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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

A window on chalk stream wildlife, Ovington Hampshire.

Illustration of a healthy chalk stream with otter and brown trout by Rachel Hudson Illustration

Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

It’s Endangered Species Day today. From the humble hazel dormouse to the giant Volcan tortoise, they’re all here in my book… published back in 2021.

Book cover of 100 Endangered Species by Rachel Hudson

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Who’s heard a cuckoo this spring? This cuckoo illustration of mine originally appeared on the cover of Traffication published by Pelagic.

Cuckoo illustration by Rachel Hudson Illustration

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It’s peak bluebell in my local Hampshire woods.

Illustration of a wren and woodland flowers by Rachel Hudson Illustration.

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Harvest mouse and dandelions. Happy Easter.

Harvest mouse illustration by Rachel Hudson Illustration

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Blackbird fledglings and auricula. We’re lucky enough to have blackbirds raise their families in our garden. This game of hide and seek amongst the flowerpots is a common occurrence.

Illustration of blackbird fledglings hopping among the flowerpots with auricula by Rachel Hudson Illustration.

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Crows and apple blossom illustration from the book, How to Know a Crow, written by Candace Savage and illustrated by me for Greystone Kids Books.

Crows and blossom illustration by Rachel Hudson Illustration.

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's back! The government have announced that the GCSE in Natural History is going ahead!

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The next children’s book I’m illustrating is set in Madagascar and features this amazing lemur - the aye-aye.

Illustration of an aye-aye by Rachel Hudson Illustration.

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A deceit of lapwing. This lot are certainly cooking up a conspiracy.

Illustration of a flock of lapwing, known collectively as a deceit, by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kitchen table card shuffle: spring birds…

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Curlew and Grass of Parnassus. Just shipped to the Shetlands.

Curlew illustrated by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Sneaky peak inside #TurtleLives children’s picture book, illustrated by me, written by Annika Johansson, coming this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.

Detail from Turtle Lives book illustrated by @rachelhillustrates by Starfish Bay Publishing. Out this July.

Detail showing the life of a colourful coral reef from the upcoming children book, Turtle Lives, illustrated by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

TURTLE LIVES - cover reveal for my next children’s book out this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.

Cover art for Turtle Lives, a new children’s book publishing this July, illustrated by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#happyyearofthesnake Here are two of the three species we have in the UK - grass snake and adder. (Previously published in Wildlife Watch Magazine and my debut book from 2021, 100 Endangered Species.)

Illustrations of the grass snake and adder for the Year of the Snake, by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Florence Nightingale had a pet owl, Athena, that she kept in her pocket and introduced to her patients. She also had a pet cicada, called Plato. Looking at this illustration, can you guess what happened to Plato?’

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Dippers and kingcups, aka marsh marigolds. Created with linocut, mono-print, mark making and digital collage. (One of the sights along a healthy chalk stream.)

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Kingfishers and the first mayfly. A glimpse of the cover star for the RSPB’s 2026 Family Organiser. Launches this September. Inspired by the chalk stream wildlife along the Itchen.

Kingfisher and mayfly illustration by @rachelhillustrates

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Rachel Hudson @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hi, I’m Rachel and I’m an illustrator based in Hampshire UK. I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.

Lunch on the go - green woodpecker and ants illustration by @rachelhillustrates

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