Catherine Duigan

@cduigan.bsky.social

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Environmental consultant, researcher & non-fiction writer; water & nature; heritage & natural history; women in science; biographer of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter; Ireland & Wales connections; accepts commissions. https://catherineduigan.co.uk/

Cluster of Golden samphire, yellow flowering plant, erect, thick leaves on carpet of red short milkwort; sand dunes background; bluesky
Large tuft of flowering grass in foreground; River meandering through sand dune system background; blue sky
Book cover with depiction of blue water droplet 💧
Colourful section of stained glass window showing roundel with 3 fish pointing upwards.
Water colour of vegetated sand dune system with commercial plantation of small coniferous trees.
Circular low rough stone structure on pavement outside pub with floral displays.
Blue sky and water; powerstation with two chimneys topped by red and white bands; nesting colony of terns on in-channel platform
Tinted postcard of small pond with overhanging tree on one side; visible diversity of emergent aquatic plants; blue sky; church in background
Collage of two images: Black and white Victorian of women and children on beach with bathing machines; colour image of empty beach except for two deck chairs
Collage of flower spikes
Rounded stones on fabric in cardboard box.
Collage of historic image and recent photograph of small bay illustrating the former presence of a large lifeboat station; white building with long slipway.
Sepia image of head of John Herschel with very untidy hair and eyebrows.
Cluster of 4 highly ornamented carved stone crosses in Celtic style; low iron chain fence around plot draped with honeysuckle; cherry blossom on ground.
Two large wooden model sailing boats with white canvas sails in museum
Linear wide ridges and narrow depressions on grassy field surface consistent with the structure of "lazy beds" for crops.
Colour image with blue sky; view across reedbed towards small white house below a ridge.
Wall mural of iconic black and white image of Fr. Daly with white handkerchief leading men carrying a victim of Bloody Sunday
Plough and hay rake in foreground of coastal view
Simple blue painted door with central knob and hinged fence half door.
Watercolour illustration of black guillemots, with puffins, seastack and gannets in flight.
Seaweed on white beach cobbles, crystal clear blue water; blue sky with clouds; white houses in distance
Cemetery location with massive stone Celtic High Cross covered with carved panels depicting Old and New Testament scenes and associated abstract and zoomorphic art. Central crucifixion figure.
Painting of river flowing through gorge.
On black rock, flower stalks arising from fleshy green/pink round leaves
Collage of images showing growth form, leaves and flowers of Menai Whitebeams growing on the edge of the Menai Strait
Blue and yellow book covers with inset image of fish and Crown sinking in water
Sea pink flowers on margins of saltwater lake; submerged plant growth and substrate visible in water.
Rich botanical vegetation on the edge of narrow lane, with house in background; blue sky with clouds
Whaling scene mural.
Large squat circular lighthouse with two black bands, sunny day, rocky shore, blue sky and sea
Pockets of plants, including sea pink, on a rocky surface with yellow lichens; blue sky
Looking upstream from bridge over tidal muddy section of Afon Alaw
Collage of stained glass illustrating pomegranates and apples
Dorsal and lateral views of two speckled trout; rich in brown and orange colours; stones on riverbed.
Formal oil portrait of Liebig by Wilhelm Trautschold, circa 1846.
View along Stanley Embankment across the Cymyran Strait creating lagoon habitat; Thomas Telford milestone.
Street mural with red squirrel, robin and grey heron.
Bunches of yellow cowslips in a meadow
Three individuals on track through Heather moorland towards large lake; blue cloudless sky
Cylindrical cream flower head with red swathe - in woodland setting.
Mosaic of 4 English river channels.
Gravestone highlighting inscription "of Dublin"
Church interior with speaker. Background window also on display screen.
Church interior view showing Altar and Side Chapel below oak barrel ceiling.
Historic black and white photography of tobacco being harvested in Ireland
Painting of empty room with window, table and chair
Colourful mosaic of angel playing musical instrument
Colour plate of range of Hemiptera in and out of water from Sketches of British Insects, London, Groombridge, 1888; Image of young woman in formal Edwardian dress; text quote.
Newspaper articles with title - Home-coming of the Swallows
Stream emerging from sand dunes; overcast sky; distant mountains
Yellow oxlips on grass verge of lane
Carved wood rabbit
Sandcastle with salt topping on beach