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Devonian landscapeAn impression by Bridget Kempster of the Old Red Sandstone desert of the Devonian period (417 to 354 million years ago)
CheirotheriumArid desert of Triassic Britain with imagined reconstructions of Cheirotherium ( hand-beast ), a labyrinthodont reptile, whose prints are common in Triassic rocks but no remains have been found
Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus), green hairstreakA resting green hairstreak butterfly from the family Lycaenidae. This is a widespread butterfly that can be found all over Europe as well as in Siberia. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Fratercula arctica, Atlantic puffinWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (c. 1926)
Tadorna cristata, crested shelduckWatercolour by Shigeru Kobayashi (c. 1920)
Francolinus schlegeli, Schlegels FrancolinWatercolour by Henry Jones (c. 1920)
Delichon urbica, house martinWatercolour by Henrik Gr ld (1924-5)
Phasianus colchicus, common pheasantWatercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1930). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004
Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owlWatercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)
Porphyrio coerulescens, Reunion gallinuleWatercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans c. 1905
Pica pica, common magpieWatercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1896)
Silurian seascape
Pleistocene glacial landscapeDuring the Pleistocene (1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years), ice covered much of Britain north of the Thames. Cold climate animals included the woolly mammoth (left) Mammuthus primigenius
Coal forest
Ordovician seascapeAn artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria in the Ordovician period (490 to 443 million years ago), with volcanoes in the sea
Pleistocene landscapeAn artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria during the Pleistocene epoch which occurred between 1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years ago