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Branch of Gorse and two Stonechats

Gorse brightens the Breton winter, so it has became a symbol of the region (where I come from). In Scotland it abounds in the heathland and on the coast where I live, its yellow flowers announce spring.

This is just a little gouache painting to celebrate these small sun-coloured flowers.

#Gorse #ajonc #Gorse flower #Bretagne #brittany #wildlife painting #gouache painting #folklore inspired #winter flowers

#Daffodil #Rusty patched bumblebee #gouache #gouache painting #beginner painter #spring #spring flowers

#wildlife #wildlife art #wildlife painting #oil painting #Waxwing bird

#drawing #pied wagtail #lichen #wildlife #wildlife art

Whispering Bat, Emperor Moth and White Campion . ( My first gouache painting ! I’m still a beginner and it’s not perfect but I’m still proud)

From a blog post titled « Whispering Bats » on the Scottish wildlife trust website: « One species that is found in Scotland but is rarely seen (or heard on a bat detector) is the brown long-eared. […] When they are sleeping their ears are all scrunched up but when they wake up their ears grow really big! Now, these guys are known as ‘whispering bats’ because they echolocate really quietly. This echolocation only reaches about 3-5m from the bat so you have to be really close to them to pick up their sound. [...] They don’t need to echolocate loudly because they fly really close to shrubs and trees; gleaning moths and larger insects off leaves and bark. Their broad wings and tail allow for great manoeuvrability and they can even hover. They will often have a perch which they will come back to after catching their prey. They will eat the meaty bodies of the insect and discard the inedible wings. If you ever see a small pile of insect wings on the ground then you know it might be a perch for this bat. What would be even more amazing to do would be to go back later on and try and see the bat itself! »