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Claire Spiller

@claireaspiller.bsky.social

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🌿 Wildlife & ecology illustrator and storyteller 🌿 GONE BIRDING KICKSTARTER - bit.ly/gonebirding shop.clairespiller.com // clairespiller.carrd.co

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Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hi new friends! I'm Claire, I'm a wildlife illustrator and I make fun educational books, art prints and merch 💚
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A Pocket Guide to Amphibians handmade zine

Pigeons of the World A4 art print

Axolotl enamel pin badge

Vulture sticker packs

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 2d

This guy.

A Eurasian tree sparrow rebooting.

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 2d

Some Eurasian tree sparrows for #Birdtober 2

A collection of Eurasian tree sparrow illustrations

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 4d

Ducky is very happy about my new Ducky jumper

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 7d

Oh no

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 7d

The speed at which I went off and bought this game upon seeing this 👀👀👀

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 7d

Birdtober 1 - Favourite Bird 🪶
Bearded vulture of course.
Those colours. That thick fluffy neck. Those demon eyes. That perfect winged eyeliner. Chef's kiss.

Four illustrations of bearded vultures

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 8d

This is why I have a hard time with watercolour as well - once you get in the zone it's hard to wait up for it to dry! I don't think I've used Stonehenge before, gonna have to go look that up.

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 9d

Trying acrylic inks for the first time.
They're like acrylic paint and watercolour's messy baby.

Various work-in-progress doodles of bearded vultures in acrylic ink

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 15d

Also these 🙃

Four enamel pins of African birds going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - grey crowned crane, shoebill, red-crested turaco, African penguin

Four enamel pins of Oceanian birds going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - kiwi, laughing kookaburra, southern cassowary, splendid fairy

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 16d

D'aww thanks!

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 16d

Honestly, I think I made too many pins this time 🫣🪶
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Four enamel pins of North American bird species going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - pileated woodpecker, American woodcock, California condor, greater roadrunnner

Four enamel pins of South American bird species going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - amethyst woodstar, toco toucan, harpy eagle, Andean cock-of-the-rock

Four enamel pins of Eurasian bird species going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - western capercaillie, blue tit, bearded vulture, pied avocet

Four enamel pins of Asian bird species going birdwatching, from left top to right bottom - Himalayan monal, mandarin duck, green magpie, Mindanao bleeding-heart dove

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 16d

If you love corvids I absolutely recommend @chatterpie.bsky.social's very good book Crawe!

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 16d

I cannot be stopped!

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Cosmic Devil @cosmicdevilart.bsky.social · 18d

Just dropped some new halloween art in the shop!

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Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 20d

The Gone Birding collection is finally here! Including these very comfy t-shirts 🪶💚
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Bearded vulture going birdwatching with text 'Gone Birding' design printed on a teal t-shirt

A man wearing a teal t-shirt with a Bearded vulture going birdwatching with text 'Gone Birding' design.

American woodcock going birdwatching with text 'Gone Birding' design printed on a heather grey t-shirt

Design of an American woodcock going birdwatching with text 'Gone Birding' printed on a heather grey t-shirt.

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · 23d

Playing with stickers 🐸

Frog stickers

Salamander stickers

Owl stickers

Puffins in costumes stickers

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's true 💚
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Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hey babes, stickers are all here 🪶🎨

A whole bunch of assorted colourful bird stickers including bearded vulture, kiwi, pileated woodpecker and blue tit.

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm still here guys!
Puppies are hard work though - here's Ducky 🦆

She won 2nd place in the Cutest Puppy category at the village dog show 🤩

A Disney princess / blue Staffordshire terrier

Cutey patooty

A velvet hyena baby

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Jun 17

All my puffin junk is 20% off 'til Thursday, ya'll!
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An Atlantic Puffin in a red and yellow clown costume

An Atlantic puffin in a tuxedo and tiny top hat

An Atlantic puffin in a pirate costume, complete with hat, dubloon necklace and peg leg

An Atlantic puffin dressed in a classic blue-and-white striped sailor's outfit

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Jun 17

Glad to be of service 🤗

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're all lucky to have seen this holy relic

Claire Spiller @claireaspiller.bsky.social · Jun 16

I present to you
✨A Puffin and His Very Important Rock✨

A puffin hurriedly waddling away with a Very Important Rock in his bill

A puffin busily waddling past his wife - he can't stop, he's too busy transporting his Very Important Rock

A puffin continuing his epic pilgrimage, transporting a Very Important Rock in his bill

A puffin placing his Very Important Rock on the ground and looking at it with nary a single brain cell behind his eyes

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · Jun 15

Parliament of Owls

A group of diverse owls sitting in a tree

A group of diverse owls huddled in a tree at night

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · Jun 13

To all the artists and queers and weirdos: ilu, thank you for existing 💖