This really is an extraordinary graphic. While we agonise over the impact of releasing a few Beavers back in the landscape, about 50 million non-native Pheasants are released into the environment each year with not much debate at all.

C’mon The Labour Party Keir Starmer Angela Rayner Steve Reed MP please get a rock solid pledge in your manifesto that assures us that you would put a complete end to this unspeakable barbarity once and for all . If you want our votes we want a promise to protect our wildlife . Please RT

Galloway National Park Association relies heavily on the generosity of its members and supporters. Donations allow us to continue our campaign to make #Galloway Scotland’s third #NationalPark.buff.ly/3dBQPDb Pic: Paul Tarling #scotland #gallowaynationalparkassociation⛰️

#NatureFriendlyFarming is key to a #wilderfuture. I'm calling on British Sugar to help farmers go neonic-free. 👉 Sign The Wildlife Trusts petition now - wtru.st/back-beet-farm…. Beet farmers who choose methods that boost nature must be supported. action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/142500/pe…

Just watch it. All of it.

Hot off the press. New print. It’s a reduction linocut of a Grey Heron. I’ll be editioning and posting in my webshop in the next few days.#greyheron #wildlifeart #linocut #societyofwildlifeartists

Biosphere Joins Campaigners In Joint Bid For A Galloway National Park. Read more on Dumfries & Galloway! What's Going On? 👉 buff.ly/3Ip5X5o #scotland #gallowaynationalparkassociation #nationalpark #nationalparks #galloway #scotland #dumfriesandgalloway #GallowayandSouthernAyrshireUNESCOBiosphere

My rather creepy new linocut of Stromness. I’m hoping it will resonate with people who know that exact spot which I’ve spent a long time trying to capture, after many visits. #Orkney #stromness #linocut #originalprint

Latest linocut of Barnies. Filling up in March for their return flight to Svalbard!

Sad news

My latest reduction linocut. Golden plovers.

Small etching of Dunlin completed over Spring Fling: our open studio weekend and hand coloured today.

Nigel Farage has called the RNLI a taxi service for illegal immigrants, Ben Habib said the RNLI should be prosecuted for people trafficking. If you stand with the RNLI against these hate mongering b*stards. RT

Chris Packham, "Now is the summer of our discontent" Chris Packham "We have a nightmare.. Since Frankie Goes To Hollywood told us to relax, 600,000 birds across Europe have vanished" "We have a nightmare.. Since the Sex Pistols pointed out it was Anarchy in the U.K. 80% of

Today’s announcement of a proposed new National Park for Galloway is brilliant news. Last year’s State of Nature Report revealed that across Scotland the wildlife we all love is in perilous decline, with some species being pushed to the brink of extinction in Scotland. In

My latest print of a Skylark. I’ve called it by its Scots name: Laverock. There’s a sad story behind it. The bird that inspired it lost its nest to an early silage cut; a fate shared by so many ground nesting birds. They pay a high price for cheap food.

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month. Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

Having already massacred its fragile wolf population and permitted trophy killing of lynx, Sweden is to allow hunters to kill 20% of its brown bear population. What a disgrace. Imagine if this were a country in the global south. There’d be a global outcry. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

'Bonxie' Great Skua - etching hand coloured in watercolour - by Scotland based artist, Lisa Hooper Lisa Hooper SWLA Another stunning seabird now on the UK Red List for birds of most concern

New linocut inspired by my moth trap SWLA