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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.

Welsh meadow landscape with Redstart, buzzard, swallows and lots of butterflies (Gilfach Nature reserve).  Numerous animal species illustrated include swallows, hoverfly, grasshopper, and bees.  Flowers include knapweed, thistles, buttercup, bedstraws, betony, sedges, and other riverside meadow plants.

Coastal Hay Meadow in Devon (Bentham).  Illustration shows idealised grassland scene with insects, birds, and wild flowers one would hope to see in a well managed coastal hay meadow.

Sweet vernal grass Anthoxum odoratum botanical illustration with details of spikelet and ligule

Hay meadow cross section showing mole burrow and roots below the soil and flowers, butterflies, and insects above ground

Purple Moor Grass Molinia caerulea