natural world

Ash Fraxinus excelsior keys in autumn, having turned brown

Silver birch seeds with detail of one individual seed

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris cones, one mature and one less ripe

Leaf and prickly seed case along with one chestnut

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus winged seeds showing ripe and unripe paired seeds

Wych Elm Ulmus glabra leaf and seeds with close up of one seed

Small-leaved Lime leaf and seeds Tilia cordata with bract

Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum conkers both in, and out of, their seed case

London plane Platanus × acerifolia leaf and seeds, with details of individual seeds

Norway spruce Picea abies cone and individual seed

Spindle Euonymus europaeus bright coloured autumn leaf and berries

Guelder rose Viburnum opulus leaf and fruit showing shiny red berries

Field maple Acer campestre sprig showing leaves and developing seeds and close up of mature seeds

Hornbeam Carpinus betulus mature dry seed with bracts

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