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LARGE CASE OF BRITISH CORVIDS RENOVATED AND BIRDS ADDED TO BY OWNER,EGGS FROM DIAMONDS POTTERY REPRODUCERS OF REPLICA EGGS.
CASE OD JAYS AND HOODED CROW BY PINCHEN OF CHURCHGATE,LEICESTER
HUGE CASE OF CORVIDS,CONTAINING CROWS,HOODIES,MAGPIES,JAYS,JACKDAWS AND CHOUGH
THE CORNISH CHOUGH(PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX)VERY RARE SPECIMEN OF ORIGINAL CORNISH CHOUGH FROM EARLY 1900s,THIS BIRD WAS PURCHASE VIA DEALER FROM PENZANCE MUSEUM,AND NOW RESIDES IN A REFURBISHED CASE OF BRITISH CORVIDS,NUMBERS GRADUALLY RISING IN CORNWALL AFTER THE LAST TRUE ENGLISH PAIRS NESTED IN 1952,NOW A FEW PAIRS BREEDING AGAIN IN PROTECTED CLIFF CAVE SITES,POPULATION ALL ACROSS EUROPE HAS DECLINED WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 350 PAIRS,MAINLY IN SCOTLAND WALES AND IRELAND.
THIS SPECIMEN MOUNTED BY N.H,VINGOE OF PENZANCE CORNWALL.
RAVEN IN CASE(CORVUS CORAX)
RAVEN(CORVUS CORAX)THE LARGEST BY FAR OF THE BRITISH CROW FAMILY,A BIRD OF UPHILL,MOUNTAINOUS MOORLAND AND WOODED VALLEYS IN THE WEST AND NORTH OF GREAT BRITAIN.
PAIR OF CARRION CROWS
CASED RAVEN RENOVATED IN 1972
NUTCRACKER(NUCIFRAGA CARYACATACTES)A MEMBER OF THE CORVID FAMILY WHOSE DISTRIBUTION IS CONTROLLED BY ITS CONIFER FOOD SUPPLY,LIKE BRITISH JAYS IT STORES FOOD THROUGH THE AUTUMN,AND ACCORDING TO RESEARCH NEEDS 27 THOUSAND PINE SEED STORED TO SURVIVE THE WINTER MONTHS
HOODED CROW IN CASE BY PINCHEN OF LEICESTER
NUTCRACKER MOST COMMON IN SCANDINAVIA AND EUROPEAN PINE FORESTS
NUTCRACKER WITH PINE CONE
CARRION CROWS,CORVUS CORONE AND HOODED CROWS,ALSO CORVUS CORONE IS THE NORTHER SUB SPECIES OF THE COMMON CROW,HYBRIDS OCCUR IN AREAS OF MIXED POULATIONS,HOODED CROW MAINLY A BIRD OF NORTHERN AND UPLAND AREAS.
MAGPIES CASED FOR STEPHEN BALLARD THE MALVERN CANAL ENGINEER IN 1860
RECASED IN 1983 BY MALVERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MAGPIE/PICA PICA
pica pica EUROPEAN MAGPIE
MAGPIE(PICA PICA)THE GAMEKEEPERS ENEMY,KILLER OF GAME CHICKS,EGG THIEF AND GENERAL MENACE,DESPITE HEAVY PERSECUTION THIS VERSATILE BIRD SEEMS TO KEEP INCREASING,
MAGPIES(PICA PICA)SUPERB MODERN TAXIDERMY OF ROAD KILL MAGPIES BY SIMON RUMBLE OF NORFOLK TAXIDERMY,ADULT BIRD WITH CHICK AFTER JUST STEALING BRIGHTLY COLOURED JEWELLERY.
MAGPIE(PICA PICA)LOVELY INTELLIGENT BIRD BUT A MENACE TO GAME AND GARDEN BIRDS
MAGPIE(PICA PICA)
JACKDAW(CORVUS MONDULA)SUPER LITTLE CROW OF FARMLAND AND VILLAGE
JACKDAW IN CASE 1930S ERA
JACKDAW(CORVUS MONEDULA)
SUPERB CASE OF LOWNE OF GREAT YARMOUTH JAYS
VERY OLD PRE-1900 JAY IN CASE
JAYS ON LOG
JAY(GARRULUS GLANDARIUS)COLOURFUL AND INTELLIGENT,THE JAY IS ANOTHER SPECIES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LARGER GARDENS WITH FEEDERS,WITH A HISTORY OF PERSECUTION AND A RECOGNISED EGG AND CHICK EATER THIS BIRD IS HIGH ON ANY GAMEKEEPER OR POULTRY FARMERS HIT LIST,WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS TAKEN,INCLUDING ACORNS WHICH IT STORES FOR THE WINTER.OUR LOCAL PAIR PLANTED TWO NEW OAK TREES IN MY GARDEN.
1882 JAYS IN DOME
VICTORIAN DOMED JAYS 1882
THE JAY,ONE OF THE PRETTIEST FLASHES OF COLOUR ON ANY BIRD IN EUROPE
BRITAINS MOST COLOURFUL CORVID A BIRD OF MIXED WOODLAND
HOODED CROW(CORVUS CORONE CORONE)
HOODED CROWS IN LARGE EX-MUSEUM CASE
RAVEN KING CORVID
SUPERB JAYS BY P SPICER
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