Hi, my name is Amanda Ferras and I am a wildlife artist and photographer based in Ashford, Kent. I am an illustrator by profession and I love to work in various types of media including oil, watercolour, pastels and charcoal. I specialise in animals but I am equally at ease with portraits of people, often using charcoal to get the best effect. After graduating from the … [Read more...]

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust was founded in 1973 as a national charity (reg. no. 269442)  for the conservation and promotion of the UK’s rare breeds of native farm livestock, including poultry, in response to the perilously low numbers of certain breeds. 26 breeds had become extinct between 1900 and 1973 and even today there are still over 90 breeds at risk which need RBST’s … [Read more...]