I was just checking who was leaving chewed fruit remains under a coconut frond when I got ‘bombed by a spider 🦇
#bat #fruitbat #spider #backyardwildlife #gardenwildlife #Thailand

Many thanks!!!

Artwork of a flock of eight elegant black-winged stilts feeding in a flooded field. The scene was created from a macro photograph of streaked rust on a metal container with the dark rust staining much of the light yellow base paint an orange-brown colour. The dark rust streaks resemble a ridged field with some of the birds matching the dark rust whilst others match the light yellow paintwork. The tones make it feel like a peaceful late evening scene.

Flooded Field Stilts - black-winged stilts feeding in a flooded field of rust
#birds #stilts #birdart #wadingbirds #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Artwork of a flock of five geese flying over a wild abstract scene that resembles a rough coast or possibly tundra. The image was created from macro photographs of weathered urban surfaces. The foreground and birds themselves are dark blue with heavy scratches while the flaking background has white streaks with scratches and fine cracks plus some hint of rust. The scene feels wild and cold.

Wild Geese - flying over the wild landscape of a heavily weathered urban surface
#birds #geese #birdart #coast #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Artwork of a hawk's faint silhouette with wings spread out flying at a group of 8 dark sparrows which are scattering in panic. The image was created using a macro photograph of paintwork cracks found on an old wall. The base colour is a light creamy brown with cracks in the paint revealing orange underneath and blue below that give a sense of the branches of a bush.

Hawk and Sparrows - in some cracking paintwork found on an old wall
#birds #predation #birdart #hawk #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Artwork of a small group of lesser horseshoe bats hanging from a cave roof wrapped in their wings making them look like dark brown plums. The image was created from a macro photograph of urban decay with the upper part made of dark rust from which the bats are hanging, and the lower part a lighter rough-textured grey colour with some orange-brown staining from the rust. The eleven bats are asleep and not quite touching each other.

Lesser Horseshoe Bats Rusting - hanging like ripe plums or possibly samosas 🦇
#bats #horseshoebats #batart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Thanks! It's already one of my favs.

Artwork of the chaos of wrinkle-lipped bats flying out of their cave roost. There are over 20 dark bats with long narrow wings flying close together diagonally upwards from left to right. The image is created from a macro photograph of the weathered detail of the paintwork on an old car. The background is blue and white with a lot of intricate detail while the bats are blue and black with the same patterning. These fast bats live in very large colonies in caves and I visit a local one in Thailand every week!

Bat Flyout - the frantic chaos of wrinkle-lipped bats (Mops plicata) leaving their cave with fear in their wings, within the chaos of an old car's weathered paintwork. 🦇
#bats #flyingbats #batart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Artwork of a starling taking off in an abstract scene created from a macro photo of the weathered detail of an old sign. A cat is looking up from the background at the departing bird and there are vertical scratches down the image as though made by the cat. The image is high contrast with dark paint flaking away from creamy white with some flecks of blue and rust showing through parts of the scratches.

Cat scratched starling - leaving a weathered old sign board just in time
#huntingcat #bird #birdart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

What a lovely compliment, thank you so much!!!

Artwork of a large flock of fieldfares within a photo of flaking paintwork on an old sign. The background is dark paint flaking away from a cream and yellow base colour with some of the birds light coloured but most dark. A few birds are flying but the majority are perched with some feeding. The image feels like a winter scene.

Fieldfares - 23 of them in this weathered old road-sign
#fieldfare #birds #birdart #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Artwork of an ibex with long curved horns standing on a snowy mountainside created using a macro photograph of an old sign with dark brown paint flaking away from the cream-coloured underlying base and in places edged with blue. The dark ibex is partially hidden and looking to the right.

Rocky Ibex - there's a whole mountainside in a weathered road-sign. It just needed an ibex to help show it.
#ibex #mountainlandscape #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Many thanks!! Feel free to tell me as often as you like!😂

Artwork of various animals walking through an abstract winter scene created using a macro photograph of an old sign with very dark brown paint flaking away from the cream-coloured underlying base and some flecks of blue. Each animal is in a pair, namely, fallow deer, hares, rabbits, pheasants, crows and starlings.

Winter Pairs - created from a macro photo of a weathered old roadside sign
#winter #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #deer

Artwork of a clan of 7 hyenas walking through an abstract scene that could be a cave created using a macro photograph of an old public bench showing its concrete base and patches of orange and blue paint. The dark blue hyena silhouettes stand out against the orange behind them but have flakes of blue paint in front of them.

Clan - created from a macro photo of a weathered old outdoor bench
#hyenas #weathered #urbandecay #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Many thanks!

Me too! 😊

Artwork of a curlew standing in an abstract wetland created using a macro photograph of an old corrugated metal fence with textured layers of weathered flaking paint. In portrait format the dark bird is standing upright near the bottom of the image in what looks like a small pool with lighter colours behind and vague horizontal bands of fine detail above.

Curlew Wetland - created from a macro photo of a weathered fence of painted corrugated metal
#curlew #birds #wetland #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #birdart #weathered #urbandecay

Artwork of a flock of small wading birds flying and foraging in an abstract coastal scene created using a macro photograph of an old public bench showing its concrete base and some patches of orange paint. There are 9 birds feeding or standing on the ground and 7 flying. Against the darkest areas of the background the birds are light coloured and vice-versa. The effect is of a wave splashing over the foreground.

Foraging Flock - created from a macro photo of a weathered old outdoor bench
#waders #shorebirds #flock #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart #weathered #urbandecay

Artwork of many bats flying together created using a macro photograph of an old corrugated metal fence covered in flaking paint and spots of rust. There are a few large dark bats overlaid and inter-mingled with much smaller bats some of which are dark and some light. The effect is a chaotic exodus of bats leaving their roost within the texture of urban decay.

Bat Flight - created from a photo of a weathered old corrugated fence 🦇
#bats #wildlife #wildlifeart #animalart

Two well camouflaged Indian nightjars sitting together on the ground amongst the fallen dry leaves and scattered greenery. Taken from a low angle, one bird is facing the camera and the other is side-on. From our garden in Thailand.

At last the two Indian nightjars posed together for me this morning
#nightjars #wildlifegarden #backyardwildlife #wildlife #Thailand

The other one is in a similar position over to the right but slightly higher up - it's a bit more fluffed-up and has its eyes more closed so it is much harder to spot!

Photograph of the dry leafy debris on the ground in our garden with some bits of short grass and other green plants. Hidden within this are two Indian nightjars resting on the ground about one metre apart.

Another chance to play Spot the Nightjar. There are two in this photo...or am I just messing with you?
#nightjar #spotthenightjar #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #Thailand #wildlife

A superbly camouflaged Indian nightjar sitting on the ground next to a clump of bamboo surrounded by leaf-litter. Photo taken with a telephoto lens almost at ground level.

Two very well camouflaged Indian nightjars sitting on the ground two metres apart, surrounded by fallen leaves and a little bit of green grass.

Indian nightjars in our garden again - two in the second photo!
#nightjars #birds #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #wildlife #Thailand

Absolutely! I hear them almost every night but this is the first time I've pinned one down during the day.

An Indian nightjar sitting on the ground with its eyes half open surrounded by dry grass, leaves and fallen seed-pods. The mottled grey-browns of the bird give it superb camouflage.

An Indian nightjar sitting on the ground with its eyes half open surrounded by dry grass, leaves and fallen seed-pods. The mottled grey-browns of the bird give it superb camouflage.

Indian nightjar looking dry and leafy in our garden (Thailand)
#nightjar #birds #gardenwildlife #backyardwildlife #camouflage

Thank you and keep up the good work!!!

Many thanks! It's always good to get feedback like that!

Illustration of a woodpecker clinging to a tree trunk close to a hole in the tree. The abstract tree is a photograph from a rusty sheet of metal with the rusty staining forming the tree, and the black-and-white woodpecker with small red patches on its head and under its tail is made from three other macro photographs of urban decay.

Woodpecker and Hole - created from macro photographs of weathered urban surfaces
#woodpecker #bird #birdart #wildlifeart #animalart #natureart #illustration #weatheredsurface #urbandecay

Illustration of two sea lions swimming together in ocean surf from above. The sea lions are dark silhouettes blended into a photograph of the intricate cracks on the paintwork of a very old car. The cracks are white and give an impression of fine bubbles floating on the water surface over a blue background. The sea lions are behind the bubbles so they appear to be below the water's surface.

Surf Sea Lions - created using a macro photograph of the weathered bodywork of an old, old car
#sealions #oceanlife #wildlifeart #natureart #illustration #animalart #weathered #urbandecay #photoillustration #sealife