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Paul Harfleet

@paulharfleet.bsky.social

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Artist, designer, writer, founder of The Pansy Project & Birds Can Fly https://linktr.ee/Harfleet

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Nov 15

I'm hoping that here my posts that celebrate the #LGBTQ+ family will not be attacked and hidden... Here's to a new Social Media platform that is a safe as my childhood self would have welcomed. Here's me reading my book #PansyBoy to celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-_...

Paul Harfleet recites Pansy Boy.

YouTube video by Paul Harfleet

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 2d

Next Tuesday - 4th Nov
The Pansy Project Talk & Walking Tour, FACT, 9:30–11:15am
Part of @remembernaturemetzger supported by @homotopiafest and hosted by @fact_liverpool
Book for free now 👉
www.fact.co.uk/event/rememb...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 8d

Still working hard for the upcoming Day of Action with a special gentle reference in association with Homotopia Festival at Fact Liverpool - part of #RememberNature a nationwide day of artist-led action to stand up for nature - 4th November 2025 - www.fact.co.uk/event/rememb...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 11d

Working on a new Gentle Reference for #RememberNature an artist-led day of action to Remember Nature in association with Homotopia Festival and FACT Liverpool - More information here: www.fact.co.uk/event/rememb...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 15d

Bargains Galore!
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Eco-Friendly Products responsibly produced!
#BirdsCanFly

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 18d

So it begins… More complex than I thought as usual 🤞

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 19d

Here in pictures - without the typo - I'm about to embark on a new Gentle Reference, which is always fun. I begin by looking back at my previous ones to check I'm not repeating myself, to check I'm not repeating myself... See all 103 (ish) - here:
birdscanflystore.com/gentlerefere...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 19d

About to embark on a new gentle reference… I always begin but looking back… See them all here… birdscanflystore.com/gentlerefere...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 27

The New Collection.
Now includes an ENAMEL MUG! Fancy! birdscanflystore.com/collection/b...

BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS - Enamel Mug

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 22

Sometimes, even in the darkest times, it helps to be silly…

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 20

Loads of new #BIRD thingies here! birdscanflystore.com/collection/b...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 19

The RAW, blackbird, scanned in, not edited just as it is. Then I add colour digitally, it's almost like painting, but with colour coming from changing the colour of the scan...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 19

Sometimes I draw a bird just for the design I have swimming in my mind, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS needed 3 flying birds, so I drew them, I'm so grateful for my drawing hands... birdscanflystore.com/collection/b...

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Susan Lee @susanlee4.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hey, @paulharfleet.bsky.social - I just started working in another school in Salford and look what I spotted in their library!!!!

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 28

A strange and disturbing tale from my childhood, when I saved a frog from torture...
Full post here: birdscanflystore.com/blog/luap-a-...

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Sep 4

I found this bark on the street, on a main road, just right there in front of me. The lichen is amazing… part of a future project…

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 28

A strange and disturbing tale from my childhood, when I saved a frog from torture...
Full post here: birdscanflystore.com/blog/luap-a-...

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 24

Work in progress… A challenge and a joy to delve into the world of this bird… Can you tell what it is yet?

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 22

As the weekend approaches Manchester will be alive with Pride… To celebrate this new T-Shirt is exclusively available Manchester Art Gallery - read all about it here… birdscanflystore.com/blog/the-pow...

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 11

Amazing to see this beautiful Harris’s Hawk in my lobby… She is released around the building I live in to deter pigeons… I’ve never managed to get a picture until now… 😊

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Aug 6

Today I shared a snack with a Robin… Thanks @hilaryjack_ for capturing the magic, just… 😊

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm still shooketh, this morning I was visited by a #HummingbirdHawkMoth - It flew up to my balcony on the sixth floor of my flat in Bethnal Green... It flitted about my lobelia for a moment. This drawn today to celebrate, a work in progress! Have you seen them? if so where?... :)

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Jul 20

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) - 'If I could tern back time'
birdscanflystore.com/blog/if-i-co...

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · Jul 20

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a short clip attempting to show the vast numbers of Puffins on Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you x

Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · Jul 19

Is there anyone in the world that doesn't adore the puffin? Surely not. I've been spending time repainting mine.
birdscanflystore.com/search/?sear...

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