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Nesting tower for swifts, martins, & bats diagram showing the slots for bats, curved slits for swifts and nests for martins

Ideal garden full of things you can do to encourage nature and promote soil health in your garden For more please check out my blog, and the associated blog on how NOT to have an ideal garden.

Digestive system of bird using domestic chicken, in diagram format, with close up of gizzard

Anatomy of Bombardier beetle focussed on the glands that produce the explosive chemicals. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Bombardier beetle Pheropsophus species shown emitting high temperature explosive substance to deter predators. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle.  Beetle is shown in its typical 45 degree position, facing incoming wind and fog to collect water vapour on the bumps of its elytra. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Spine cross section from a hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

European Hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

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.

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.

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns diagram, viewed in profile

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns view from above diagram

Colour diagram of the process of transpiration, showing how plants access water from their roots and bring it up to the leaves

Photosynthesis diagram annotated with labels,explaining the process

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

Freezing effects on plant cell anatomy diagram showing how low temperatures can destroy a plant cell wall

Flower shape terminology diagram labelled, pen and ink with colour.  Illustrating many of the more common terms.

Swift Apus apus compared to  passerine wing shape and bones diagram

Black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus head diagram to show markings

Diagram showing homologous bones in the arm and wing; with bat, bird and human illustrated

pen and ink stippled diagram of a worm with detail of the spines that help earthworms move

Coral cross section pen and ink monochrome illustration including a scene of a coral reef with a detailed close up of the internal organs of a typical coral polyp

Red ant Mymrica Rubra swift ink sketch with red wash and stippling