Skip to main content

Eurasian blackbird painting

painting showing Eurasian blackbirds and blackbird eggs

Fauna: 4 Blackbirds, prey: butterflies (1 chequered skipper, 1 holly blue, 1 male grizzled skipper, 3 swallowtails) and caterpillars (2 white letter hairstreaks, 2 Duke of Burgundy’s, 2 large whites)

Flora: Food sources: black currant, bilberry, cherry, red currant, wild strawberry

Objects: 4 Blackbird eggs, 7 blackbird feathers, 1 blackbird nest, The Langdale Rosary (altered to include an image of Saint Kevin)

Plants mentioned by Shakespeare: Black currant, bilberry, cherry, red currant, wild strawberry

painting showing Eurasian blackbirds and blackbird eggs