coppicing

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa chestnut flowers and duts in spiky seed case

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa tree showing growth form

Hazel showing hazelnut selection and iconic catkins

Hazel tree showing typical shrubby growth pattern and habit

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

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

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Lime Tilia europaea bark study

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

Beech bark study Fagus sylvatica showing a knot

Beech Fagus sylvatica tree outline showing tree shape without leaves

Beech Fagus sylvatica twig in bud and leaf and beechnuts

Ash Fraxinus excelsior pen and ink stippled drawing of the tree without leaves

Ash Fraxinus excelsior twig in bud and leaf spray

Snipe flying across a ride clearing in woodland with forestry behind showing how to manage and harvest trees and related prodcuts such as charcoal, coppicing and timber; a distant pool and alder carr gives way to clear fell forestry on distant hills and patchy clearings; in the foreground wild flowers and butterflies are shown growing […]