Stamp Crit

From the crit I became aware that dinosaurs would not follow the brief as they were not specifically British. Instead of illustrating dinosaurs I am going to illustrate endangered British animals.

Examples
Wikipedia 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endangered_species_in_the_British_Isles

Mammals
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, warm and temperate seas worldwide
European Hare Lepus europaeus, northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius, northern Europe and Asia Minor
European Otter Lutra lutra, Asia, Africa and Europe
Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinium, Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena, coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris, Eurasia
Water Vole Arvicola terrestris, Great Britain, northern and central Europe and in parts of Russia

Birds
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (passage migrant through UK)
Capercaillie Tatrao urogallus
Corn Crake Crex crex - globally threatened
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Great Bittern Botarus stellaris
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

Reptiles

Slow-worm Anguis fragilis, Eurasia
Sand lizard Lacerta agilis, most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia
Common or Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara, Europe and Asia
Northern or European adder Vipera berus, Western Europe and Asia
Grass snake Natrix natrix, England, Wales and mainland Europe
Smooth snake Coronella austriaca, northern and central Europe, Middle East

Amphibians
Great crested newt Triturus cristatus, Europe and parts of Asia
Natterjack toad Bufo calamita, Northern Europe

Fish
Allis shad Alosa alosa
Pollan Coregonus autumnalis pollan
Twaite shad Alosa fallax
Vendace Coregonus vandesius
Gwyniad Coregonus pennantii

Other species
Bees
Beetles
Butterflies and moths


4 Species I think I am going to illustrate.

Hedgehog

Water vole

Hazel dormouse

Western Capercaillie