four chambered heart

Sketchbook study of a dead Bank vole Myodes glareolus, brought in by a cat

Bagot goat Capra aegagrus hircus, this species lives semi-wild at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire.

Water vole Arvicola amphibius pencil sketch of stream bank and a vole swimming underwater emitting air bubbles

Water vole Arvicola amphibius tracks footprints

Water vole Arvicola amphibius showing how fluffy and formless these creatires are, in profile on sandy bank with background riparian vegetation

Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus in flight

Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus crouched ready for escape, in profile, cut to white

Red deer Cervus elaphus buck with antlers with inset of doe head, both in profile, cut to whtie

Roe deer Capreolus capreolus in profile cut to white with details of the distinctive white patch on the back side, and the head of the doe

Mole Talpa europaea portrait in profile cut to white

Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi male in profile showing its tusks and rich brown fur

Otter Lutra lutra in amongst reeds and in a patch of clear mud, startled and looking at the viewer, showing webbed feet and pale chin and chest

Otter Lutra lutra in profile in a reed bed

Otter Lutra lutra eating a brown trout, fur wet, in profile, cut to white

Otter Lutra lutra watercolour sketch

Otter Lutra lutra tracks footprints in pen and ink

Otter Lutra lutra perched on a boulder with a fish it’s just caught, ferns mud and a little folaige behind

Hare Lepus europaeus in profile looking pensive on grass

Hare Lepus europaeus in profile cut to white

Harvest mouse Micromys minutus clinging to a golden sheaf of corn and twisting its tail round a stalk

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in profile, with grass below

Meerkat Suricata suricatta standing erect on its hind feet on a branch, assuming the sentry pose, alert for danger. Cut to white

Meerkat Suricata suricatta sunbathing with belly exposed and claws clearly visible. Another meerkat sits behind, with stones and sand in the foreground.