leaves, pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers, oak leaves, water, storm petrels

Circular bird painting - gouache (colour) and m pen. Inner to outer circle - pied flycatcher nest with 8 eggs, oak leaves, pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers, oak leaves, water, storm petrels (detail from roughly quarter of painting)

A few more photos of @robthomasbirds.bsky.social leaving artwork. Inner to outer circle - pied flycatcher eggs, pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers, storm petrels, interspersed with oak leaves #birdart #birds #nature

Isn’t it about time FEMALE birds were given the limelight? A Blackbird isn’t just black, the female is a beautiful mottled brown!
Illustration for @btobirds.bsky.social News magazine
#birds 🪶

Want to get the kids outside this summer?

Check out @wildfinca.bsky.social fantastic activity packs that includes using my animated bird guide!

Get your pack here wild-finca.kit.com/a837bdf61a?f...

Isn’t it about time FEMALE birds were given the limelight? A Blackbird isn’t just black, the female is a beautiful mottled brown!
Illustration for @btobirds.bsky.social News magazine
#birds 🪶

Seeya tomorrow! #birds 🪶

Thanks Tom. Very annoyed me and kit didn’t manage to see you at Birdfair!

See you tomorrow at the discovery centre at Rye harbour Nature reserve. First workshop at 11am 🦅🦅🦅

#terns