Today for #MarshMadness I've painted a backswimmer, Notonecta glauca. These leggy dudes are named for, well, the way they flip over and swim on their backs, using those long back legs as paddles. Thin hairs all over the body trap a film of air that allows it to breathe underwater.

#SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

Farm pond with wild jungle fowl and fish trap. Mekong Delta. Thailand. 2002.
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #BackyardAquaculture #EcosystemServices
@Siobibblecoms This might just work for #MarshMadness.

look who decided to pose so artfully and acrobatically for me!

#texturetuesday #marshmadness #frog

Another great day saltmarsh restoration planting on the Eden Estuary, many thanks to today’s volunteers- the polytunnel grown plants now out in the wild to fend for themselves (with a little protection from the waves by the fencing)
#MarshMadness #volunteers #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh
El paseo de esta tarde, con el sol ya escondiéndose, y empezando a notarse la primavera tras una (otra) semana lluviosa
#marshmadness