 
                                            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 Scotlandβs most threatened bumblebee β οΈ
Once found across the UK, the Great Yellow bumblebee is now found in the far north and west of Scotland β and only in very small numbers.
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                19.09.2025 09:05 β π 57    π 25    π¬ 1    π 1                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            "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
               
            
            
                01.08.2025 06:38 β π 32    π 2    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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:
πΏHow to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
π§ How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
               
            
            
                19.05.2025 11:34 β π 256    π 123    π¬ 5    π 9                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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 differenceππ
Join today & get a world of bumblebee goodies in your welcome pack: ow.ly/i9fe50VLhjB
πBeeWalk Annual Report
               
            
            
                20.05.2025 07:31 β π 36    π 19    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            A frog in my garden this morning
               
            
            
                20.05.2025 08:37 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            "Puffins donβt just survive the stormβthey dance in the rain and soar above the waves.β
Happy Sunday x
#puffins #seabirds #watercolour #watercolourpainting #art #birds #wildlife #endangered #art #painting #watercolor #paint #colourful #fun
               
            
            
                11.05.2025 06:38 β π 73    π 4    π¬ 2    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Midnight, moonlit , meadow hare .
Happy Friday x
#watercolour #meadow #wildflowers #watercolourpainting #wildlife #hare #watercolor #wild #moonlight #indigo #painting #art #flowers #daisies #nature #painting
               
            
            
                09.05.2025 06:13 β π 44    π 2    π¬ 2    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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.
               
            
            
                05.05.2025 06:57 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Today is the day - #NoMowMay is here! Ready to start your #NoMowMovement and help nature? πΈπ₯³
& remember, this is just the start...leaving wildflowers to grow in the summer helps biodiversity & local wildlife. π¦
Join & give #PowerToTheFlowers π bit.ly/3UWii6B
               
            
            
                01.05.2025 08:39 β π 83    π 42    π¬ 0    π 7                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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.
               
            
            
                02.05.2025 10:46 β π 166    π 19    π¬ 2    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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.
               
            
            
                02.05.2025 10:46 β π 147    π 19    π¬ 1    π 3                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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.
               
            
            
                02.05.2025 10:46 β π 412    π 84    π¬ 5    π 7                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL
This should be on every UK News channel. If they wonβt report it Iβll do it myself
               
            
            
                02.05.2025 17:23 β π 459    π 195    π¬ 9    π 12                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            "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
               
            
            
                03.05.2025 06:41 β π 94    π 8    π¬ 3    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            A great white Egret flying overhead with legs trailing and eyes looking down and wings held in an angel like pose
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Angel Egret π
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. πππ¦
#Birds πͺΆ
               
            
            
                03.05.2025 13:43 β π 4914    π 437    π¬ 123    π 25                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
                            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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
               
            
            
                04.05.2025 13:02 β π 315    π 43    π¬ 3    π 2                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I am wishing you the very best for the week to come.
               
            
            
                04.05.2025 21:00 β π 106    π 11    π¬ 3    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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 π‘π¦
Choosing cut-off or fully cut-off shielding can help to redirect artificial light away from our night skies.
#DarkSkyWeek #MothsMatter
               
            
            
                23.04.2025 09:43 β π 60    π 26    π¬ 2    π 2                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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.
               
            
            
                26.04.2025 06:31 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            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.
               
            
            
                24.04.2025 11:01 β π 11    π 2    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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 springβs sweetest sights - a mama mallard waddling by with a fluffy parade of ducklings in tow! π 
Mallards usually lay their eggs from March to July. π£ 
#DailyDoseOfNature
               
            
            
                24.04.2025 11:00 β π 173    π 13    π¬ 5    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            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
               
            
            
                25.04.2025 06:22 β π 51    π 3    π¬ 3    π 1                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                 
                                            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 πΏ
               
            
            
                25.04.2025 16:36 β π 638    π 311    π¬ 22    π 1                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            That is a good idea!
               
            
            
                22.04.2025 07:55 β π 1    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Me neither!
               
            
            
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                                            Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth | 
BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD π³οΈβπ| Agent: Juliet Pickering
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            When we restore nature, nature restores us. π
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor of Sustainable Agriculture. Nature-based Solutions; Grassland Specialist; Expert Wildlife Gardener. Views are my own.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Author of nine books so far (not all about hedgehogs), ecologist, photographer - and spokesperson for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The official account for UK wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation. Saving butterflies, moths and our environment. π¦
https://butterfly-conservation.org/
Cover photo π·: Small Copper - Paul Henson
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            NHS GP, TV Doctor, Nature Enthusiast, Human Rights, Writer, Home Cook
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees π
www.bumblebeeconservation.org 
π· Kate Jaconello
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
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Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Michael Sanders  π·
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Farmer, self sufficiency enthusiast, cook, gardener, book lover, charity trustee, administrator, parent, housewife, general dogsbody.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The official Bluesky for Rewilding Britain NGO π± π³ 
Our aim is the mass restoration of ecosystems so that nature and people can thrive. 
#ThinkBigActWild #Rewilding
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Smallholder, pig-keeper, northern corporate woman gone rogue in Wales. Small-scale producer of free-range, rare-breed pork via The Decent Company π½
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Bad information ruins lives. We're a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does. #FactsMatter
www.fullfact.org
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Polish girl on the British soilπ΅π± π¬π§
Wildlife Gardenerπ¦π
Recyclerβ»οΈ
Organic Veg & FlowersπΈ
Peat & Pesticide freeπ¦
Love foodπ²
Living the good lifeπ€
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Building an eco friendly lifestyle one step at a time with two kiddiwinks, hubby and our growing flock of chickens π 
Gardening. Reading. Cooking. Smallholding. Kindness.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            World leaders in the rescue and rewilding of orphaned elephants and rhinos, working across Kenya to secure a future for all wildlife.
https://links.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
@SheldrickTrust on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Threads & YouTube
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Artist & Conservationist. Painting animals to save animals. 
w: https://linktr.ee/sophiegreenfineart
e: enquiries@sophiegreenfineart.com
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader & Co-Leader of @greenparty.org.uk.Co-President of the European Movement. Mum of 2, plus puppy Nell. Author, Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story. Still writing & campaigning on climate & nature π
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            News about the campaign to #SaveCotonOrchard and #Farms across Madingley Hill in #Cambridgeshire from being thrown under a Bonkers Busway