SAOCousins

Following a landscape through time. I study how biodiversity linked to grasslands and deciduous woods are affected by landscape changes. This set of change is so common in Sweden. There is no space left for species to inhabit or disperse #communityecology 🧪🌍 #biodiversity Description in alt text

Woodpigeon #ArtDD2026 Not many days left for #Inktober №26 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #bird #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

First doodle for a while. Cornish cliffs no 1 ( yes, there will be more!) Watercolour + pen on board. Need practice! @drrjwarren.bsky.social @saocousins.bsky.social @indikon.eurosky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @jayjewels70.bsky.social @artistsarahjh.bsky.social

#wildflowerhour has stopped but it doesn't stop the wildflowers flowering outside Stockholm @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Golden Plover #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №25 Six days to colours 😍 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Teesdale #Inknib #bird #plover ink and neutral watercolour size 5.5 cm high #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Great Grey Shrike in an Alder tree #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №24 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib #bird#shrike ink and neutral watercolour size 5.5 cm high #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Colcannon and sasauge meat (Fallow deer). All "home grown". Homage to my great great Irish grandmother 😁 #colcannon

Black-tailed Godwith #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №23 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib #bird ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Sleepy Tawny Owl #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №22 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib #bird ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Goldeneye #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №21 A quick one while nursing a stinking head cold Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib #bird ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Lapwing #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №20 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #birds #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #lapwing #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Greylag Goose (backlit...🤔) #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №19 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Floating island #balticsea and goldeneye

Today we went filming at a fabulous shore #meadow The weather was stunning We talked about #biodiversity #soilhealth #climatechange #sealevel #conservation I explained isostatic rebound & grasslands. And mostly why geography matters. The film will be shown at #AAG2027 🧪⚒️🌍 @geographers.bsky.social

Pied Flycatcher #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №18 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. One lived in a birdbox in the garden #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #blackbird #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Favourite subjects Stiles and herons and lighthouse #stile ×2 One of the rocks are not a rock #heron #lighthouse

Birding down south and visiting the oldest offspring. Great birds but even greater clouds Spotted Nutcracker 🦉 #sandön

Fulmar #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №17 The Swedish name is Storm bird Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing #fulmar #stormfågel #yorkshire #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Blackbird #ArtDD2026 I had no Internet late last night! #Inktober №16 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #blackbird #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

@rucouwes.bsky.social presented his half-time seminar today: Diversification of species and reproductive systems after long-distance dispersal: phylogenomics and biogeography of the Pacific Wikstroemia 🧪🌏 🌱 Maps, plants and volcanoes 🌋 #Hawaii #Wikstroemia #biogeography Yay Ruben 💚💚💚

30 years ago this little wonderful chap turned 1. I was the same age as he is today +2 months. That is weird

Stork #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №15 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #Brussels #stork #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Ring-billed Gull #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №14 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Lamppost #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #Stockholm #gull #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Kestrel #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №13 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #kestrel #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Black Redstart in maccia #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №12 Birds 🦉 I've met this year. Greece #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #redstart #greece #drawing #watercolour @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Little Owl #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №11 Birds 🦉 I've met this year . This one on the roofs in the little Greek village Romanos #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #owl @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Goshawk, stile, tree, wetland Nice walk and I managed to find a window it wasn't raining. 41 bird species in all #goshawk #stile #wetland #ågesta

Hoopoe #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №10 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #greece #hoopoe @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Out partying. Ho ho Hot, noisy, too many people but fun for awhile. Now with a nice audiobook and knitting on the bus going home to tea and my paints. Bliss What happened! Where did the punk rocker go???? (to be fair I never liked noisy places)

Tree sparrow #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №9 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. 9/15 done on a A4. It's a bit annoying that there 31 days in October. #sparrow @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay #waders 🦉 Grey Heron, Little Egret, Redshank, Avocet and Curlew 📷 in UK and Sweden #Heron #egret #avocet #redshank #curlew #birds

Cormorant #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №8 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #Inknib ink and neutral watercolour 5.5 cm high drawing. #whitby #Cormorant @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Avocet #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №7 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #Inknib 5.5 cm drawing. A lovely birding day with @drrjwarren.bsky.social in May #avocet @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Winners and losers in modern landscapes: long-term consequences for ecosystem functions! 🥳 My research application is in @formasforsk.bsky.social 2hours 45min to spare #plants #maps #restoration #biodiversity I'm happy, hopefully the reviewers too Now there a 9 month wait Sounds familiar 🚼 🧪🌍

Eider duck #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №6 Birds 🦉 I've met this year Unfortunately I took a too large ink nib. 5.5 cm drawing. Between checking references as it's application season 🧪🌍 17 hours to go @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Fireworks! Standing on the porch in my dressing gown and a cup of tea, looking at the firework display. A glorious warm morning in October #garden

Rook #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №5 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #ink nib and #watercolour neautral tint, 5.5 cm high drawing. A late night doodle as it's application writing season 🧪🌍 36 hours to go @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Kittiwake #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №4 Birds 🦉 I've met this year at Flamborough head #ink nib and #watercolour neautral tint, 5.5 cm high drawing @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Parlour Stile Barbers wire, metal frame, wonky bridge over deep ditch, leaning stile and electric wire fence @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Red-backed Shrike fledgling #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №3 Birds 🦉 I've met this year #ink nib and #watercolour neautral tint, 5.5 cm high drawing @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Wren fledgling #ArtDD2026 #Inktober №2 Birds 🦉 I've met this year is the theme (I think 🤔). I met this one in Grosmont #Yorkshire #ink nib and #watercolour neautral tint, 5.5 cm high drawing @drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Aaah Friday... Glenmorangie and #ArtDD2026 House empty for an hour. #Inktober

Happy Friday! Red Squirrel on our fence

Extremely odd clouds this afternoon....