Illustrations of plants and animals


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British animals

  • An illustration of a fox
  • An illustration of a badger
  • An illustration of a hedgehog
  • An illustration of a grey squirrel
  • An illustration of a red squirrel
  • An illustration of a rat
  • An illustration of a mole
  • An illustration of a shrew
  • An illustration of a pine marten
  • An illustration of a otter
  • An illustration of a wildcat
  • An illustration of a wolf
  • An illustration of a red deer
  • An illustration of a roe deer
  • An illustration of a salmon

British birds

Farm animals

  • Colour illustration of a chicken
  • Small illustration of a collie dog
  • Cow thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of a duck
  • Small illustration of a goat
  • Small illustration of a highland cow
  • Horse thumbnail (colour)
  • Pig thumbnail (colour)
  • Sheep thumbnail (colour)

Flowers and trees

  • A colour drawing of a bluebell
  • A colour drawing of a daffodil
  • A colour drawing of a daisy
  • A colour drawing of a dandelion
  • A colour drawing of a dandelion with seeds
  • A colour drawing of a pansy
  • A colour drawing of a poppy
  • A colour drawing of a rose
  • A colour drawing of a sunflower
  • A colour drawing of a thistle
  • A colour drawing of an acorn
  • A colour drawing of a spiky conker
  • A colour drawing of a conker on a string
  • A colour drawing of a beech leaf
  • A colour drawing of an oak leaf

Minibeasts and frogs

  • Thumbnail illustration of an ant
  • Thumbnail illustration of an ant
  • Thumbnail illustration of an ant
  • Thumbnail illustration of frog spawn
  • Thumbnail illustration of frogspawn which are developing into tadpoles
  • Thumbnail image of a tadpole eating frogspawn
  • Thumbnail image of tadpoles
  • Thumbnail image of a tadpole with back legs
  • Thumbnail illustration of a froglet
  • Thumbnail illustration of adult frog
  • Thumbnail illustration of a caterpillar
  • Thumbnail illustration of a caterpillar
  • Thumbnail illustration of a caterpillar
  • Thumbnail illustration of a caterpillar
  • Thumbnail illustration of a butterfly pupae
  • Thumbnail illustration of the Common Blue Butterfly
  • Thumbnail image of a Red Admiral Butterfly's pupae
  • Thumbnail image of a Red Admiral Butterfly
  • Thumbnail image of a moth caterpillar
  • Thumbnail image of a moth which has come out of a pupae
  • Thumbnail image of a moth
  • Thumbnail image of a wasp
  • Thumbnail illustration of a bee
  • Thumbnail illustration of a bluebottle
  • Thumbnail illustration of a brown beetle
  • Thumbnail illustration of a green beetle
  • Thumbnail illustration of a diving beetle
  • Thumbnail illustration of a ladybird
  • Thumbnail illustration of a centipede
  • Thumbnail image of a millipede
  • Thumbnail illustration of an earwig
  • Thumbnail image of a slug
  • Thumbnail image of slug
  • Thumbnail image of a snail
  • Thumbnail image of a snail
  • Thumbnail image of a snail
  • Thumbnail image of a snail
  • Thumbnail image of a snail
  • Thumbnail image of a spider
  • Thumbnail image of a spider
  • Thumbnail image of a spider
  • Thumbnail image of a stag beetle
  • Thumbnail image of a stick insect
  • Thumbnail: Thumbnail image of a worm
  • Thumbnail image of a woodlouse
  • Thumbnail image of a curled up woodlouse

Pets

  • Small illustration of budgie
  • Budgie thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of cat
  • Cat thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of kittens
  • Small illustration of dog
  • Large dog thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of dog
  • Small dog thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of gerbils
  • Goldfish illustration thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of guinea pig
  • Small illustration of guinea pig
  • Hamster thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of hamsters
  • Small illustration of mice
  • Mouse thumbnail (colour)
  • Parrot thumbnail (colour)
  • Rabbit thumbnail (colour)
  • Small illustration of rabbits

Wild animals

  • Small illustration of antelope
  • Small illustration of brown bear
  • Small illustration of a camel
  • Small illustration of chimp
  • Small illustration of crocodile
  • Small illustration of an elephant
  • Small illustration of a giraffe
  • Small illustration of gorilla
  • Small illustration of hippo
  • Small illustration of hyena
  • Small illustration of kangaroo
  • Small illustration of panda
  • Small illustration of penguin
  • Small illustration of polar bear
  • Small illustration of rhino
  • Snake illustration of snake
  • Wolf illustration of snake
  • Small illustration of zebra

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