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Many species of migratory birds experience the impacts of

🔴Ducks
🔴Geese
🔴Plovers
🔴Sandpipers
🔴Songbirds
🔴Seabirds
👋Join us &

Learn more https://t.co/dpIh2qtVcC

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Happy 🐧Our waters were last week globally recognised as Key Biodiversity Areas for nine species, including and Check out these amazing graphics from our partner . Project funded by

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Between breeding events, Sooty take a year off. Using geolocators and satellite transmitters, we now know where this species goes when it's not breeding on Island.

https://t.co/T0yn41xY4D.

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Living in Derbyshire, I don't get to see many of these beautiful birds but a trip to Northumbria gave me chance to sketch a few for painting. Love their beady red eyes. Oil on canvas board.

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Richard has a "passion for studying and depicting the natural environment", and does this beautifully by working in watercolours as well as with oils and through print making.

Check out more of 's work via this website: https://t.co/LezctI9QF4

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Richard has over 30 years of illustration experience, including field-sketching.

: "I enjoy the immediacy of working directly from nature, trying to capture the life & vitality of wild birds, & the patterns of plumage, light, water & foliage."

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For this month's we are featuring the artwork of .

Our cover picture is a beautiful watercolour scene of gannets plunge diving into the sea to feed.

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Seabird adopt :

Accepting offers over 💲65

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Orkney seabirds and puffins - join us at sea for speedsketching and painting holidays and workshops - https://t.co/e7nSP9r4ty

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bad luck ta kill a seabird

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Throwback to my three illos on the topic of bycatch 🎣🦈🪶 The unseen additional victims of our food choices, collateral damage on top of the bodies on our plates 🍣🐋🥢

Every year an estimated 300k+ cetaceans, 400k+ seabirds, and 50M+ sharks die in fishing nets globally 🐧🐬🐟

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OK one more before bed. Quaxly may look and quack like a duck. But it's probably also inspired by the Blue Footed Booby, a seabird whose name is derived from the Spanish word "bobo" meaning "foolish."

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