So long 🩵

William John Leech, A convent garden Brittany (1913) oil on canvas

My #BirdOfTheDay #FavouriteOfTheMonth has to be the gorgeous Bearded Reedlings seen in Hampshire recently... they really are delightful birds! 🤍 📷 🪶 Happy Friday everyone. Wishing you all a good weekend and a new month ahead! 🕊️ #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Photography #Scape #EastCoastKin

🤍 Keep an eye out for patches of white appearing in the parks 🌦️ The weather this week has seen them really start to bloom across Brompton Cemetery 📸 Head of Programmes, Volunteers and Conservation, Alister & Senior Communication Officer, Zoë

Camille Monet at the Window, Argentuile - 1873 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8202

The Duke and Duchess of Osuna and their Children, by Francisco de Goya

Male White-crowned Sparrow A moment of bird zen...

La Danse des nymphes, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Epigeneium coelogyne, n.d., by #MaryGrierson (English, 1912-2012), who died #otd, Jan 30. Source, Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew Gardens, shirleysherwood.com/-GMEc2796 #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

“First, the pretty snowdrop wakes, From her leaves the snow-drift shakes, And her bell unfolds…” — In Winter, Mary Sophia Claude (1821–1912)

Can you name the place behind the snowdrops? Clue: It's a grand Elizabethan house on a small scale.

Villas at Bordighera - 1884 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10061

Vandaag in de #vlindermaand is voor het #landkaartje De zomergeneratie de voorjaarsgeneratie! 🦋🧡🦋 @erikdepay.bsky.social #natuur #butterfly

Looks like this barn owl just found a perch in your feed, lucky you! Winter is prime time for barn owls, keep an eye out at dusk for the best chance of spotting them. 🦉 📷 Norfolk, UK.

Prunus Persica 🌸 #flowersonfriday

Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939) Vinterhare 1905. Oil on canvas.

Oh how I long for the first flowers to appear. This time last year both Galanthus and Eranthis started to emerge, but this winter they seem to be awfully delayed.. Meanwhile I'm posting art and here's a pic from last year. 🌱 #flowersonfriday

Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) - Princess Bibesco (Marthe Lahovary) ca.1920 oil on cardboard

A beautiful dew-covered spiderweb in Richmond Park this week 💧 Every image provides a closer look 👀 📸 Help Nature Thrive Project Manager, Charlie

A quick #FlyDay dip for this Robin! 📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social

Blindman's buff, by Cornelis Troost

Other work of the Ladybird artists. 'Hawk above the Downs' Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

"On the plum tree one blossom, one blossom worth of warmth." ― Ransetsu Hattori (images: Gyoshu Hayami)

Winter woods #trees #woodland #treeclub

Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939) Vinterhare 1905. Oil on canvas.

There's more to see in the #forest than just trees. Magic is everywhere if you look closely ✨️ Happy #Scape Friday 🫶 #ForestFriday #ColorADay #FlowersonFriday #Woodland #mood #photography #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

Good morning 🧡 Happy Friday!

Oh how I long for the first flowers to appear. This time last year both Galanthus and Eranthis started to emerge, but this winter they seem to be awfully delayed.. Meanwhile I'm posting art and here's a pic from last year. 🌱 #flowersonfriday

Prunus Persica 🌸 #flowersonfriday

Women in the Garden, by Claude Monet, 1866 #Monet

if you were to ask me to name my favourite genus, it would be Iris – and at multiple points in the year. just now, it would be the bulbous Reticulata types, like these. I don't think this is 'Harmony', but it's something very close to it. I've found a folder full of them, all unlabelled.💚🌱

Another unlabelled Iris reticulata cultivar. These clear and vibrant colours recommend them for cheering up these cold spring mornings, promising of sunnier, warmer times. They were planted in the paving crevices of a sunny terrace. 💚🌱

It will be another 4–6 weeks before the crocus season gets underway, I think, but as you know, I'm all for anticipation and temptation. The following pics were all attempts at naturalising in short turf, flanking a path to an orchard. The aim of this was to cause trembling with joy 💚🌱

Cyclamen (1918-19) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Three Pots of Tulips (1883) by Claude Monet

Moonlight over Racken (1900) by Gustaf Fjæstad

A male Northern Cardinal that was hopping his way along a snowy log.

Eastern Bluebird I hear you and I see you...

Camille with a Small Dog - 1866 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6726

#flowers #nature #photography

🌲 Österreichs allgemeine baumzucht, : Wien: Ignaz Albertischen Buchdruck., 1792-1822. [Source]

Morning. 🖼️ Ernest Seton Thompson

🖼️ Raymond Booth

🖼️ John Murr

'Running Iris' linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #WomensArt

Tit of the Day: Green-backed Tit 📷  Abhishek Das