wildlife

Otter Lutra lutra perched on a boulder with a fish it’s just caught, ferns mud and a little folaige behind

Mole Talpa europaea portrait in profile cut to white

Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi male in profile showing its tusks and rich brown fur

Otter Lutra lutra in amongst reeds and in a patch of clear mud, startled and looking at the viewer, showing webbed feet and pale chin and chest

Otter Lutra lutra in profile in a reed bed

Otter Lutra lutra eating a brown trout, fur wet, in profile, cut to white

Otter Lutra lutra watercolour sketch

Hare Lepus europaeus in profile looking pensive on grass

Hare Lepus europaeus in profile cut to white

Harvest mouse Micromys minutus clinging to a golden sheaf of corn and twisting its tail round a stalk

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in profile, with grass below

Meerkat Suricata suricatta standing erect on its hind feet on a branch, assuming the sentry pose, alert for danger. Cut to white

Meerkat Suricata suricatta sunbathing with belly exposed and claws clearly visible. Another meerkat sits behind, with stones and sand in the foreground.

Fallow deer Dama dama buck in profile, male with antlers and showing white spots and with a pale leutenistic coat, cut to white

Pen and ink sketch of a Eastern Grey or Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis trying to access peanuts from a bird feeder, turned upside down and clinging to a tree

Eastern Grey or Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis nibbling a nut in profile, cut to white

Smooth snake Coronella austriaca

Yew Taxus baccata sprig and detail of lone berry

Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvtica with pink buds and blue flowers, and showing the hairy leaves

Sunflower Helianthus annuus close up of one flwoer

Reed Phragmites australis

Ivy Hedera helix sprig and black berries

Ivy leaf Hedera helix one lone leaf

Hazel Corylus avellana sprig with immature and mature hazel nuts, along with a sprig with small female flowers and catkins