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Christmas Robin Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Christmas Robin Mug by Madeleine Floyd features this cheerful songbird in an exquisite water colour drawing, wearing a festive party hat, with a tiny sprig of seasonal mistletoeberries in his beak, on the back of the mug and inside the lip of the mug.
The robin is one of the UK’s most well-loved garden birds and is considered by some to be our national bird. Whilst most survive barely more than a year, the oldest robin clocked up 19 years! The last to bed and the first to rise, the robin is a year round companion to gardeners and tolerates humans more readily than most garden birds.
This little bird’s song is as distinctive as his colours, and is at its strongest in winter in order to defend territory and attract the attentions of a mate.
The Christmas Robin mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for Christmas (obvs!), birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Hand washing recommended • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width 7cm
Black Grouse Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Black Grouse Mug by Madeleine Floyd features this stylish black moorland bird the male of which is best known for its mating display – which involves fanning its lyre-shaped tail – known as “lekking”. Males will gather at traditional sites and display to show dominance over each other . The females watch from a safe distance, hidden in the surrounding vegetation, before making their choice. They lay between six and eleven eggs in May in a carefully concealed, moss-lined scrape in the ground; the chicks are independent after about three months.
The Black Grouse mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width 7cm
Five British Owls Mug by Madeleine Floyd 300ml
£13.95The Five British Owls Mug by Madeleine Floyd does what it says on the tin, and features all five of our native species of owls, in exquisite water colour. Tawny, Barn, Little, Long- and Short-Eared are all here!
Loss of habitat, the growing human population and changes to agricultural methods are all having an adverse effect on British owls and sadly all are on the conservation list. More often heard than seen, owls have a special place in British animal-lovers’ hearts and we are delighted to have these mugs on our desks at Bee Eater HQ. Five pairs of beady eyes are upon us day and night!
The Five British Owls mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions. And for perfect owl-awareness why not pair it with an Owls Apron by the same designer?
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width 7cm
Seabirds Guillemot Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Seabirds Guillemot Mug by Madeleine Floyd features this stylish black (actually brown) and white seabird alongside three of his other sea-going companions and some aquatic plantlife in an exquisite water colour drawing.
The Guillemot’s three companions, the Herring Gull, Gannet and Arctic Skua are all on the conservation list and need protection. The Guillemot however can be seen in significant numbers on steep coastal cliffs though it comes only to nest, spending the rest of its life at sea. It has been something of a favourite here at Bee Eater HQ ever since we heard John Hegley’s irresistible poem, I am a Guillemot. Check it out on YouTube (other video sharing platforms are available).
The Seabirds Guillemot mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width 7cm
Five Jenny Wren Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Five Jenny Wren Mug by Madeleine Floyd features this much loved garden bird five times over, in an exquisite water colour drawing.
Weighing under 10g, the wren is a truly tiny troglodyte (this is its Latin name, meaning cave-dweller). Hard to spot due to its size, hedge-coloured plumage and rapid darting movements, the wren’s flicking tail is often the visual cue that alerts us to its presence.
More often heard than seen, the Wren has a call the volume of which belies its diminutive size, and this is captured in lettering on the mug. And if egg-spotting’s your thing, there’s an illustration of a delicately coloured egg on the other side of the mug!
The Five Jenny Wren mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width 7cm
Cherry Blossom Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Cherry Blossom Mug by Madeleine Floyd is part of a collection based on illustrations depicting flora and fauna, and shows exactly what you’d expect it to!
The delicate design wraps right around the mug showing cherry blossom, daffodil, primrose, hellebore and hyacinth with their names written in cursive script next to them.
Screen-printed, hand-decorated and kiln-fired in Scotland, the Cherry Blossom Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width cm7
Spring Flowers Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Spring Flowers Mug by Madeleine Floyd is part of a collection based on illustrations depicting flora and fauna, and shows exactly what you’d expect it to!
The delicate design wraps right around the mug showing a crocus, daffodil, narcissus, hyacinth and many more of our favourite spring flowers.
Screen-printed, hand-decorated and kiln-fired in Scotland, the Spring Flowers Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width cm7
Out in the Fields English Oak Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Out in the Fields English Oak Mug by Madeleine Floyd is part of a collection based on illustrations depicting flora and fauna.
The delicate design wraps right around the mug showing oak leaves, acorns and a Common Blue butterfly, and there’s even a full grown oak tree painted inside the rim.
Screen-printed, hand-decorated and kiln-fired in Scotland, the Out in the Fields English Oak Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width cm7
Out in the Fields Grasses Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Out in the Fields Grasses Mug by Madeleine Floyd is part of a collection based on illustrations depicting flora and fauna.
The delicate design wraps right around the mug showing three different grasses and a Common Blue butterfly, and there’s even a tiny grass painted inside the rim.
Screen-printed, hand-decorated and kiln-fired in Scotland, the Out in the Fields Grasses Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 8cm x width cm7
Booted Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Booted Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd depicts the striking chicken with his “boots” of abundant feathers on the feet and shanks.
As well as his distinctive boots, the Booted Bantam is also recognisable by the long stiff feathers pointing down from the backs of the thighs and almost reaching the ground – known as vulture hocks!
On the reverse side of the mug is the single, pale tinted egg of the Booted Bantam (though they’re kept mainly for showing, this breed does lay around 120 eggs a year).
The Booted Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 9cm x width 8.5cm
Japanese Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Japanese Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd depicts the striking chicken with his tail reaching well above his head.
It is thought that Japanese Bantams first arrived in Japan from China in the early 1600s when they started to appear in Japanese paintings, and that they reached the UK in the 1860s. The first Japanese Bantam Club was formed at the Crystal Palace (London) show on 12th November 1912.
On the reverse side of the mug is a single, cream-coloured egg making this a perfect mug for your morning or breakfast cuppa!
The Japanese Bantam Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 9cm x width 8.5cm
Welsummer Mug by Madeleine Floyd
£13.95The Welsummer Mug by Madeleine Floyd depicts the most well established of domestic poultry with its distinctive, almost vertical dark tail feathers, and red wattles and comb!
Welsummers are a Dutch breed of chicken and were introduced to the UK in the early twentieth century. According to breeders they have a friendly and intelligent temperament, and they lay around 160 eggs a year, which is no doubt why they are something of a national favourite. On the reverse side of the mug is a single, dark brown egg making this a perfect mug for your morning or breakfast cuppa!
The Welsummer Mug by Madeleine Floyd makes an ideal gift for birthdays, house-warming and other occasions.
Capacity 300ml • Recommended hand wash only • High quality china • Dimensions: height 9cm x width 8.5cm