Melanie Mascarenhas

Primarily a painter, who aims to bring to life chance encounters with wildlife, through direct observation & a connection with the subject in its environment.

[Melanie Mascarenhas @RavenesqueM]

Pelicans! Painting based on field sketches & observations
‘Making Space for Nature’ A collaboration of paintings & original prints supporting #BirdLifeInternational @BirdLife_News
Please see 👉 https://t.co/8I3oUZ9dDR
#pelican #Art #Exhibition #birds #BirdArtwork #LondonArtwork

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Mum seals are simply the best as the blog explains: https://t.co/VnWtRiQI6m

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

At long last we have our first Grey Seal pup of the new autumn season on the Isle of May as the blog explains: https://t.co/VnWtRiRfVU

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Here is 25 seconds of peace and tranquility off the Isle of May late afternoon. Stunning.

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to post videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a Puffling (young Puffin) taking flight for 1st time ever #SuperSeabirdSunday

[Marc Hughes @marcbuzzard]

Can there be a better start to the working week than this? A playful family of Otter on the Glaslyn this morning ☺️👍

[Marc Hughes @marcbuzzard]

What an amazing bird! Stumbled across this stunning summer plumaged Great Northern Diver at Loch Fleet , Sutherland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿today. Cracking day with Cory’s + Sooty Shearwater, all 3 species of Diver, Golden Eagle, 8+ Ospreys, 25+ Arctic Skuas, Arctic waders and 30+ Tree Sparrow ☺️👍

[Russell Boland @RussBoland]

Field studies of one of the reported 3 White-rumped Sandpipers at Beacon Ponds, Spurn. A British tick and my first since seeing two in Canada in 2003. Got the clinching features but not all the detail due to the hazy conditions. Cheers @waderquest

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is a young Fulmar defending itself by spitting oil. You never get close as you’ll pay the price! #SuperSeabirdSunday

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution; magnificent Razorbills #SuperSeabirdSunday

[Darren Woodhead MA (RCA) SWLA @DarrenNWoodhead]

Young Swallows gathering on Elder, resting, preening and a central bird sunbathing! Watercolour, 560 x 380mm.
I am in awe of these young birds, so playful just now, frequent mass taking to the air but muxed with frequent periods of rest and preening, soon on their way South.

[Alan Davies @AlanDaviesbirds]

Wonderful day 4 Best of North Wales Tour with Iolo Williams. Highlights included Dippers, Mandarins, Black Guillemots, Red-billed Chough, Manx Shearwaters, enchanting encounters with wild red squirrels! Come & join us.

[Richard Allen @richardallenart]

All the fun of the fair at @GlobalBirdfair come to Puffin marquee to the @swlanaturaleye

[Richard Allen @richardallenart]

Lapwing, oil on canvas, work in progress

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Kittiwake chicks are hatching across the colonies on the Isle of May - read about this and a general update about our seabirds on tonight’s blog: https://t.co/VnWtRiQI6m

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution, a Puffin collecting nest material on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

This young Razorbill is ready to fledge! It’ll soon jump off the cliffs (yes they launch themselves off the cliff tops into the sea) and swim out with its father to the open sea where it’ll depend on him for a few months

[Deena Sharp @DeenaSharp18]

Party time! Six-Spot Burnet moths feasting on a thistle.
@WildlifeTrusts @Cornwall_BC #moths

[Richard Allen @richardallenart]

Some sun drenched Avocet studies, Alresford creek, Essex
@EssexBirdNews @EssexWildlife @swlanaturaleye

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Morning a young Grey Seal enjoying the waters around the Isle of May

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Kittiwakes on the cliffs of the Isle of May, such gentle Gulls and they’ve just returned from their wintering grounds off Greenland #seabirds