hibernation

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

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles, log pile, fungi, and butterfly. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Common British Garden invertebrates including violet ground beetle, silver y moth, earth worm, worm, flesh fly, honey bee, ladybird, and small tortoiseshell butterfly with written annotations on each

Garden snail Helix aspera line drawing in pen and ink cut to white

Garden snail Helix aspera with grey body and yellow and brown shell cut to white

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata dorsal view, sketch, cut to whtie

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Ladybird larvae Coccinella showing yellow and black colour and distintive shape of this active grub

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

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

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

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

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

Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus in flight

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in profile, with grass below

Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus in flight

Mouse eared bat Myotis myotis sketch in flight

Lesser Horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros in flihgt revealing domething of its complicated facial and nose structure

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in profile, with grass below

Group of Fox Vulpes vulpes with Badgers Meles meles in a field with one seated fox looking at the viewer, and with pale sky and field behind

Hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius eating a red berry and looking at the viewer with small amount of foliage behind

Badger Meles meles