environment

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed

Common or smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris cut to white

Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments

Common frog Rana temporia watercolour illustration cut to white

Cut to white illustration of female common toad showing warty skin and orange eye

Bittern Botaurus stellaris cut to white showing cryptic colouring and large beak and legs

Swift Apus apus parent visiting its nest in the eaves of a brick barn

House martin Delichon urbicum at nest in the eaves

House martin Delichon urbicum in flight showing tail and wing shape

Swift Apus apus in flight showing sickle shaped wings and dark stomach

Swift Apus apus and House martin Delichon urbicum comparison of the two birds in flight

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

Sessile Oak tree Quercus petraea showing habit and twisted branches

Aspen tree Populus tremula showing shrubby habit form

Aspen sprig Populus tremula showing leaves and buds

Aspen Populus tremula sprig and catkins and flowers

Sprig of Goat willow Salix caprea showing leaves with pale undersides

Goat willow Salix caprea completed for a rewilding project

Duck potato Sagittaria latifolia botanical illustration by Lizzie Harper showing underwater “potato” growths

Fool’s water-cress Apium nodiflorum with seed and flower detail

Greater Bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pendunculatus or Lotus uliginosus with calyx detail

Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus with detail of flower calyx and seed