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Helen Bennett 🌿
@helenbennett.bsky.social
Nature lover & trying, in my own small way, to conserve & protect it! Passionate about habitat creation & gardening for ALL wildlife.
Oh yes, I'm a nature photographer & I paint too! : ))

All images shared are my own © From South East, England, UK
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For today's #ArtAdventCalendar here's my drawing of a Badger. This one took quite some time and I still think his eyes look a bit wonky but he was a lovely subject to draw.

Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️

#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
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"My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature." –Claude Monet
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A good leg stretch @wildlifebcn.org PItsford Water SSSI today saw the best near the end of a 7 mile walk anticlockwise round the reserve.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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👉 Link in our bio
#waders #shorebirds
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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When you look at the feet they don’t look like they’re gripping at all. NUTHATCH MAGIC
#birds
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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A message in the sky: remember this moment, so I took the picture
#scape
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Lovely male banded demoiselle #photography #macro
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideViews and the Alternative is #TurningAway birds not looking at you set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ A Female Kingfisher - photo taken @ Forest Farm NR, Cardiff, South Wales 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #photography #birds #kingfisher
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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'Shallow Bays, Hanging Gardens' (Obelus, 2022) -- Taking in the Splendid & Spacial Scenery at James Bond Island, Phang Nga National Park, Southern Thailand

#RockinTuesday#ClassicMono

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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If there's a prettier Ophrys bee orchid than Ophrys reinholdii, I'd like to meet it.

Rhodes is a stronghold for this deliciously dark orchid. It's a daily delight for guests on the @mariposanature.bsky.social flagship #OrchidsOfRhodes tour, with plants within walking distance of our hotel.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Takin' a stroll along the beach.

Hudsonian Whimbrel

#BirdOfTheDay #SideViews #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #nature #photography
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Morning flurries fall gently around an adorable Black-capped Chickadee.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It's never too late to jump into #ArtAdventCalendar! It's very simple, just post one of your wonderful, human-made art pieces, throw in a little alt text, add the hashtag and sit back and let the joy roll in!

Not an artist? Scroll the hashtag for a joyful break!
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The black hat on the Wilson's Warbler is so stylish! Also kind of looks like greaser's hair

📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 500mm
5/5/24

Northern Oregon Coast

#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography

🦉 🪶
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Cumbrian red squirrel showing off its magnificent tail
#UKwildlife #mammals
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Postcard from the field, from one of Team Mariposa's guests, Christina H. She's #orchid-hunting in Chile at the moment, with great success - here's Porcelain Orchid (Chloraea magellanica) & Lime Green Orchid (Gavilea supralabellata). Nice finds, Christina! Thanks for sharing.
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Sketches from a recent walk at the Teesmouth nature reserve, in northeast England.
#artAdventCalendar
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December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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We're starting the new week bright and yellow with this Yellowhammer.
Have a great day ☕🖖

#Goldammer #Yellowhammer #birdoftheday
#Nikon #Fotografie 📷 🌿 🐦
#naturephotography #photography #birds #wildlife
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Good morning lovely people, coffee is ready ☕️☕️ Have a pleasant Tuesday! 😊
Guten Morgen ihr Lieben, Kaffee ist fertig ☕️☕️ Habt einen angenehmen Dienstag! 😊
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Great Blue Heron. Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, WA
#birds #naturephotography #pnw #whidbeyisland
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar is a handsome Pyrrhuloxia portrait from June 🪶
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Day 8 is 1/3 the way through #ArtAdventCalendar!

Close Encounter
40×48in 101x122cm
Oil on Canvas
2021

#art #painting
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Morning All !

Day 9 of #MyPhotoAdvent2025, a photo a day of my favourite captures of 2025... with an explanation in Alt Text of my reason for choosing it.

Plus #BirdOfTheDay, the theme is #SideViews the Alternative is #TurningAway. A 'twofer' I feel 😆

#Birds #Seabirds #Photography #EastCoastKin
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Day six of #ArtAdventCalendar.

Today’s offering is this coloured pencil drawing of a kingfisher.
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar here's my drawing of a Badger. This one took quite some time and I still think his eyes look a bit wonky but he was a lovely subject to draw.

Happy Tuesday everyone! 🕊️

#Mammals #Art #Nature #Badgers #Drawing #EastCoastKin
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM