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Chequered skipper Carterocephalus palaemon butterfly illustration. Illustration ties in with the Rockingham forest “Back from the Brink” conservation project, led by Butterfly Conservation. It is also the subject of an online illustration workshop.

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Six spot burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae showing food plants Birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculata and all the life stages of the life cycle including the yellow spotted with black caterpillar and amazing paper cocoons then dramatic moth with black and red wings, along with the papery cocoon wihcih is attached to tall stems of grasses

Speckled Wood butterfly Pararge aegeria cut to white

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Tall fescue Festuca arundinaceae with ligule spikelet and lemma details

Lesser celendine Ficaria verna with yellow flowers and bulbous root appendages

Bluebell wood with the spring flowrs carpeting the forest floor, in the foreground a male redstart perches on a tree stump with lichen, behind are some butterflies and a pied flycatcher perches on the wooden bridge walkway that covers an area of boggy ground, beyond the path stretches away into distant airy woodland and sunlight