𓆧 artist, biologist and bug-fan 🌱 𓃵 yorkshire ⇒ tokyo 𓃦 https://linktr.ee/niqvassiehttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mwklfengg226Honoured that my pastel drawing of orphaned swifts will be on display in the Society of Wildlife Artists show from this week at the Mall Galleries in London. 🌱 Please check out the show if in/around London between 1st - 10th October! #societyofwildlifeartists #commonswift #neocolor2 #mallgalleries28 Sep 2026 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwklfengg226https://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mqoubr34ic2uMy online shop is open this week! Signed prints, art books and some originals available. Thank you! ✨🌱 niqvassieshop.bigcartel.com15 Jul 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoubr34ic2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mpoiwtu7nk2qSome of the little drawings for sale at this weekend's National Meadows Day event at Aughton church near York. Featuring studies of wildlife recently observed around the @ldvnnr.bsky.social ☺️🌱02 Jul 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoiwtu7nk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mpgx4ya7ws2rSome little corncrake chicks at @ldvnnr.bsky.social 🌱29 Jun 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgx4ya7ws2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mp4cimmm5c2uFor those in/around Yorkshire, I'll have some books, originals and prints at this event! Come say hello and see some lovely moths, birds and meadows 🌼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4cimmm5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3moxyb3pw4s2ha little owl from @ldvnnr.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxyb3pw4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mnadmvu5os2fSleeping on the dining chair as everyone else gets ready for bed.01 Jun 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnadmvu5os2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3mn6exub6yc2ea little tiny microscopic dragon, rotifers passing by. I've spent a lot of time peering down a microscope in the last few years, enjoyed taking inspiration from the real tiny organisms to make one of my own.31 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6exub6yc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lywpy7ypy22s16 Sep 2025 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywpy7ypy22shttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3ly2kghfq5s2rbeen caring for some little silkworms for a friend - they're all cocooned up now.05 Sep 2025 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2kghfq5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lne7smalxc2aMy online shop is open until April 28th if anyone wanted to order a copy of my little artbook about the Lower Derwent Valley NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social 🌱 Option to have an original pencil drawing on the front page 🌸🌼🌱 niqvassieshop.bigcartel.com21 Apr 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lne7smalxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lkn72vwo7c2wLaila after lunch.18 Mar 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkn72vwo7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3ljyxa2rlz22tdrawing outside in 森町 in december.10 Mar 2025 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljyxa2rlz22thttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3ljtv637ycs22A caterpillar i rescued from the floor a station twice within 20 minutes. Glad they didn't get trampled!08 Mar 2025 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljtv637ycs22https://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lgphksmmjc2sStudy of Laila in the sun.27 Jan 2025 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgphksmmjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3letwsekcmk2kbeastie03 Jan 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3letwsekcmk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lcm2uoehok23Longhorn cow from @ldvnnr.bsky.social 🌱06 Dec 2024 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcm2uoehok23https://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lc2n6ebcds26Taking on a handful of pet commissions to work on next week for anyone interested! Details at my online shop: niqvassieshop.bigcartel.com 🌱29 Nov 2024 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc2n6ebcds26https://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lbxz5g2jzs2nCollared pratincole in June on Wheldrake Ings, Yorkshire. Painted for the upcoming book 'Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley'. I grew up next to this nature reserve and do miss the smell of meadowsweet underfoot and skies full of noisy swifts. ☀️28 Nov 2024 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxz5g2jzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lbtdplfpfk2pa yorkshire hare 🌱26 Nov 2024 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtdplfpfk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lbqqy5niy22aa conker fairy 🌱25 Nov 2024 05:09 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqqy5niy22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lbizhvzkrc26Male fig wasps generally look entirely different to the females with most having no wings, vestigial/no eyes and tiny antennae. They cannot survive long outside the fig - their only role being to mate and then chew an exit for the winged females. 🌱22 Nov 2024 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbizhvzkrc26https://bsky.app/profile/niqvassie.bsky.social/post/3lbdv2zmhbs2eDrawings of female fig wasps done for my masters thesis. The intricate interdependence between fig trees and fig wasps is so so amazing! ✨20 Nov 2024 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:yvx6jxeghpdjcfofzi2yrbbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdv2zmhbs2e