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Inken Stabell @inken.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Old Pine my latest copper etching :)

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The highlights of my August #patchbirding were flyovers of 6 Tree Sparrows (last seen 14 years ago), 6 Ruff and a Curlew Sand (both patch firsts). There is no standing water so these were rather unexpected. Also had the first two Spot Flys of the year joined by 14 Lesser Whitethroats!

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Andy Symes @andysymes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Beautiful Plume pursued by small shadow dragons - dramatic scenes on my kitchen wall last night #TeamMoth

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James McCallum @jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Water Rail with chicks sketched Cley. Spent an enjoyable summer watching birds raising young and this was one of the highlights

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I had my first Privet Hawkmoth yesterday! It was huge! Otherwise 58/19 species which is the highest count this year. The others were the usual suspects. #teammoth #vc61

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here's some #patchbirding (& insect) highlights from yesterday! I've added a little more information about each in the alt text. #ukbirding #birds

One of four Red Kites gathering over a newly cut field. For context, I completely missed this species on the patch last year

An early morning Tawny Owl tick for the year list

Essex Skipper which is potentially the first record for my town

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Spent some time watching the local Peregrines this morning. Here's one of the adults in the sunshine. Happy to see one of the juveniles has fledged and was flying around with the adult at times. #ukbirding #birds

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A, slightly worn but still lovely, Leopard moth in the garden this morning. A first for me! #teammoth #vc61

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My Peregrine Falcon prints are now available! Each one is hand-printed and inked, with a limited run of 50. On sale locally (or with UK postage) at Art & Soul in Beverley: artandsoulhub.co.uk/collections/...

A linoprint of a Peregrine Falcon flying up to the towers of a large Minster in black ink, with two shades of ink wash over the top. Wit a white mount and a black frame.

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Charzea @charzea.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Hoopoe my beloved #BirdArt #AvianArt #birds

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Here's the final linoprint of my local Minster and the Peregrine Falcons that are nesting there. Really pleased with how much the ink wash added to the piece! #birds #birdart #sciart #printmaking

A linoprint of a Peregrine Falcon flying up to the towers of a large Minster in black ink, with two shades of ink wash over the top

A framed version of the print (to hopefully be sold locally soon!)

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I've been working on this linoprint for a month now and it's almost complete! It's of my local Minster which the Peregrines have chosen to occupy this year. I'm really excited to start making print editions of it soon! #birds #birdart #sciart #printmaking

A single-layer linoprint of a Peregrine Falcon flying up to the towers of a large Minster in black ink

My initial sketch (where most of my time has been spent!)

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Had a nice encounter with a local Barn Owl this morning which I haven't seen for a few months. Also picked up Grey Partridge for my #patchbirding list this year and a Ruddy Shelduck two days prior which was a patch first! #ukbirding #birds

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A foggy start to the #CityNatureChallenge made birding difficult so I turned to the plants instead. 106 species seen for day one, with birds accounting for about 35%. Fun to see the 12 mile walk in a trail of pictures afterwards! @inaturalist.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

They have been restocked! ko-fi.com/s/41796a5a8f

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

They have been restocked! ko-fi.com/s/41796a5a8f

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Redstart, Wheatears (4), Yellow Wags (2) & Red Kite have been the highlights over these past few days of #patchbirding. 11 new species for the year, taking me to 105 points for the challenge already! A big head start on last year 🐦

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Got my copy of The New Birds of the Sheffield Area a few days ago. It’s seriously good. I can see I am going to lose hours😉 Gratuitous photo of one of the illustrations I did for it too. #Birds #UKbirding #sciart

Photograph of the book The New Birds of the Sheffield Area. There is a photograph of a singing Wood Warbler on the cover.

A photograph of a page of The New Birds of the Sheffield Area detailing Franklin’s Gull with my watercolour of a winter plumaged Franklins Gull with Black-headed Gulls.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Here's the last painting I produced for the report on my local wildlife 🦋 Butterflies and plants are new subjects for me art-wise but it would be a crime to leave a page on butterflies without an illustration #sciart #butterflies #painting

A list of butterfly species with a watercolour painting filling the right 2/3rds of the page with 7 species on different wild plants. Top to bottom: Gatekeeper, Common Blue, Clouded Yellow, Brown Argus, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Small Copper

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I made a glow-in-the-dark sticker inspired by my time finding Jack Snipe with a thermal at Spurn. #birds #birdart #sciart #ukbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Look what arrived today! Thank you to everyone who has ordered one, they will be posted out over the next few days 🐦 A link for anyone interested in one (or the free digital version): ko-fi.com/s/576ed43853

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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It’s been a good winter for Jack Snipe at Cley NWT, with a bird favouring the cut reeds near Bishop’s Hide.However, seeing them is a different matter !

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The long awaited owls returned to the #patchbirding list last month. Both Short-eared and Barn Owl. Neither of which had been seen in over a year. And can't forget the 80 feeding White-fronts either! Very lucky to see them in such numbers. #ukbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

And so it begins... 1/1 last night, a Hebrew Character #teammoth #vc61

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The bird report that I’ve been writing about my #patchbirding is now out! It includes many months of research, writing, illustrations, and photographs from the local community too. It is free to look through and I hope a nice read even for those not local 🐦 Here's a link: figham.neocities.org

A photo of a booklet being held out with a landscape in the background and watercolour birds around. The text on the front cover reads 'Figham Common' Bird Report 2025’

Five pages of the report layered on top of each other. Featuring text, illustrations and photographs on a dark green background.

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The #PWC2026 January review is now out! Take a look at where you have come in the mini-leagues and gawp at what others have seen on their patches! To do this, click the link to go to our blog: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/02/janu... Hope you enjoy reading it!

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James McCallum @jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Some excellent goose watching in North Norfolk over the last week. A notable influx of White-fronted, Barnacle and Tundra Bean Geese joining the Pinkfeet flocks. The Netherlands is most likely the origin of these birds. Certainly livened up the grey weather.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Here's a watercolour painting of my patch and the birds that live there. After numerous months of planning and painting, I'm really excited to share the final result. I'd love to hear which bird is your favourite! #birds #birdart #sciart #painting

My watercolour painting featuring a variety of birds scattered across the sky, river, and grass. The main text at the bottom reads 'Figham Common', there's a description of the place, and a list of the bird species in the painting.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Very excited that this project might (finally) be finished this month! 60 pages of data, artwork and community photographs. Here's the first look at the front cover that I just finished painting. #birds #ukbirding #patchbirding

A small preview of the A5 front cover featuring a watercolour painting with a variety of birds scattered across the sky, river, and grass. The text reads 'Figham Common Bird Report' and '2025'.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I framed up a few of my original sketches and listed them on my shop today. There's also a few prints still available if you'd like some smaller versions too 🐦 ko-fi.com/owentatdraws... #birds #birdart #traditionalart

A photo of myself holding up a dark wooden frame that features two Wood Sandpiper sketches

A collage of different birds prints that I have available

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Szabolcs Kókay @artkokay.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Back to work: just finished this watercolour of Glaucous-winged Gulls from Egg Islands, near Cordova in Alaska. We've visited this place last May, during our Artists for Nature Foundation & Native Conservancy project. You can see our boat approaching from the left.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The patch has quieted down recently, so here's a painting of a regular winter scene, when the Cormorants would hang out on their chosen telegraph pole. #birds #birdart #watercolour #painting

Filling the bottom third is a raised grassy path, with a white house at the end of a bending river. There is a telegraph pole in the foreground, with four Cormorants sitting on top, one flying up, and one drying out its wings. Behind is a purple/orange/yellow sky just after sunset. Painted in watercolours.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Took my scope #patchbirding for the first time in case there were any geese about. There was a 10 minute gap in the fog which produced a Tundra Bean, 3 White-fronts, 3 Barnacles! And 2 bonus Water Rails on the walk back. Very pleased! #ukbirding

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My #patchbirding champion badge has arrived! Now to find the best place to display it... The 2025 recap: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/2025...

Photo of my hand holding a large pin badge with a silhouette of a Crane and the initials PWC. Patchwork Challenge Champion is written circling around

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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Flying low over a clover field, it then soared skyward in one swift motion! The blue sky stretched endlessly onward. #Illustration #LineArt #CommentPls

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Is anyone familiar with the scheme that puts these trackers on Pink-feet? There didn't appear to be any numbers on this one #ukbirding

Grey/blue-ish tracking collar on a Pink-footed Goose

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A lovely birthday suprise to see I won a pin badge for my patch birding this year! A big thank you to the admins for all the work that they put into this challenge. It's my favourite monthly read 🐦

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

110 bird species in 100 #patchbirding visits during 2025. There's been some really amazing birds to see - Snow Geese, Redstarts, Hawfinch, Jack Snipe, White-fronts & the unexpected Gannet. I've written a 70+ page report, but for now here are my favourite photos 🐦 Happy 2026! #birds #ukbirding

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A year of Teesside’s coastal wildlife and wonders - they can take some finding but, mercifully, they’re still hanging on, for now. Wishing everyone the best for 2026. 🪶🐡 #nature #art

Watercolour paintings of teal, avocet, rocks and fossils from Teesside, northeast England

Sketches of a variety of birds, wildflowers, insects and fossils from Teesside, northeast England

Watercolour painting and ink and watercolour sketches of razorbills, sea creatures, orchids, burnet moth, stonechat, sedge warbler and meadow pipit from Hartlepool and Teesmouth, northeast England

Ink and watercolour sketches of whooper swan and red-breasted mergansers, and a watercolour painting of two sanderlings at Hartlepool, northeast England

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Now I've ticked the White-fronts! 13 of them amongst the distant Pink-feet, as well as two Egyptian Geese which are a patch first. Great way to end the year! #birds #ukbirding #patchbirding

Seven of the White-fronts (across the centre) amongst feeding Pink-feet

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A lively morning for #patchbirding equalling my day record of 56 species. 5 Grey Partridge, 4 Whoopers, 4 GBBG, Marsh Harrier, Green Woodpecker, & 600 Pink-feet being the highlights. Enjoy this European Rabbit to make up for the lack of photos I took. #ukbirding #birds

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John Conlin-Hulme @herbington.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Some excellent birding related Xmas gifts - an @rspb.bsky.social hat, and a beautiful Marsh Harrier print by @owentatdraws.bsky.social

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Time for a new #artvsartist post 🐦 I'm quite proud of the work I've made this year, and I'm really grateful for the experiences behind them. #birds #birdart #sciart

A 3 by 3 square grid with 8 bird-themed artworks surrounding a photo of the artist

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Here's a juvenile Green Woodpecker commission that I painted last month and can now share 🐦 It was inspired by a moment from a birding trip, when we finally managed to see the species that had been escaping them again and again. #birds #birdart #sciart

A watercolour and coloured pencil artwork of a juvenile Green Woodpecker amongst the grass and daisies

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A bright, female Reed Bunting that stood out in the dreary weather this morning. I also spotted my first Peregrine for the patch and a Jack Snipe (the first record in 20 years from the data I've found) #patchbirding #ukbirding #birds

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I had a few more prints made of my favourite pieces 🐦 There's only 1 or 2 of each design at the moment, but I hope you can find something that you like. You can also save 30% by buying the themed packs: ko-fi.com/owentatdraws... #birds #birdart #sciart

A collage of new prints featuring a variety of birds in pencil sketches and paintings.

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

After missing a group of 36 White-fronts at the beginning of the year, checking the Pink-feet flocks finally paid off earning me a patch tick White-fronted Goose (top left) this afternoon. #birds #ukbirding #patchbirding

A flock of Pink-feet sitting in the grass, with one White-fronted Goose in the top left area. Presumably Greater but can't rule out Lesser.

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Stuart Griffiths @sgriffiths1302.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Starlings leaving their roost at NCW 7/12/25 - great spectacle

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The single curlew prints have now sold out but there's still one pack left for 30% off! 👀

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