Volunteering with Biodiversity Group checking traps in the native bush just outside Portobello on the Otago Peninsula, NZ. Great to see how rabbit & predator eradication is helping the bush to regenerate & bring the birds back - Including Titipounamu! 💚

#PredatorFree2050 #nzconservation

Pages from my NZ #naturejournal : Helping with the predator eradication at Sandy Mount on the #Otago Peninsula - which includes getting rid of invasive #hedgehogs 🪤🦔💀

#conservation #PredatorFree2050 #nzconservation

Pages from my NZ #naturejournal : Helping with the predator eradication at Sandy Mount on the #Otago Peninsula - which includes getting rid of invasive #hedgehogs 🪤🦔💀

#conservation #PredatorFree2050 #nzconservation

Volunteering with Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group out at the Sandy Mount reserve, checking traplines for Possums, Stoats, Hedgehogs & rodents, & clearing tracks, helping Predator Free Dunedin to keep invasive mammals out of Otago! 💪🏻🚫🐀🦔🐈‍⬛🐭 #predatorfree2050 #nzconservation

The first pages from my nature journal in Aotearoa: Springtime Kōwhai blooms, a Tūī, and a bit of the view across the bay at Portobello, near Dunedin on South Island.

#newzealand #aotearoa #springtime #kowhai #tui #naturejournal

The 12th and final closeup post from my recent mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: Viper’s Bugloss and a Common Carder Bee 🪻🐝

#wildflowers #bees #naturelovers #mural

Irresponsible & so short sighted from NZ National Party. (Also noting recent 2% cuts by New Zealand Labour ). It's blimmen de ja vu all over again. Where is the investment mindset? Our environment is our bottom line. EDS Aotearoa WWF New Zealand Forest & Bird forestandbird.org.nz/resources/lead…

The 11th addition to my mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle was the nationally rare Greater Horseshoe Bat. One of the UK’s largest and most scarce, this bat has been recorded at the castle. 🦇🦇🦇

#bat #bat s #painting #mural

The 10th addition to my recent mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: A Peregrine Falcon

#peregrine #birds #birdofprey #painting #mural

The 9th addition to my mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: Jackdaws (Corvus monedula)

#birds #Jackdaw #mural

The 8th addition to the mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: Common Swifts

#swifts #art #birds #theartfulranger

Seventh addition to my mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: A Herdwick Sheep

#sheep #herdwick #NationalTrust #mural #CorfeCastle

The sixth addition to my mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: A Common Raven

#raven #painting #birds

The fifth addition to my mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: The recently introduced Wall Lizard 🦎

#lizard #reptiles #painting #wildlifeart

More from the mural at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle - this time an Adonis Blue butterfly 🦋

Butterfly Conservation 🦋
#butterflies #art #painting

Painted at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle: Alexanders/Helrut, a once-prized salad herb found growing all around the castle grounds 🌿

#painting #botanicalart #herbs #art

Just trying something out on here… had practically zero engagement with my last post and wondered if my tags somehow shadow-banned me 🤨 If you can see this post about my recent painting commission at National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle, let me know! 😅

National Trust South West’s Corfe Castle team asked me to paint a mural this summer - It’s now complete and free to come and see in their ticket office! 🤠🎨🖌️🖼️🌼🌳🦋🐝🦎🦅🦇🐑🏰

#CorfeCastle #mural #wildlife #wildlife art #TwitterNatureCommunity #Purbeck #ArtistOnTwitter Corfe Castle

Goodbye & thank you National Trust South West Purbeck! 🥲

You’ve been an amazing team to work with. Your dedication, hard work & passion towards protecting nature is so inspiring & I feel chuffed to have been a part of it these last 9 months 🫶🏻

Now, onwards to NZ for me and Nate 😃✈️🇳🇿