Spring and the ‘Moor Blackbird’

The Hedgerows are filled with blossom - each new Spring day bringing further clusters of flowers and fresh green leaves and the scent is heavenly. It is this coming and emerging of Spring and the activity of upland and hedgerow birds that has inspired the Spring Bird Collection of sculpture, which is now released - view here

Blackbirds have formed an important part of the Collection - the ones I see daily at my workshop have been my studies. A pair has already nested and hatched young in this hedge and now they’re busily feeding and looking after the very demanding chicks.

A favourite spot is in the apple tree - also now in full blossom - where the male perches overlooking his brood and calling to them encouragingly.

A bird I see much less frequently is the Ring Ouzel. They are less common, in fact rare, but I glimpsed one perched high on a stone boulder on the moor above the workshop. The Ring Ouzel is also known as the ‘Moor Blackbird’ and prefers the remote uplands, nesting usually close to the ground in the heather.

View Spring Birds Collection here