European

Ivy Hedera helix sprig and black berries

Ivy leaf Hedera helix one lone leaf

Elder Sambuccus nigra flowering head and berries, somewhat depleted along with leaves

False oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with ligule, spikelet and lemma detail including info on the elongate bent awns

Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara five flowering spikes, three in full flower and the distinctive round toothed leaf

Broom Cystisus scoparius with lots of pale yellow flowers and a couple of green pods on one sprig of the plant

Birds nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis flowering spike

Sketchbook study of the Cornflower Centaura cyanus showing its rich blue colour and details of individual florets as well as of the thin leaves and flowering head, some details in colour and some in tonal pencil

Pencil line drawing of the Nettle Urtica dioica with one leaf and one leaf underside in full colour, and a few details of the flower and purplish stem in colour, and an accompnying pencil line drawing of a different plant

Slow worm Anguis fragilis

Smooth snake Coronella austriaca

Common lizard Lacerta vivipara in field with grasses buttercup and orchids

Grass snake Natrix natrix

Grass snake Natrix natrix on pile of dead autumn leaves

Grass snake Natrix natrix

Sand lizard Lacerta agilis

Adder Vipera berus

Common lizard Lacerta vivipara

Mouse eared bat Myotis myotis sketch in flight

Portrait of a Natterer’s bat head Myotis nattereri

Pine marten Martes martes

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in profile, with grass below

Common shrew Sorex araneus sketch from dead specimen cut to white

Fallow deer Dama dama buck in profile, male with antlers and showing white spots and with a pale leutenistic coat, cut to white