nesting

Illustration of several eggs of a wood ant.

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.

Yew Taxus baccata sprig and detail of lone berry

Holly Ilex aquifolium leaves with a cluster of red berries at the centre

Common reed Phragmites australis growing from rhizome with individual spikelet detail and ligule of hairs

Red legged sun squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium pen and ink sketch in profile, holding a nut