sand dunes

Silverweed Argentina anserina or Potentilla anserina Completed for FSC “Discover Wildflowers” fold out identification guide

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

Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum with stolon and basal rosette

Carline Thistle Carlina vulgaris showing straw coloured flowers

Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus with a kneeling Dromedary Camelus dromedarius. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle.  Beetle is shown in its typical 45 degree position, facing incoming wind and fog to collect water vapour on the bumps of its elytra. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Sea Buck-thorn Hippophae rhamnoides shrub pen and ink with colour wash

Sea Buckthorn shrub Hippophae rhamnoides.  Pen and ink illustration shows elongate leaves, low shrubby growth habit, and berries.

Dwarf Pine subspecies cone and individual cone scale tip comparison.  Species compared are Pinus mugo uncinata, Pinus mugo rotundata, and Pinus mugo mugo

Dwarf Mountain Pine Pinus mugo sketchbook study sheet.  Illustration shows female and male flowers, immature and mature cones, the bark of the tree, and details of the pine needles and bud.

Large landscape showing an idealised view of Bantham estate in Devon.  It explains the process of succession and stabilization in a sand dunes landscape.  Over 28 species of plant and 17 animals appear in this natural history illustration.  These include adders to sand wasps, Comma butterflies to linnets, and marram grass to Sea carrots. Species […]

Japanese rose Rosa rugosa showing magenta petals, bright green foliage and large red rosehips

Piri Piri bur Acaena novae-zelandiae with individual detail of flower and seed

Slender St Johns Wort Hypericum pulchrum showing red basal leaves and details of the calyx

Slender St Johns Wort Hypericum pulchrum

Ladies bedstraw Galium verum with yellow flowers and leaf rosettes

Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria with flowers emerging from fluffy calyx

Stonechat Saxicola rubicola male singing with open beak and perched in some flowering gorse Ulex

Little tern Sternula albifrons flying over a beach with marram grass on dunes, shingelo behind, and distant hills on the horizon