catkin

Hornbeam Carpinus betulus with flower and a cluster of seed catkins

Hazel Corylus avellana sketchbook study with pencil and wash leaf as well as details of catkins, nuts and a leaf.

Hazel Corylus avellana sketchbook page with detailed pencil leaf study, detail of a young leaf and some nuts

Sketchbook study of the Beeck, with details of leaf and beech nut

Wind pollinators showing close up of individual flowers along with larger plant; dandelion, grass flower, and catkins. All use wind for pollination. Pen and ink with colour wash

Hazel Corylus avellana sprig with immature and mature hazel nuts, along with a sprig with small female flowers and catkins

Hazel Corylus avellana twig, catkins and leaf

Hazel Corylus avellana tree pen and ink drawing of the shape of the thicket without leaves

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa Cones and catkins pencil study with outline of the leaf behind

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa roots showing their distinctive growth habit

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa tree, pen and ink study of a tree in full leaf

Beech Fagus sylvatica tree outline showing tree shape without leaves

Beech Fagus sylvatica twig in bud and leaf and beechnuts

Beech bark study Fagus sylvatica showing a knot

Landscape showing an ancient oak woodland with oak trees which were last pollarded years ago, the under storey is carpeted with bluebells, the trees are hung with lichen, and there are moths in the foreground settled on a patch of wild spring flowers