natural science illustration

Oak apple galls formed by Cynips quercusfollii gall wasps on twigs of the English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur.   Illustrations shows  mature gall, formed from acorn embryonic tissue thanks to the gall wasp

Knopper gall Andricus quercuscalicis and Oak apple gall Cynips quercusfollii on English Pendunculate or Common Oak Quercus robur

Medlar Mepsilus germanica with edible fruit, and detail of one blossom

Bay tree Laurus nobilis in terracotta pot, trimmed into a sphere.

Bay Laurus nobilis sprig showing small white flowers and aromatic evergreen leaves

Christmas tree Nordmann Fir Abies nordmanniana fully decorated with a big pile of gifts underneath

Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum showing rhizomes, and plant with flowers and fruit.  Illustration also shows details of an individual fruit, and of a female and male flower.  

Arrowhead Sagittaria sagitarria showing underwater ribbon-like leaves and floating oval leaves.  Emergent leaves are arrow-shaped.  Illustration also shows flowers and fruit.

Broad-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton natans with detail of fruiting spike, one seed, and one flower.

Frog’s-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae showing plant with female flowers on the left, and one with male flowers on the right.  Illustration shows rhizomes as well as floating orbicular leaves and flowers.

Water horsetail showing two sterile stems and two fertile stems, one with leaves and one without.  Also showing cross section of the stem, and the rhizome.

Parrots Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum showing rosettes of leaves below water.  Also showing detail of the tiny flowers, and a vegetative and flowering spike.

Flowering rush Butomus umbellatus with details of individual flower, leaf cross section, stamen before and after dehiscence, and seedhead

Water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica with details of fruit individual seed and one flower

Large landscape showing an idealised view of Bantham estate in Devon.  It explains the process of succession and stabilization in a sand dunes landscape.  Over 28 species of plant and 17 animals appear in this natural history illustration.  These include adders to sand wasps, Comma butterflies to linnets, and marram grass to Sea carrots. Species […]

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus on branch showing green grey back and yellowish chest.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba cut to white showing monochrome colours

Nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis showing mother carrying egg sac

Froglet Rana temporaria diagram showing small frog with residual tadpole tail jumping

Frog life cycle of Common Frog Rana temporaria showing stages from frogspawn, through tadpole and froglet, to adult.

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.