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Emma

@emmasartworks.bsky.social

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Artist and nature lover - celebrating the wildlife and wild landscapes of northern England. Also keen on rocks and fossils. Art and photos are my own unless stated otherwise. Occasionally I write poetry - apologies in advance.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 10h

We are nature. Its best interests are our best interests. So it's pretty dim of our chancellor to again pit wildlife against people, boasting of 20,000 homes built despite "some snails" that "are a protected species or something". www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unsavoury lobbying here too.

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful 🤩

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 2d

The Strid Wood in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, last week, had a superabundance of shrooms - most of them I can’t ID to species (they require breaking bits off, or sniffing) so am sticking with genus for most. Ink and watercolour drawings in my sketchbook.
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#fungi
#fungiFriends

A selection of fungi seen on a walk in Strid Wood, Yorkshire (UK) - porcelain fungus, oyster longs, bonnets, boletes, funnels, stump puffballs, rosy bonnet, common puffball, Amanita. The site is an SSSI for its fabulous range of woodland fungi, moss and lichen

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 28

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!

Download here drive.google.com/file/d/19wfG...

#Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an orchid mantis, opabinia, a butterfly. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, plushie, papercraft, 3D render, comic, and so on.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Susan - it’s a beautiful place, always inspiring 🙏

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 2d

🙏

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 3d

scattered leaves for stars
pearl puff mushroom, the moon
forest floor - a universe

#haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #space #poetry #mycology #autumn

autumn leaves scattered on mossy forest floor

Large white puffball mushroom nestled in autumn leaves

panoramic view of a woodland in autumn in the later afternoon

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

This is perfect, love it 🤩

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Beth, I was worried about that last line but seems to have gone down ok 😊

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“Advocates are particularly concerned over the facilities’ use of Pfas gas, or f-gas, which can be potent greenhouse gases, and may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought. Other f-gases turn into a type of dangerous compound that is rapidly accumulating across the globe.”

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

www.theguardian.com

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

However you see (or feel) them.

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

Gorgeous light.

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Ed Keeble @edkeeble.bsky.social · 5d

Rainy day paint project- here's three bandits doing a backlit autumnal thing earlier in the week. #Birdart

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

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😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the River Wharfe near Skipton in Yorkshire 😊

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4d

The beautiful light
That comes with this time of year -
How the shadows fall.

#haikuSaturday

Photograph of the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire, looking downstream on an autumn day. The light is coming from the top right, casting shadows across the bottom right of the photo. There is a background of trees and pale clear sky.

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 4d

#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
white feathery plumes
dance with razor-sharp green
leaves--
pampas grass in wind

short form:
feathery plumes tango
with razor-sharp leaves--
wind-tossed pampas grass

Please add a version if you feel like it.

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 4d

The Ogston Reservoir #Derbyshirebirds Ring-necked Duck on 2 dates separated by about 3 weeks in July and August and in vastly differing weather conditions. #UKbirding #birding #birdart #birds #art

Set of sketches in a sketchbook of an eclipse drake Ring-necked Duck. They were painted in dull, flat light. The duck has a slightly peaked rear crown, a general brown colouration with square paler patches on the cheeks and around the bill base. The pale flanks are a rather smooth lighter brown with the ghost of the vertical pale line at the front edge of the flank patch. The tertials are much more worn and paler along with the tail. The breast feathers are thinly fringed paler. The gold eye stands out.

Second set of sketches from about a 3 weeks later. The bird was in sunlight and looks much brighter. The head has become more Ring-necked Duck like with a strong peak at the rear of the crown. The brown flanks etc are much the same as before.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 5d

Ah, thank you for that! 👍

Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 5d

Not sure what happened there 😄

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