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Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna sketchbook study, with a focus on the berries or haws

Hairy tare Vicia hirstuta with a focus on the leaves and tendrils

Greater plantain Plantago major showing basal rosette with individual detail of one flower

Grass vetchling Lathyrus nissolia illustration showing the distinctive bright pink flowers

Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram with outstretched wing

House sparrow Passes domesticus Female pen and ink diagram with watercolour top wash

House sparrow Passer domesticus male perching on a branch with rosehips.

Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis entomological illustration

Common mouse ear Cerastium holosteoides botanical illustration

Botanical illustration of the Common couch Elymus repens

Coal Tit Periparus ater perched on a branch with several lichen species

Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa sketchbook study with detail of autumn leaf and berries.

Chironomid midge Micropsectra radialis  adult with larva.  Head capsule detail reconstructed form electron microscope images of fossilized remains.

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica in flight, seen from below, with a small insect in its beak

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica viewed from above with small insect in its beak

Sketchbook study of a dead Bank vole Myodes glareolus, brought in by a cat

Bagot goat Capra aegagrus hircus, this species lives semi-wild at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire.

Sprig of Catnip Nepeta cataria in flower

Male bullfinch in breeding plumage on flowering cherry

Bristly ox-tongue Helminthotheca echioides (formerly Picris echiodes) 

Brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni with wings spread

Bladderwrack Fucus versicolour showing fronds and the two types of bladder

Sketchbook study of the blackberry, focusing on the ripe and un ripe berries

Ash Fraxinus excelsior sketchbook study focusing on leaves, habit, and ash keys