environment

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed

Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit  

Rough bent grass Agrostis scabra with details of spikelet and ligule

Little Bluestem grass Schizachryium scoparium including roots

Tawny owl Strix aluco sat on a branch, showing mottled plumage and large eyes.

Male Pied flycatcher in amongst leaves of the English oak Quercus robur

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.

Illustration showing annotated carbon cycle including images of leaf litter detritovores, soil micro-organisms, root tips, and the importance of respiration and photosynthesis For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Illustration of the Carbon cycle, with all the elements and chemicals involved in the cycle (but omitting arrows and english text).  For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Used as the basis for a diagram showing the Carbon cycle. For more on this illustration, check out my blog

Root Tip Diagram showing root cap cells and root hairs for absorption and surrounding soil particles

Soil microorganisms virus algae bacteria fungus nematode illustrated in a colourful idealised way

Black oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus showing distinctive abdominal shape and antennae.

Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall, showing common UK bee and social wasp species in the mortar of a church wall

Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta with leg bone of giraffe

Green woodpecker Picus viridis anting for parasite removal

Greater Spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major seeking food.  Using its beak to pry under areas of bark, the woodpecker looks for small insects.

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

Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis fighting, using his horns to charge at a mating rival.

Comparison of Beak use in Darwin’s Finches.  Stippled illustration showing singing, feeding, and preening.