Introduce children to wildlife conservation through products that support communities and tell real conservation stories.

Garzi The Orphan book, Hand Knitted Animals and Elephant Rattle – perfect for tiny hands.

www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...

#ConservationGifts

Celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or simply want to bring a smile to someone who loves wildlife? Our wish list offers a unique way to show you're thinking about them and our wild world.

Browse our wish list: t.co/e47tUJ3dGc

#ConservationGifts

Apple: Stop fueling biomes destruction for carbon credit Brazil’s Cerrado is burning so Apple can call its phones “carbon-neutral.” Fast-growing eucalyptus plantations, bankrolled by Apple’s offset budget, are swallowing savanna, draining water tables, and

Tell Apple to Stop Fueling Destruction in the Cerrado NOW action.eko.org/a/apple-stop...

A close-up of a Great Yellow bumblebee queen feeding on a purple flower beside the ID graphics of a queen, worker and male.

This bumblebee disappeared decades ago from England and Wales and is now Scotland’s most threatened bumblebee ⚠️

Once found across the UK, the Great Yellow bumblebee is now found in the far north and west of Scotland – and only in very small numbers.
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Apple: Stop fueling biomes destruction for carbon credit Brazil’s Cerrado is burning so Apple can call its phones “carbon-neutral.” Fast-growing eucalyptus plantations, bankrolled by Apple’s offset budget, are swallowing savanna, draining water tables, and

Tell Apple to Stop Fueling Destruction in the Cerrado NOW action.eko.org/a/apple-stop...

"When it rains look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars." - Oscar Wilde

Happy Friday x

#watercolour #sky #rainbows #watercolor #skyscape #gulls #sea #Watercolourpainting #clouds #ocean #inspiration #art #birds #painting #artist #horizon

A selection of late spring garden finds and my illustrations of them & their names in calligraphy alongside.

A selection of autumnal nature and botanical finds, my illustrations of them and their names alongside on a double page spread of a sketchbook. Drawing materials and other small nature finds are nearby.

Cornflowers, Nigella, sweet peas and Russian sage in shades of blue, mauve and purple on one page of a sketchbook and my illustrations of them on the opposite page, along with the fountain pen I used to draw them nearby on a wooden table.

Various spring nature and botanical finds with my pen and ink drawings and watercolours of them on pieces of sketchbook paper. A watercolour palette and fine paintbrush are nearby.

My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Close up bumblebee image with green background with text overlay and stats with red down arrows showing four species in decline with pictures in white circles and the Trust logo.

2024 was the worst year on record for UK bumblebees. Support our vital work to save them by bee-coming a member this #WorldBeeDay & make a world of difference🌍🐝

Join today & get a world of bumblebee goodies in your welcome pack: ow.ly/i9fe50VLhjB

📊BeeWalk Annual Report

A frog in my garden this morning

"Puffins don’t just survive the storm—they dance in the rain and soar above the waves.”

Happy Sunday x

#puffins #seabirds #watercolour #watercolourpainting #art #birds #wildlife #endangered #art #painting #watercolor #paint #colourful #fun

Midnight, moonlit , meadow hare .

Happy Friday x

#watercolour #meadow #wildflowers #watercolourpainting #wildlife #hare #watercolor #wild #moonlight #indigo #painting #art #flowers #daisies #nature #painting

At least 5 baby birds, waiting for a parent to come and feed them in a bird box some kind human has set up for them.

Today is the day - #NoMowMay is here! Ready to start your #NoMowMovement and help nature? 🌸🥳

& remember, this is just the start...leaving wildflowers to grow in the summer helps biodiversity & local wildlife. 🦋

Join & give #PowerToTheFlowers 👉 bit.ly/3UWii6B

We now expect the UK and EU to move forward and make the sandeel fishing closures here permanent.

A massive thanks goes out to our members, supporters, and campaigners who helped us get to this point.

We couldn't have done it without you.

Today we can announce a panel of judges has found:

- The ecological case against industrial sandeel fishing is sound

- The UK has the right to stop this damaging fishing in its waters

This means sandeels can be safeguarded for the seabirds that need them.

A Puffin with its beak full of sandeel fish looks down the camera.

Last year the EU challenged the UK's closure of industrial sandeel fishing in its waters.

These closures are a lifeline for the millions of seabirds which rely on sandeels for food.

Reversing them would be a blow for hungry Puffins, Kittiwakes, and other birds.

LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL

This should be on every UK News channel. If they won’t report it I’ll do it myself

"The simple joy of a squirrel is a lesson in appreciating the small wonders of life."

Happy Saturday x

#watercolour #Squirrel #watercolourpainting #redsquirrel #wildlife #art #animalpprtrait #endangered #watercolor #artist #fun #painting

A great white Egret flying overhead with legs trailing and eyes looking down and wings held in an angel like pose

Angel Egret 😇

Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊😍🐦

#Birds 🪶

Bring the beauty of Kenya’s wildlife into your home with our collection of watercolour prints, by Angela Sheldrick. Each painting captures the essence of the orphaned elephants we rescue and raise - and every purchase helps support their care!

Discover more: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/shop

It's not only the elephants enjoying the benefits of the rains. As trickly streams become babbling brooks, Raha decides to dip her feet in the water for a drink.

Bring joy to a loved one by adopting Raha as a gift for them, so that they might become a part of her story: swt.bio/raha

Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I am wishing you the very best for the week to come.

A guide to how light shielding can help moths, by Butterfly Conservation. No cut-off means light can travel in all directions, attracting nocturnal insects and contributing to sky glow. Semi cut-off means that some light is shielded but some can still spill upwards. Cut-off means that light is prevented from travelling directly up or spilling upwards. Fully cut-off is best, directing light downwards.

Unshielded outdoor fixtures allow light to be emitted in multiple directions, contributing to light pollution 💡🦋

Choosing cut-off or fully cut-off shielding can help to redirect artificial light away from our night skies.

#DarkSkyWeek #MothsMatter

Happy belated birthday for Thursday, hope you had a wonderful day celebrating. Your beautiful paintings that you share on Twitter and blusky are a joy to see every day.

Note: If you see a female duck sitting still on the ground, she might be protecting her eggs or her tiny crew, please give her space and move away quietly so she can keep them safe.

A line of fluffy ducklings on a tranquil lake at dawn, Derbyshire, UK.

A duck and ducklings on the river Itchen, a chalk stream in Hampshire, UK.

Floof alert!

One of spring’s sweetest sights - a mama mallard waddling by with a fluffy parade of ducklings in tow! 😍

Mallards usually lay their eggs from March to July. 🐣

#DailyDoseOfNature

Today is world penguin day....

"Penguins are one of the best antidotes for despair that I know,"

Happy Friday x

#WorldPenguinDay #watercolour #painting #watercolor #wildlife #endangered #watercolourpainting #birds #penguins #artist #art #painting #background #inspiration #sky

Garden finds, early May

I'm recovering from a breakdown at the moment and trying to get back on my feet with my workshops & Etsy.

If you could maybe RT my new creative & mental health workshop (previous few posts today,Friday 25th) it would help so much to show it to a few more eyes.
I'd really appreciate it, thankyou 🌿

That is a good idea!

Me neither!