animal art

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus on branch showing green grey back and yellowish chest.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba cut to white showing monochrome colours

Nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis showing mother carrying egg sac

Froglet Rana temporaria diagram showing small frog with residual tadpole tail jumping

Frog life cycle of Common Frog Rana temporaria showing stages from frogspawn, through tadpole and froglet, to adult.

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.

Clouded leopard Neofelis nubulosa at rest on a tree branch pencil sketch

Harvestman Opiliones species showing distinctive rounded undivided body and spindly legs

Yellow headed amazon parrot Amazona oratrix on perch with red epaulettes

Woodstock water meadow view with wildlife pond in foreground; seen with otter, kingfisher, and Peacock butterfly

White Admiral Limenitis camilla butterflies with view of upper and lower wing, feeding on blackberry flowers

Short tail or Field vole Microtus agrestis with grasses behind

House sparrow Passer domesticus.  Male in profile, pen and ink with colour wash

Tree sparrow Passer montanus Male diagram in pen and ink with colour wash

Hay meadow cross section showing mole burrow and roots below the soil and flowers, butterflies, and insects above ground

Gull Larus wing anatomy to show the feathers and markings

Gull Larus head anatomy simplified diagram to help show structures of note

Gull Larus in flight anatomy simplified to show structures of note in this family of seabirds

Gull Larus body anatomy showing features to look out for when the bird is at rest

Swift Apus apus compared to  passerine wing shape and bones diagram

Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram with outstretched wing

Kings Alfreds cakes Daldinia concentrica fungus growing on bark