A famous study of a Loch Garten Osprey failed to sell at auction today (February 7).
The pre-sale estimate for the imposing 77.5cm x 77.5cm oil-on-board by former Royal Marine Norman Orr (1924-1933)was that it would fetch between £700 and £1,000 but it seems no bidding reached even the lower end of this range.
Any buyer would also have had to pay a 22 per cent commission.
The possibility is that auction house Tennants of Leyburn in North Yorkshire will now offer it another auction later in the year.
I can see why. It's not very good and it appears to have been given a sparrowhawk's tail.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
and what on earth is going on with those feet
I have a herring gull that visits I call him syd I know syd the seagull but he knows his name screeches when he arrives for his food . what I want to know is I put food out no birds to be seen anywhere then if by magic they turn up .