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New blog out, on illustrating the ecosystem and evolution of and associated plants & animals at in Devon for

https://t.co/0g99SQA1c2

A tough one to visualise, but a lovely job to work on once it was drawn up!

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2020-10-30

Natural history and the park: Bilderbuch für Kinder : enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien......by FJ & C Bertuch, 1789-1830, BHL/Smithsonian.......3 vols.....https://t.co/zoqzE9Whxk

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2020-10-26

Natural history and the park: Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin. For boys and girls..... by James Johonnot, 1885, BHL/Uni California Library........https://t.co/f0DONwrQuj

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2020-10-14

Gotta love a shrew. Even a bite-y, angry one.Small, bold, and (sometimes) fierce; a winning combination Here's one I illustrated for "Naming of the Shrew" by and others done for

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2020-10-13

Lizzie Harper Newsletter October 2020 - https://t.co/762KFLwh97

The latest on Lizzie's work (including her best-ever job), blogs, films, & a podcast! Original illustrations to buy and a snapshot of an illustrator's life...

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2020-10-09

Caterpillars and the park: Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles; ou, Description et figures des chenilles d'Europe, by JA Boisduval, et al, 1832, BHL/University of Illinois, https://t.co/0kuGpmRSaQ

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2020-10-09

Natural history and the park: Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals ..... 3 vols........1829-1833.....BHL/Smithsonian.....https://t.co/W0XrTh3lT1

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2020-10-08

This is the nobilis.

It's a real beauty with its green metallic elytra, always slightly gaping. Only males have distinctive swollen thighs

They eat pollen, so see them on flowers

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2020-09-19

Today's blog compares Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis with Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea.

https://t.co/iA3FXrx8YE

Goldenrod are great flowers for pollinators

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2020-08-28

Amphibians in the park: The frog book, by Mary Cynthia Dickerson......1907, BHL/Smithsonian, https://t.co/PGqZ0TtSen

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2020-08-21

Natural history and the park: Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud : de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para, by Francois Castelnau et al, BHL/Smithsonian, 6 vols......https://t.co/v7JjVcLID7

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2020-08-21

House sparrow, Passer domesticus.

These birds used to be incredibly common across urban areas of the UK, however, they've suffered a massive population crash recently with 71% decrease between 1977 & 2008 (RSPB)

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2020-08-13

So let's pop up this reconstruction of an extinct along with its species-specific larval mouthparts. I mostly get asked to do slightly less exacting so I love the challenges work like this poses.

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2020-07-16

Natural history and the park: Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology, by FDC Godman et al, 1879-1915, BHL/Smithsonian, https://t.co/9DiyhNFEfH

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2020-07-13

Natural history illustration and the park: The MacGillivray art collection at the Natural History Museum........ https://t.co/idGBZlQJoA

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2020-07-11

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae.

We've just raised some of these & released them to the knapweed in the garden.

For more on this common uk species, check out my Facebook https://t.co/flMSI5z8vj or on Instagram https://t.co/WUX4rm2cEK

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2020-06-28

Common R temporia. We raised froglets from tadpoles from the river wye and just returned them. Odd to see them in rivers? Love frogs & hope this population avoid the vile being studied by & the#gardenwildlifehealthproject

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2020-06-23

This is a European otter, Lutra lutra, eating a Brown trout.

Although lots of people have seen otters at The Warren in I'm yet to spot one. Brown trout we see often,leaping out of the river.

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2020-06-03

Finally heard my first cuckoo of the year yesterday - one of my favourite sounds.

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2020-05-31