#British mammals

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Sleeping With Dandelions, Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), London, England

‘After spending a lot of time with this particular vixen, she began to learn I was not a threat. This gave me some great photographic opportunities. I got to know her routine, and as the wildflowers began to grow, I would find her curled up amongst them. As the dandelions began to open, there were a couple of days when she would wake up covered in them.’

Photograph: Lewis Newman

British Wildlife Photography Awards

#lewis newman #photographer #british wildlife photography awards #red fox #fox #animal #mammal #wildlife #vulpes vulpes #london #england #dandelions #nature

[vintagewildlife]

Saiga antelope at Woburn Park By: The Duchess of Bedford From: British Mammals 1903

#captivity #saiga #antelope #ungulate #mammal #1903 #1900s #The Duchess of Bedford #British Mammals (1903)

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Ocra Pod Hunting Seals - Wild by Ken Goldman Photography Via Flickr: Transient pod of killer whales hunting in the Gulf Islands, BC 2011-08-09 at 11-16-54

#Ken Goldman #Whale #mammal #whales #orca #orcas #gulf_islands #british #columbia #canada #wild #wildlife #pod #ken_goldman_photography #© #flickr

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #InternationalZebraDay! Here are a 1751 George Edwards illustration and a 1763 George Stubbs painting depicting the first zebras seen in Britain: a now extinct Quagga (Equus quagga quagga), and a rare Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra), which also was almost driven to extinction but has thankfully since recovered.

1. The Female Zebra George Edwards (English, 1694-1773) hand-colored copper-plate engraving dated 1751 published in Edwards’ Gleanings of Natural History Pt. 1 in 1758 as Plate 223Wellcome Collection

2. Zebra, 1763 George Stubbs (English, 1724–1806) oil on canvas Yale Center for British Art

More on the blog: https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/01/31/animal-art-of-the-day-for-international-zebra-day-1-george-edwards-george-stubbs-and-the-first-british-zebras/

#zebra #zebras #equids #mammals #European art #illustration #painting #book illustration #engraving #print #works on paper #18th century #British art #International Zebra Day #extinct species #Quagga #animals in art

[bonefall]

When I first started reading warriors I Honestly thought Shadowclan territory was a peat bog, so when they moved to the lake I was like...Twany why are you saying these pines are good for shadowclan??

Pines are AWFUL for territory I'm dead serious, everything I read about pine forests stops short of calling them Mammal Hell

The branches work well for birds and arboreal insects, but the pine needles and lack of sunlight makes ground cover extremely scarce. Very few ground bugs are adapted to deal with it, ESPECIALLY IN ENGLAND where there is ONE native pine!! The SCOTCH PINE.

The pine tree with most coverage in England is the imported Sitka Spruce, accounting for over 50% of commercial forest cover, and it's AWFUL for English wildlife. PISS poor. Why's it planted? JUST for wood. The majority of English species are evolved for deciduous trees.

Living near these things would be the 4th ring of hell for Clan cats

So less ground bugs and low-laying forage means the prey has to go up in the trees to survive, and the cats would follow to hunt squirrels and birds... that thing SkyClan is known for.

Tawny should have seen those pine trees and said, "Oh so we're gonna get saddled with the worst patch of dirt this puddle has to offer, ay?"

That's why I approach ShadowClan much more like a swamp :/ For one it makes logical sense to not have two SkyClans. For two wetlands are an underappreciated biome. For three they act like they live on swampy ground anyway, by implying it's cold and muddy all the time.

#I will bet you money that the british writers saw american pine forests and modeled the territory off them #Instead of actually learning anything about english ecology #TNP onward has the ecology of Pennsylvania and Kent having an unholy makeout session #But the thing about AMERICAN PINE FORESTS is that they are full of AMERICAN SPECIES #Birds and bugs and mammals that evolved to live in them #Not just your cutesy little hedgehogs #That's probably why they keep saying ShadowClan is colder than other territories lmao they think pines make things cold #Instead of the other way around

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#A history of British mammals. v.1. #bats #bat #vampire #animal kingdom #art #painting #books #goth aesthetic #gothic aesthetic #forest #trees #anatomy #flying

[thirstyvampyr]

#the libertines #what became of the likely lads #favorite songs #music #that gritty british working class aesthetic is *chefs kiss* to me #see also the show misfits the movie mammal

[unhingedlesbear]

Gonna start posting my little animal friends like a Disney princess.

Animal friends part 1: Lilly

In 2021, most of my evenings were spent hanging out with one of the several local foxes, who I named Lilly. She was sweet and very bold, and raised three kits who are still around today and come to visit occasionally. Lilly was always the bravest though, and would come to my door usually at the same time every night. (Obviously feeding foxes is not encouraged in other places, but in London it’s very normal to do so since foxes are everywhere here and get along quite well with people)

#Foxes #canidae #carnivora #mammals #British wildlife #Lee’s creatures

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Photographer Gets Rare Glimpse of British Columbia’s Spirit Bears / Kermode Bear

Photographer: Jenny Stevens

#jenny stevens #photographer #spirit bear #kermode bear #bear #animal #mammal #wildlife #nature #british columbia

[vintagewildlife]

Siamese cat By: Trustees of the British Museum From: Cats, Cats, Cats, Cats, Cats, Cats 1961

#domestic sunday #siamese cat #cat #feline #carnivore #mammal #1961 #1960s #Trustees of the British Museum #Cats Cats Cats Cats Cats Cats

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #ManateeAppreciationDay!

1. Plate 7 in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Zoology, Botany and Archaeology, 1879-1915

2. Plate 37 in The Wild Beasts of the World, c.1909

Click here for more info on Manatee Appreciation Day!

#manatee #manatees #sirenians #marine mammals #mammals #natural history art #scientific illustration #sciart #book art #book plate #lithograph #19th century art #20th century art #British art #European art #Manatee Appreciation Day #animal holiday #animals in art

[wildstarts]

It's always worth going out even when it doesn't seem all that promising outside.

A relatively quiet — but very wet and cold! — morning of birding led to an unforgettable encounter with one of our most exciting small mammals.

This Weasel was busily scampering from bush to bush and running down burrows in search of its next meal.

With a super-fast metabolism, Weasels need to consume around one third of their body weight ... every day!

They are a hard animal to search for, so chance encounters like this are precious.

#weasel #mammals #british wildlife #wildlife photography #cute animal

[petnews2day]

King Charles coronation: Monarch turns to 'Cats' composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for flagship coronation music

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/mG60Z

King Charles coronation: Monarch turns to 'Cats' composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for flagship coronation music

London CNN  —  Britain’s King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation. Charles’s coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, and will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside her husband. The King has personally selected […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/mG60Z #CatsNews #AndrewLloydWebber, #Animals, #ArtsAndEntertainment, #BritishRoyalFamily, #Cats, #Celebrities, #DomesticAlerts, #DomesticEntertainment, #IabCats, #IabEntertainment, #IabMusic, #IabPets, #InternationalAlerts, #InternationalEntertainment, #LifeForms, #Mammals, #MiscPeople, #Music, #MusicAndDance, #MusicGroupsAndArtists, #PrinceCharles

#andrew lloyd webber #animals #Arts and entertainment #british royal family #cats #celebrities #domestic alerts #domestic-entertainment #iab-cats #iab-entertainment #iab-music #iab-pets #international alerts #international-entertainment #life forms #mammals #misc people #music #music and dance #music groups and artists #prince charles #Cats News

[nemfrog]

British mammals. n.d. Title page detail, processed image.

Internet Archive

#graphic design #title page #animals #processed image #frames #nemfrog #1k

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#A history of British mammals. v.1.2 #batsis #bats #animal kingdom #art #books #goth aesthetic #vampire #gothic aesthetic #bat #anatomy #flying