Each little bird is paired up with his colloquial name. Naturally, we had to include a hornpie.Here's a close-up of Billy Biter -
I love the blue Jon has printed this in, very Farrow and Ball I think.
Here is the block, halfway through cutting - lots of fiddly backwards lettering for this one. Fortunately Jon has a steady hand!There are prints of British Birds in our Etsy and Folksy shops now.
The first person to leave a comment guessing the 'real' name of each bird will win a selection of Lapwing Printworks cards and the like! EDIT: Well done Fibrespace for guessing them all correctly!
I'm going to go and eat some more ice cream now - I had my wisdom teeth out this morning - so no solids or hot things for two days. I'm desperate for a cup of tea.