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@dani-vw77.bsky.social

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Aaron, 14 😊 Budding naturalist, wildlife conservationist, 💚🌎 aspiring zoologist 🐾 and keen artist who loves books & comics ✍🏼 (acc. run by mum Dani & me!)

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · May 1

I am so grateful and humbled to have won 1st place in the Individual (12-16 category) Global Canvas 2025 Competition hosted by @DSWFWildlife for my piece “a lasting mark” 🙏🏼😊 youtu.be/_UXtEKddNwA?...

Fingerprint ink pen drawing made up of lots of animals in wild and urban habitats titled “a lasting mark” which won 1st place in the individual 12-16 age group category at Global Canvas 2025 hosted by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

Description to accompany artwork titled “a lasting mark” which won 1st place in the individual 12-16 age group category at Global Canvas 2025 hosted by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 9h

🧡🎃QRP your Pumpkin Art!🎃🧡
#Pokémon #Cuphead #LooneyTunes #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy

The Devil from Cuphead as a giant bull carved into a pumpkin photographed glowing with a candle inside

Rocket holding baby Groot in a plant pot, from Guardians of the Galaxy carved into a pumpkin photographed glowing with a candle inside

Wile E. Coyote silhouette carved into a pumpkin photographed glowing with a candle inside

Tauros and Bouffalant facing each other, from Pokémon carved into a pumpkin photographed glowing with a candle inside

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 14h

#naturebookchallenge

Paperback for “Insectum” by Susannah Elizabeth Marks, featuring a watercolour painting of a plant hopper on white paper framed by a black background

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 1d

#naturebookchallenge

Hardback burgundy dust jacket cover for “Birds, Beasts and Fishes” compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders, with an engraving in white of a bird singing on the bottom right-hand corner

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Henricus Peters @learnfromnature.bsky.social · 1d

Very very true & powerful Dr Jane interview…. @climaticcontent.bsky.social

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 2d

#naturebookchallenge

Hardback cover for “A Bewick Bestiary “ by James Kirkup, featuring a black and white engraving of a lion facing to the left standing on grass with some foliage behind in the background

RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 3d

#naturebookchallenge

Pareback cover for “Curney’s Guide to Feathered Friends: a hilarious look at birds and bird lovers” by Eric and Nancy Curney; featuring an illustration of prehistoric cartoon birds looking shocked as an alligator/crocodile type creature hatched from an egg

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 4d

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Murk @ginkgogoes.bsky.social · 4d

i heard that it's #WorldAnimalDay

Two marker doodles: a shrimp (above) and a running minimalistic wildebeest (below)

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 4d

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Temple Balsall @templebalsall.bsky.social · 4d

RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #WorldAnimalDay and #InternationalZookeeperDay on the theme "Save animals, Save the planet". Coexisting is not just about saving a particular species, but about educating people… collaboration = conservation. 🙏🏼 to the amazing #ZooKeepers who make this possible 💚🐾🌎

Ink pen artwork titled “a lasting mark” of a fingerprint made up from various animals in different habitats being affected by built ‘man-made’ environments

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 4d

#naturebookchallenge

Paperback cover of “My Fanily and other Animals” by Gerald Durrell, featuring an illustration of a boy riding a brown donkey with a white dog running alongside and 4 people silhouetted in colour in the background

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 5d

#naturebookchallenge

Paperback cover for “A Zoo in my Luggage” by Gerald Durrell, featuring a picture of a tawny owl 🦉

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 6d

Finished piece 🖼️ 🎨 Really enjoyed working on this 😊 #tradart #fantasticbeasts #fanart

Acrylic painting of Newt Scamander holding his suitcase with Niffler, Pickett, an Erumpent and an Occamy around him

RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 6d

#naturebookchallenge

Paperback cover for “The New Noah” by Gerald Durrell, featuring an image of a tamandua climbing across two branches against a sky blue background

RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 6d

Heartbroken 😔 what a wonderful, selfless and beautiful example of how a human primate can learn from, protect, care, fight for and coexist with the natural world 💚

ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · 6d

💔🌎 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dame Jane Goodall remembered as 'true hero for the planet'

Leonardo DiCaprio and Barack Obama are among those paying tribute to the leading conservationist.

www.bbc.co.uk

RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 7d

GN 💚

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

theconversation.com/jane-goodall...

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.

theconversation.com

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 7d

#naturebookchallenge

Title page from “Practical Invertebrate Anatomy” by W. S. Bullough, professor of Zoology in the University of London, 1957

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 7d

RIP #JaneGoodall
Heartbroken 😔 what a wonderful, selfless and beautiful example of how a human primate can learn from, protect, care, fight for and coexist with the natural world 💚

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Kent Wildlife Trust @kentwildlife.bsky.social · 8d

Do you know your perennial fruit & veg?

In this blog, our Wild About Gardens Officer, Ellen, explains why it's a good idea to grow them & shares some species you can try for a more creative and sustainable garden. 🧑‍🌾🏡

Check it out 👉 www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/benefits-of-perennial-vegetables

The benefits & abundance of perennial vegetables & fruit

Typically, most gardeners and farmers grow annual vegetable crops – those that are sown, planted, and harvested within one growing season. But perennial fruit and vegetables, which grow and produce fo...

www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 7d

g🍂🍂d afternoon 😊

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 8d

The government’s new Planning Bill is nothing short of a death sentence for badgers.

👉 If this Bill passes, developers will have the legal power to kill badgers if they’re seen as an obstacle to building projects.

📢 Use our quick tool to email your MP:
protectthewild.org.uk/stop-the-pla...

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 8d

#naturebookchallenge

Cover for “The Field Guide to Drawing and Sketching Animals” by Tim Pond, featuring colour illustrations of a variety of different animals such as giraffe, toucan, gorilla, coatis, butterflies and puffer fish

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · 8d

#naturebookchallenge… a day late!

Board style book cover for “Hello Nature: draw, colour, make and grow” by Nina Chakrabarti, featuring black and white illustrations of a variety of different types of natural forms such as leaves, flowers, insects, amphibians and a barn owl

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 10d

🌊 UK seas are home to some of the most precious wildlife on Earth. Marine protected areas are supposed to be safe havens for them! 🦐🦈

We need FULL bottom trawling bans in protected waters, so our wildlife can thrive 🦑

Only one day left to make our voices heard. Act now.
👉 https://bit.ly/42b3BBj

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Henricus Peters @learnfromnature.bsky.social · 10d

our #rainforests are being “auctioned off” ~ almost in disbelief!! @ran.org

Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · 14d

Right now, the Ecuadorian government is planning to auction off 8.7 million acres of rainforest to Big Oil.

Together, we can stop this destruction in some of the most biodiverse forests on Earth and the ancestral territories of seven Indigenous nations. 🌿 Add your voice: TheAmazonIsNotForSale.org

The Amazon Is Not For Sale! - Amazon Frontlines

The Amazon Is Not For Sale SCROLL Ecuador is selling off the Amazon through nearly...

theamazonisnotforsale.org

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