natural science illustration

Detail of the thorax of the Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia.  The illustration shows distribution of hairs up to the eyes.  This species is often confused with the Hairy wood ant which has longer hairs.

Lungwort Pulmonaria officianalis showing distinctive spotted leaves

Thomsons Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Tarpan Equus ferus ferus illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenboroug

Sunda pangolin Manis japonica illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Honey bee worker Apis mellifera illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifero illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Ammonite Dactylioceras commune fossil similar to those collected by David Attenborough as a child

Oak sudden death Phytophthora ramorum fungi and algae pest on Oak tree Quercus

Oak spangle galls from wasp Tilia platyphyllos and Silk button galls from wasp Neuroterus numismalis on Oak leaf Quercus robu

Oak Quercus robur sketchbook page including flowers and young leaves

Magnolia sprig Magnolia grandiflora in flower with leaves not yet out

Sea Buck-thorn Hippophae rhamnoides shrub pen and ink with colour wash

Sea Buckthorn shrub Hippophae rhamnoides.  Pen and ink illustration shows elongate leaves, low shrubby growth habit, and berries.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Magnolia tree Magnolia grandiflora tree pen and ink with colour wash.  Illustration shows the tree in flower, before the leaves appear.

Magnolia Magnolifia gradiflora tree, showing the tree in full flower, before the leaves appear.

Guelder rose shrub Viburnum opulus pen and ink with watercolour wash.  Illustration shows the shrub in bloom.

Guelder rose tree Viburnum opulus.  Illustration shows the shrub in blossom.

Medlar Mespilus germanica tree pen and ink with colour wash.  Illustration shows tree with fruit.

Medlar Mespilus germanica tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows tree in fruit