Antique Taxidermy - FINCHES,& PASSERINES

CASE OF TWO PAIRS OF CROSSBILLS

BULLFINCH,GREENFINCH,CHAFFINCH

LARGE CASE OF FINCHES,PASSERINES AND WOODLAND,BIRDS AND ANIMALS

LARGE CASE OF PASSERINES,

YELLOW BUNTINGS/YELLOWHAMMERS(EMBERIZA CITRINELLA)

CORN BUNTING(MILIARIA CALANDRA)

CORN BUNTING

REED BUNTING(EMBERIZA SHOENICLUS)

REED BUNTING MALE IN WALL PICTURE FRAME CASE

REED BUNTING(EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS)AFTER A DRAMATIC POPULATION CRASH OF AROUND 50 PER CENT,THIS SPECIES HAS STABILISED AND STARTED TO BREED IN NEW AREAS AWAY FROM ITS TRADITIONAL REEDBEDS AND WETLANDS,NOW TO BE SEEN NESTING IN DITCHES,FORESTRY PLANTATIONS AND FARMLAND.THIS BIRD IS A MALE,OUTSIDE THE BREEDING SEASON CAN BE SEEN IN MIXED FLOCKS OF BUNTINGS AND FINCHES,AS WELL AS IN GARDENS.

COCK REED BUNTING

CHAFFINCH,BULLFINCH AND GREENFINCH

GOLDFINCH(CARDUELIUS CARDUELIUS)

GOLDFINCH

HAWFINCH

HAWFINCH(COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUTHTES)LARGEST OF BRITISH FINCHES,WITH LARGE THICKSET BODY AND HEAVY THICK BILL CAPABLE OF CRACKING CHERRY STONES.NUMBERS SEEMED TO HAVE DECLINED BUT A VERY HARD AND ELUSIVE BIRD TO TRACK.

SUPERNLY COLOURED COCK BULLFINCH,THE FRUITGROWERS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE,

BULLFINCH BY T.E.GUNN EMPLOYEE

BULLFINCH MALE

REDPOLL(CARDEULIS FLAMMEA)SMALL FINCH OF BIRCH AND ALDER PLANTATIONS BORDERING MIXED WOODLAND

CASE OF FINCHES WITH NORTH AMERICAN GROSSBEAK IN

COCK LINNET SET IN VICTORIAN CASE WITH SWALLOW

TWITE OR MOUNTAIN LINNET

BRAMBLING/BRAMBLEFINCH(FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA)MALE IN WINTER PLUMAGE,NORTHER FINCH VISTITING BRITAIN IN LATE AUTUMN AND WINDER.AND NUMBERS DEPEND ON SEVERITY OF NORTHERN WINTER SNOW FALLS AND TEMPRATURES,ONE OR TWO PAIRS HAVE BRED IN BRITAIN,LAST IN 1982,THIS NORTHERN VERSION OF THE CHAFFINCH,LARGE NUMBERS FROM 50 TO THOUSAND TO TWO MILLION CAN OCCUR IN BRITAIN,AND IN 1982 ONE ROOST IN MERSEYSIDE ATTRACTED OVER 150 THOUSAND BIRDS.

PAIR OF BRAMBLINGS

HAWFINCH AND COMMON REDPOLL

BRITISH FINCHES SISKIN,GOLDFINCH,BULLFINCH AND GROSBEAKS FROM USA

MALE SISKIN OR ABERDIVINE AS CALLED BY VICTORIAN BIRD KEEPERS

FEMALE SISKIN IN LARGE CASE OF PASSERINES

GOLDFINCH

EVENING GROSBEAK/NORTH AMERICAN RANGE HAWFINCH

PAIR OF EVENING GROSBEAKS NORTH AMERICAN HAWFINCH

CROSSBILL

CROSSBILLS(LOXIA CURVIROSTA

GREENFINCH

VICTORIAN VERY EARLY BULLFINCH

GOLDFINCH(CARDELIUS CARDELIUS)FORMERLY AN ABUNDANT BIRD OF FAREMLANDS AND WASTE GROUNDS,REGULAR FLOCKS OR CHARMS OF GOLDFINCHES NUMBERED IN HUNDREDS IN MY CHILDHOOD,NOW WIDELY LESS COMMON,BUT STILL VERY WIDESPREAD AND ANOTHER FINCH THAT USED BIRDFEEDERS TO GET EXTRA PROTEINS THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.

CHAFFINCH(FRINGELLA COELEBS)ABUNDANT RESIDENT BREEDER,FORMERLY BRITAINS MOST COMMON BIRD,REGULAR VISITOR TO GARDENS,ALSO IN HUGE FLOCKS IN STUBBLE,NUMBERS INCREASE WITH VISITORS IN WWINTER,THIS IS A MALE BIRD FROM A LARGE CASE.

SISKIN(CARDELIUS SPINUS)FEMALE IN A MIXED CASE OF BRITISH BIRDS,THIS LOVELY LITTLE FINCH,IS A BIRD OF PINES,ALDERS AND BIRCH TREE TOPS,AS WELL AS BEING ATTRACTED TO GARDEN FEEDERS,FORMS SOCIABLE FLOCKS OUT OF BREEDING SEASON AND NUMBERS INCREASE WITH WINTER VISITORS FROM CONTINENTAL NORTHERN EUROPE,HAS EXTENDED ITS RANGEW IN 20TH CENTURY DUE TO COMMERCIAL CONIFER PLANTING,ALSO A VERY POPULAR VICTORIAN CAGE BIRD GIVEN THE NAME OF ABERDIVINE.

TWITE OR MOUNTAIN LINNET,NOW BECOMING VERY SCARCE

LINNET(CARDELIUS CANNABINA)SMALL SLIM HIGHLY SOCIABLE FINCH,FORMERLY ABUNDANT BIRD BUT DRASTIC REDUCTION IN HUGE FEEDING FLOCKS POSSIBLY POISONED BY HERBICIDES,HIGHER EFFICIENCY CROP HARVESTING,LOSS OF HEDGEROWS,A DECLINE OF 55 PER CENT OF POPULATION HAS BEEN RECORDED.

YELLOWHAMMER(EMBERIZA CITRINELLA)OR LOCALLY CALLED YELLOW BUNTING,BRITAINS COMMONEST BUNTING FROM A FAMILY OF BIRDS THAT ARE ALL IN DECLINE,HEDGEROW LOSS,PESTICIDES,CHANGES IN FARM CROP MACHINERY ARE REASONS FOR THIS BIRDS DECLINE

CORN BUNTING(MILIARIA CALANDRA)

CIRL BUNTING(EMBERIZA CIRLUS)

SNOW BUNTING(PLECTROPHEENAX NIVALIS)FEMALE IN AUTUMN/ WINTER ECLIPSE PLUMAGE,OUTSIDE OF BREEDING SEASON CAN BE SEEN WINTERING ON EAST COAST HAUNTS AS FAR SOUTH AS KENT,ESSEX AND NORFOLK,BUT IN SUMMER STRICTLY A BIRD OF HIGH MOUNTAIN,SCREE SLOPES,NIMBERS JUMP FROM 70-100 PAIRS IN SUMMER TO OVER 10,OOO BIRDS IN WINTER.

SNOW BUNTING(PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS) FEMALE AUTUMN

SNOW BUNTING MALE FRESH AUTUMN PLUMAGE

SNOW BUNTINGS

SNOW BUNTING IN LARGE CASE

CORN BUNTING

CROSSBILLS

CROSSBILL

CROSSBILL(LOXIA CURVIROSTRA)ONE OF OUR MORE UNCOMMON FINCHES AND SECRETIVE BIRDS,OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN CONIFER LEAF CANOPY,POPULATION CENSUS EXTREMELY HARD DUE TO NOMADIC NATURE,AND HAS ALSO BEEN RECORDED BREEDING IN EVERY MONTH OF THE BRITISH YEAR,