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Sketchbook study of the Beeck, with details of leaf and beech nut

Blackthorn or Sloe Prunus spinosa, one sprig in blossom and the other bearing fruit

Pen and ink illustration of a sprig of bilberry with lots of berries on

Ash Fraxinus excelsior sketchbook study focusing on leaves, habit, and ash keys

Earwig Forficula auricularia quick sketch from above cut to white

Red admiral Vanessa atalanta cut to white

Stephanorrhina guttata spotted flower beetle

Euphoria fulgida Flower chafer

Heterorrhina elegans flower chafer beetle dorsal view showing incredibly shiny bright green thorax and elytra

Driver ant Dorylinae in balck and white, side view

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

Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest showing a wooden box full of hay or straw, in a hole under a stone with a pipe for access

Yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus carrying an egg across the dirt

Honey bee Apis mellifera visiting the pear blossom in spring

Bilberry bumblebee Bombus monticola in amongst heath plants and heather with distinctive orange furry abdomen

Honey bee Apis mellifera detailed illustration of the worker

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum showing fluffy hairs and stripes, wings outstretched, cut to white

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest with an inverted flower pop and a length of hose pipe as the entryway

Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium

How to build a raised bed from planks showing attachments of horizontal planks to the vertical uprights, and how to secure the bed in the ground

Safely pricking out seedlings from a seed tray