great outdoors

Bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum completed for FSC

Twinflower Linnaea borealis showing twinned flowers and sprawling foliage

Silverweed Argentina anserina or Potentilla anserina Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Dogwood Cornus sanguinea Completed for FSC “Discover Trees” fold out identification guide

Dogwood Cornus sanguinea with red twig, black berries, and flower detail Completed for FSC “Discover Trees” fold out identification guide  

Green alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens with calyx detail Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Daisy Bellis perennis  Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Daisy Bellis perennis with ray and disc floret detail Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus showing berries and flowers

Red huckleberry botanical illustration showing berries and 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

Rough bent grass Agrostis scabra with details of spikelet and ligule

Little Bluestem grass Schizachryium scoparium including roots

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

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.