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Mountain hare

How do these beautiful creatures survive such hostile weather?🤔

From a lovely 📷 by @mcbuckland.bsky.social, with thanks.

@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Back view of fluffy grey and white hare, looking to left, with big black eyes and black points to it's ears.
January 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#ArtDD2024 for the last time
Retreating redshank - turning his back on 2024, something I'm happy to do too. Tomorrow it's #ArtDD2025

Happy New Year!

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Back view of a wading bird, with long red legs, red beak facing to left and brown back feathers.
December 31, 2024 at 8:12 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Turnstone
The last #ArtDD2024 (4 years ~ #dailydrawing !) summarise a good day, a brilliant day, out with @drrjwarren.bsky.social on #Oare marshes in Kent 💚
May 2025 bring on #birds, #art & friendships🦉 💙 #bluesky
#roskarl 🇸🇪 @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
A watercolour of a bird looking for food among stones and seaweed. Dull grey, green, ochre colours except for the bird's vivid orange legs
December 31, 2024 at 7:18 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Spot the heron 😁
On request @everyheron.bsky.social inspired by @mica10.bsky.social 📷
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
#heron #watercolour #ink
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
December landscape
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
A cold effort to see some golden eagles yesterday (no joy). Grey day
#landscape #watercolour #fjärdhundra
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December 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
Whooper swans

White swans & misty, soft weather seem to go together.

Original 📷 @jcbirder.bsky.social with thanks. #birds 🦉🪶
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Painting of swan looking to left with black and yellow beak, white head and black eye.
December 29, 2024 at 7:55 PM
evamaj.bsky.social
Mellandag i ateljén! #ArtDD2024
December 28, 2024 at 10:46 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Crested Tit
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
Possibly my favourite little bird 🤔 Far from where we went birding today (no Golden Eagle or Snow Bunting)
Inspired by @btobirds.bsky.social 📷Kelman 🦉 #birds #art
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Photo of a Old barn in Upland north of Stockholm Photo of an open, very large field with a forest in the background. The soil is dark and peaty (old wetlands)
December 28, 2024 at 6:46 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
Red-legged partridge

Bit late for a-partridge-in-a-peartree, but here it is anyway😀

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📷 by @therealcurmudgeon.bsky.social with thanks.
Portrait of a gamebird, looking to left, with hooked, short, red beak, brownish head, white stripe over eye, black stripe from beak to eye and down to neck, yellow cheek feathers and white neck.
December 28, 2024 at 6:21 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
Misty, snowy landscape

Out on the marsh today the landscape was not snowy but very misty, just a blur of ghostly trees and hedges.

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Landscape with central river in the middle, grey/green between snowy fields either side. On the horizon pale grey trees, with a central clump of trees around which, to the left, the river turns and disappears.
December 27, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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#ArtDD2024
Dying rose

As the old year dies, I love the shapes and colours that aging flowers develop. This rose was at Sissinghurst Castle.

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Cluster of spaghetti-like anthers in pale yellow and brown, with two green pointed sepals to the left, and two pink and brown drying (and dying) petals to the right, on top of a green stalk.
December 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Luna hunting mice
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing from a cold day in January
No snow now but Christmas is still in full swing
Merry Christmas everyone on Bluesky 💚
#watercolour #ArtAdventCalendar #25
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December 25, 2024 at 7:51 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Posing Robin in James's park
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
Three little quick doodle for #ArtAdventCalendar #23
#robin #watercolour
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December 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
St Baglans, Anglesey

From my archive.

Lonely little St Baglans dates from the C14th but the site is much older.
Now a jewel in the crown of the Friends of Friendless Churches friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/church/st-ba...

#ArtAdventCalendar
Painting of small church, gable-end on, with snowy roof, standing behind a wall with 3 bare trees to the right, and surrounded by snowy fields. Grey stormy clouds above.
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Old road bank and thunder ahead
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
I got caught up in the Christmas Jigsaw so a late doodle 😁
#ArtAdventCalendar #23 #bridge
Soon summer is back #svartånsmynning #watercolour
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December 23, 2024 at 10:27 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Bridge across River Rawthey
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
Long time since I drew a bridge. I've quite missed it. I miss even more the excellent walk starting here
#yorkshiredales
#ArtAdventCalendar #22
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December 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
W is for willow tit

Using up some 50 yr old paper: found it's too old to absorb water, so had to pretty much scrub the paint on!🙄

#AlphabetBirds #ArtAdventCalendar 🦉
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Bird facing to left, perched on branch, with grey/green back, pale belly, coal black head with white cheeks and neck, and a tiny black beak.
December 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Oystercatcher
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
They really have a firework bill
#ArtAdventCalendar #21 inspired by @mikepnature.bsky.social 📷
#oystercatcher 🦉 #strandskata ours are enjoying the southern sun
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December 21, 2024 at 8:20 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
S is for (Black-winged) Stilt.

I'm doing 's' again, as I can't find a bird starting with 'u' for #AlphabetBirds 😂.

From a stunning 📷 by @wildlifeandtravel.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social et al 🦉🪶
#ArtAdventCalendar
Portrait of bird looing to left, with long thin black beak, white face and breast, black top of head and back of neck, black at top of back and wings. Orange eye.
December 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
What are YOU doing here?
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
A little portrait of Rusty
#20 #ArtAdventCalendar
#cat 🐱
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December 20, 2024 at 8:11 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Roland
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
Quick late doodle for #ArtAdventCalander #19 #cat 🐱
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December 19, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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#ArtDD2024
T is for Teal

In this case, a green-winged teal.

For #ArtAdventCalendar & #AlphabetBirds.

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Duck facing viewer and looking to left. Has pale, yellowish breast, grey shoulders and bright green and orange head.
December 19, 2024 at 7:46 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Great Union Canal
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing

Moorhen 🦉
#ArtAdventCalendar #18
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December 18, 2024 at 9:51 PM
drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2024
S is for sand martin

Underrated little birds, migrating c.4000km (!) to Britain from sub-Saharan Africa.

For #alphabetbirds and #ArtAdventCalendar 🦉🪶

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Side-view of bird with dark brown wings, back & head, white belly and chin, body pointing to right but its head twisted to look back over its shoulder.
December 18, 2024 at 6:12 PM
saocousins.bsky.social
Great black-backed Gull and Herring Gull on Oare causeway
#ArtDD2024 #dailydrawing
Say "greatblackbackedgull" quickly 😀
#ArtAdventCalendar #17
#bird #gull 🦉#oare
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December 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM