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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 8d

Had a feeding Hawfinch on the patch this morning! He gave some nice, clear views before disappearing into the bushes. This section of the patch has turned up some great birds recently - Redstart, Spot Fly, Siskin, Redpoll, and now all the returning Redwings.

#patchbirding #ukbirding #birds

Distant view of a male Hawfinch feeding on berries

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Rachel Taylor @fidhw.bsky.social · 19d

Birds in stained glass, freestanding #art or wall sculptures, rarely window panels. My birds are celebrations, explanations, rants and sometimes tears; but like the birds that inspire them, they are all beautiful dancers-with-light…

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 22d

Had a Great White Egret land, then fly past this morning, and a Redpoll calling too. Both new for #patchbirding!

#birds #ukbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 23d

Up to 100 species for #patchbirding this year. September saw the addition of a Green Sandpiper, Siskins & a Gannet! Also great to have two Spotted Flycatchers at the start of the month, and closing out with 3000 Pink-feet flying over

#birds #ukbirding

My photograph of a Spotted Flycatcher calling

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 24d

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

Flat, graphic poster of a Whooping Crane standing in the negative space of many Sandhill Cranes. The poster reads "The Great Midwest Crane Fest - Nov. 15-16, 2025 Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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Charzea @charzea.bsky.social · Sep 25

My Avian august piece is done! x)
30 birds from Hawaii done in watercolour
#avianaugust #birdart #art #watercolourart

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Sep 22

Please excuse the poor photos, but this Gannet was a very unexpected sight over my inland patch this morning! I also had two calling Siskins, which are another patch first.

#patchbirding #ukbirds

Blurry photograph of a young flying Gannet

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Sep 7

Another artwork for the report, a Lesser Whitethroat skulking between branches. Mixing it up by working digitally (aka didn't fancy spending hours on a linocut)

#birds #birdart #digitalart

Lesser Whitethroat skulking between branches. Digitally drawn with 3 flat shades of grey and a black background.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 31

A Grey Partridge in the sun. Illustrated for a bird report I'm writing about my local patch.

#birds #birdart #watercolour #painting

A watercolour painting of a small Grey Partridge along the edge of a sun-lit stretch of grass

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wow!

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 22

A Spotted Flycatcher from this morning (usually a yearly September visitor). 2 Redstarts (new to the patch), 29 Yellow Wagtails & 36 Curlew also around.

#patchbirding #ukbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 19

Two new patch ticks from the last week. A flyover Hobby and a juvenile Yellow Wagtail. Equalled my 2024 score of 99 already!

#patchbirding #birds #ukbirding

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · Aug 17

wandering around - 2025
#landscape #art

Landscape digital painting of some green mountains. A rocky mount emerges from the clouds into the blue sky. A lonely red little figure is standing there in the grass.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 7

Someone crept up behind me while I was watching other birds. A young Green Woodpecker on the patch again - a month after I last saw one.

#birds #ukbirding #patchbirding
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Peekaboo with a young Green Woodpecker 🌱

YouTube video by OwenTat Draws

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Aug 6

I found a Clouded Yellow butterfly on my patch today! Does anyone know their status in Yorkshire? I can only find that 'most years see one or two reports'. It seems like it's a good year for them if that's the case.

#butterflies #vc61

Closed-wing photo of a Clouded Yellow feeding while hiding in the grasses

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 25

The star of the moth trap this morning - not one but two Poplar Hawkmoths! A species that I knew would eventually turn up and I am very pleased it did. Otherwise 61/21 species with Spectacle & Ancylis badiana NFG.

#teammoth #vc61

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Ray Scally @rayscally.bsky.social · Jul 22

SVALBARD – a Chapter header painting for ISLAND EXPEDITIONS by Nigel Winn, the latest book I am working on, 18 Chapter header paintings for far flung birding destinations around the world, Falklands, Lena Delta, South Georgia to name a few, watercolour on Daler Rowney Langton Prestige Block. #birds

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 20

It's been exactly a year now since I had a very bizarre encounter with this Common Scoter, flying along the river that runs on the edge of my inland patch. I wonder if there's a chance it'll happen again over the next few days...

#birds #birdart #watercolour #painting

A watercolour painting of a Common Scoter flying, with grasses in the foreground and a fenced field in the background. Painted one year ago.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 17

Had an impressive Pale Prominent in the moth trap this morning, and then went birding on a mist-covered patch. Had a high count of 230 Greylags, a few Canada Geese, 40 Barn Swallows resting, and a couple of Common Terns too.

#teammoth #vc61 #patchbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 12

Some recent-ish #patchbirding photos that I didn't get around to sharing. Northern Lapwing, Grey Partridge & a Blue Tit feeding young.

#birds #photography

Blue Tit with food, outside a gap in a tree which is their nest

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 12

Wow, what a moth!

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 11

One of my best moth traps yet this morning with 71/31 species - easily crossing over 100 species total for the garden. Highlights were a Ruby Tiger and a Campion.

#teammoth #vc61

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 9

A winter plumage Little Grebe illustrated for the next @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social wildlife report

#birds #birdart #painting #traditionalart

A watercolour painting of a winter plumage Little Grebe floating on slightly wavy water.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you for the repost 🪿

OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · Jul 5

Funny you mention that as I saved her recent lapwing print in my inspiration folder yesterday!

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