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'No-less-a-Woody & Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly'

Unframed size 11" x 8"
Media: Water colour
Completed: 11 June 2010

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Will be exhibited (subject to selection) at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, from 16th July to 1st August 2010, Gordale Garden Centre, Chester High Road, Burton, Wirral CH64 8TF

I never realised how small lesser spotted woodpeckers are! What a beautiful little bird. I have painted this one life-size and many thanks to Ian Dickerson for resource material gathered from Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. I was excited to stumble upon a website entry regarding the large tortoiseshell butterfly (which I remember seeing when I was a little girl), thought to be extinct in Britain. Visit a posting and photograph of a Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly uploaded by Stuart George January 7, 2009 at
http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly
Stuart says: "This species has been extinct in Britain for about 20 years but I saw this one on Tuesday 26 June at Ventnor, Isle of Wight." How encouraging!

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