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Silver birch Betula pendula sketchbook page with a focus on the leaves

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.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris flowering spike with leaves

Snow-in-Summer or Dusty Miller Cerastium tomentosum sketchbook study showing habit sketch and detail of an asexual sprig. Seed and seed coat detail, calyx, leaf, flower and flower cross section are also depicted.  Details of the bud and fur on leaf also appear.

Silver Birch drawing showing elegant form and habit

Silver birch sprig with leaves and male and female catkins

Primrose Primula vulgaris plant showing pale underside and darker top of leaves

Gull Larus wing anatomy to show the feathers and markings

Gull Larus head anatomy simplified diagram to help show structures of note

Gull Larus in flight anatomy simplified to show structures of note in this family of seabirds

Gull Larus body anatomy showing features to look out for when the bird is at rest

Large Emerald moth Geometra papilionaria with wings outstretched cut to white

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus leaves with winged fruit amd flowers

Teasing Georgia Rose, cream flower with buds and fully flowering bloom

Toothwort Lathrea squamaria flower with lack of chlorophyll explaining its parasitic life style

Primrose Primula vulgaris

Mountain pansy Viola lutea with a dales landscape behind

Mountain pansy Viola lutea with several flowers and showing the different leaf shapes

Heath Plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum tuft of moss and details of an individual fascicle and one leaf

Hostas Funkia in flower growing in a large blue and white china pot

Crack willow Salix fragilis tree shape without leaves and individual sprig of leaves and flowering catkin

Birds nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis flowering spike

Bitter wood vetch Vicia orobus showing the pale mauve flowers and pale green pods and paired leaves