aphids

Small-leaved Lime leaf and seeds Tilia cordata with bract

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Sketchbook Study page showing blossom, individual flowers, seeds and leaves.  Also includes comparison to the Field Maple Acer campestre and the Norway maple, Acer platanoides.

Linden or lime tree Tilia x europaea pen and ink line drawing with detail

Common British Garden invertebrates including violet ground beetle, silver y moth, earth worm, worm, flesh fly, honey bee, ladybird, and small tortoiseshell butterfly with written annotations on each

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Speckled Wood butterfly Pararge aegeria cut to white

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata dorsal view, sketch, cut to whtie

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird larvae Coccinella showing yellow and black colour and distintive shape of this active grub

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus leaves with winged fruit amd flowers

Silver Birch Betula pendula tree shape without leaves, close up of bark, and sprig with leaves and catkins

Silver Birch Betula pendula twig with buds and catkins and leaf

Silver birch Betula pendula trees vignette

Silver birch Betula pendula pen and ink tree shape without leaves

Silver birch Betula pendula bark study with a small layer of bark curling off the tree

Lime Tilia europaea bark study

Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus study of the dark purple form of the flower with pale green stem and associated tendrils, there are also some colour swatches and a study of the placement of the flower veins on the blossom