Just look at this totally adorable fire salamander 😍 I've been threatening to make one for over a year and here it is and I am totally in love. Now to make some more. #amphibian #wildlifeartist #sciart

Rare bird spotted in a Somerset Garden 🤭 Meet my little needle felted crested tit. #birds #sciart

Some of the lovely toads from last night in the garden, love the sound of the males calling. #toads #garden

My presentation box of Falkland Islands penguins are now available, with a percentage going to Falklands Conservation to help their wild counterparts. mademe.co.uk/product/falk... #birds #artforconservation

Meet some speical owls: Burrowing owl Snowy owl American barn owl Barred owl Great horned owl All needle felted sculptures, made from 100% wool. #birds #owls #wildlifeartist

Working on my project today, and it's time to get writing. First up is tree frogs, this also means working through my European tree frog photos. I'm also making a European tree frog, stay tuned for updates on that. #frogs #frogfriday

I've just added all these original drawings to my shop. mademe.co.uk/shop/woolley... They come with a certificate of authenticity of original work. Please share with wildlife lovers, art lovers, well just about everyone It would be lovely for these pieces to go to new homes. #wildlifeartist

A few hours into my biggest challenge yet. Needle felted wool painting of a golden eagle, this will be around 3ft x 2ft when finished. Working with just a single needle! This will be a big statement piece for Global Birdfair in July. #birds #sciart #wildlifeartist

I found a pink grasshopper Pink grasshoppers are real, known as erythrism, caused by a recessive gene This mutation results in one of two things happening or even a combination of the two; a reduction or even absence of the normal pigment and/or the excessive production of other pigments #sciart

I've always had a soft spot for octopus and thought it was time i drew one. This will be the first of many illustrations for a new set of books I'm working on for my Forgotten Little Creatures Project. #octopus #sciart

This will be my biggest wool painting yet, approximately 2ft x 3ft 😳 I really wanted a big showcase piece for Global Birdfair this year. All ready to be marked out on the felt tomorrow. #birds #wildlifeartist

"Safety of Mum" I had an idea in mind with this one, so happy with how it has turned out (photo doesn't do it justice, will have to wait for better light for a better photo). Coloured pencils on A3 black paper, 10 & 1/2 hrs, my own reference photos taken at Bristol Zoo. #gorilla #SciArt

Most of my work at the moment is bird related (more details coming soon) and to be honest I'm feeling a bit birded out. I took a break from birds today and worked on my European tree frog wool painting. #frog #sciart #wildlifeartist

Pigeons are back in stock and are joined by little Thistle the Highland Cow with a heart. mademe.co.uk/product/this... mademe.co.uk/product/wild... My 2026 calendars are now half price as well mademe.co.uk/product/wild... #UKMakers #wildlifeartist #highlandcow #pigeon

I've been digging into my photo archives for images of golden eagles for a special showcase wool painting. More to come on that later. Thought I'd share a few with you, never thought when I took these 6 years ago I'd be using them for artwork now. #birds #eagles

I've never actually shared this drawing. I started it a while ago now, but I've and other things took over, but today I decided to get back to working on it. Western lowland gorilla baby in mum's hands, photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2012 (I think). Coloured pencils on black paper.

Meet my little Siberian eagle owl sculpture. Just 7cm tall, took around 5 hours to make (3 of those were just on the details and markings) and made from 100% wool. The ear tufts nearly pushed me over the edge 😆 #birds #wildlifeartist #SciArt

Did u know? This year, let's all make our outside spaces less left - unnatural, sterile, controlled, barren places & more right - natural, verdant, chemical-free, filled with food, 1000's of flowers & 100's habitats for small souls. It's so much easier on your back too... 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐦‍⬛🐞🦊🦎🦡🦔🪱🪰🕷️

Just some mountains and trees from my recent trip to Switzerland. Back home and lots of animals to get making.

Super excited to get going on work for this year on what will be a fun challenge or a bird to make 🤭 keep an eye out for other endemic wildlife that will be joining the Dwarf Ibis in July.

This was a very special commission for the European Champions in women's bobsleigh. #penguins #bobsleigh

We've got a new #kakapo webcam! It's on Rakiura's nest on Whenua Hou. She laid an egg yesterday (we caught that on camera), but isn't incubating it yet. Follow to (hopefully) watch her lay more! #conservation #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

Definitely very different doing a needle felted wool painting on a canvas compared to felt, bit slower and harder and a real challenge. Let's see how it progresses, it does make a nice break from the 3d sculptures and I do love European tree frogs 🐸 #frog #sciart #wildlifeartist

Golden Trevallies hanging out on the Reef 🪸 I really enjoyed sculpting & painting these lil fishes 🎨 They make adorable companions. #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #JanuArty 🦑🐡

Spider web embroidery.

How to get into nature.

Penguins (family Spheniscidae): These are a group of aquatic flightless birds of the order Sphenisciformes. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator.🐧 #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #Penguin #Penguins #PenguinDay

Today is apparently Blue Monday, so how about we make it a happy blue with blue wildlife instead. I'm going with this adorable blue tit in winter light. #birds #bluemonday

Those big eyes might steal the show, but this is the small-toothed sportive lemur named for what you can’t see! They lack permanent incisors and have smaller molars than other sportive lemurs. #FunFactFriday 📷: Charles J. Sharp

Then and now bald eagle sculptures, probably about 18 months apart. They are both made with the same amount of wool for the body, 5g, just shaped differently. The new version is updated and weighs only 1g more than the original version. #birds #eagles #wildlifeartist

A new mini challenge for me, a European tree frog wool painting on a canvas. I've done a few drawings of these frogs but not a wool painting, also the fiest go at doing one on a canvas. #frog #sciart #wildlifeartist

15 hours of love and stabbing and my snow leopard cub is finished. Needle felted A3 wool painting, using just a single needle and my own reference photos. #snowleopard #sciart #wildlifeartist

Purple Pitcher Plant. #Newfoundland, Canada. One of our carnivorous plant species. #plant #botany #bog

Another snow leopard cub wool painting update. Need to smooth everything then add the final details. #snowleopard #wildlifeartist #sciart

Making really good progress on my snow leopard cub wool painting. ##snowleopard #sciart #wildlifeartist

Making good progress in my snow leopard needle felted wool painting. About 6 hours in with this one so far, working with just a single needle. I'm completely in love with this little one. #snowleopard #wildlifeartist

Kicking off 2026 with my first box of birds. Meet the box of boobies, left to right: red footed, blue footed, masked, nazcs, brown and Peruvian. Little 5cm needle felted sculptures made from 100% wool. They will be available soon to adopt. #birds #birdart #wildlifeartist

#SundaysAreForSnuggles This mom and baby Verreaux’s sifaka are serving peak cuddle goals. Sifaka moms invest a lot in their babies—timing births to when conditions are just right and balancing the energy it takes to raise a youngster in Madagascar’s unpredictable environment. 📷: William Stephens

I've started work on my next needle felted wool painting. Snow leopard cub from my own images, just using a single needle to paint with wool #snowleopard #wildlifeartist

Following on from introducing the herring gull yesterday. This one has stolen a chip 😆 #birds #wildlifeart

Meet Herring Gull, the latest addition to the Wild Woolley Friends Collection. Needle felted sculpture, made from 100% wool. #birds #birdart #wildlifeartist

Back at the end of November I spent a couple of hours with a good friend at a lake photographing birds. I was particularly taken with the herring gulls. The light was perfect for something a different. I'm inspired to create some drawings from these. These are straight from the camera. #birds

Finally catching up on with video editing, spent some time looking through old pictures to share for #StunDay (and since it's still #Caturday at other side of the planet) Here's P151 photographed early misty morning #Photography #Mammals #Nature #JungleSafari #IndianForest #SilentSunday #Wildlife

'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.' Such sad news. #birds www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...

My European brown bear is complete, she just needs stretching over the mount & framed. She is a needle felted wool painting on a sheet of 12 inch square felt, it took 10 hours to do using just a single needle working from my own reference photos from the Bären Park in Bern. #wildlifeartist #bear

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar ☃️ I sculpted this large humpback whale last year, and it found a new home through Bsky! Made from coarse paper mache which I really love sculpting with due to the organic surface texture it gives you. Painted with acrylics.

I'm delighted to inform you that it is once again #sharkawarenessday ! 🦑🐡🦈 #art #painting #watercolour #shark #sealife #zebrashark

🪸🎨🐙 Handcrafted Coral + Octopus sculpted from poly clay #ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡

Nearly 2 weeks post op and finally felt up doing a little bit more on my bear wool painting. #wildlifeart #bear