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Wren greetings card
£2.75Wren Greetings Card
Jenny Wren’s Latin name Troglogytes Troglodytes has to be one of the most incongruous in nature indicating that she’s a cave dweller!
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Wren greetings card is part of his Songbirds & Seedheads range. Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life, inspired and informed by his considerable botanical knowledge honed as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square: 14cm x 14cm • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • White Envelope • Blank inside • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard letter post
Long tailed tit greetings card
£2.75Long tailed tit Greetings Card
Long tailed tits are a favourite at Bee Eater HQ and can often be seen stripping various fruit trees!
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Long tailed tit greetings card is part of his Songbirds & Seedheads range. Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life, inspired and informed by his considerable botanical knowledge honed as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square: 14cm x 14cm • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • White Envelope • Blank inside • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard letter post
Blackbird Greetings Card
£2.75Blackbird Greetings Card
The Blackbird is found throughout Britain and is particularly to be seen in parks and gardens. You may hear it from January onwards often after rain (every cloud has a silver lining!). It is also a home loving bird – most do not move far from where they hatched, in order to make a nest and have their own family.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Blackbird greetings card is part of his Songbirds and Seedheads range. It elevates the humble blackbird to a new status we believe (and yes, we’re biased), showing the bird in splendid juxtaposition to both the seedheads and the acidic green of its surroundings. All Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life, and inspired and informed by his knowledge and love of botany, honed during his time as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Nightingale Greetings Card
£2.75Nightingale Greetings Card
Though known for its lilting and beautiful song, the Nightingale is rarely seen, not least as it nests close to the ground in dense undergrowth. It is the male whose song is so lyrical, the female by contrast keeps stum! The nightingale’s brain accounts for its vast vocal repertoire – the part of the brain responsible for producing sound is much larger in the nightingale than in other vocal competitors. This allows him to produce up to 1,000 different sounds! The skylark and blackbird come a poor second and third to with just 340 and 100 noises to their names, respectively.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Nightingale greetings card is part of his Songbirds & Seedheads range. Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life, inspired and informed by his considerable botanical knowledge honed as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Siskin Greetings Card
£2.75Siskin Greetings Card
The Siskin is a diminuitive forest dweller also to be seen in gardens and along lanes and hedgerows. In winter they flock, alongside redpolls, feeding on seeds which their finch-like bill is purpose-made for.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Siskin greetings card is part of his Songbirds & Seedheads range. Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life, inspired and informed by his considerable botanical knowledge honed as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Wild Roses and Wren Greetings Card
£2.75Wild Roses and Wren Greetings Card
The Wild Rose is the epitome of a country garden or hedgerow and has been immortalised in song and verse since well before the times of Shakespeare. The Wren too has her place in the literary pantheon being cited in Macbeth as an example of parental bravery.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Japanese Quince Greetings Card
£2.75Japanese Quince Greetings Card
The Japanese Quince with its red flowers, spiny branches and glossy, oval, dark green leaves is a glad sight for gardeners in Spring as it brings a splash of colour to the garden. It is also greatly welcomed by bees as it flowers earlier than most pollen- and nectar-bearing plants and thus is a source of food at a time of relative scarcity. As well as its Spring blossoms it bears apple-like fruit from November to January.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Japanese Quince greetings card is part of his Everyday Botanicals range. Like all Stephen’s designs it started as a drawing, such an accurate one that we are pretty sure those are white-tailed bumble bees depicted on the quince blossoms! His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Globe Thistle Greetings Card
£2.75Globe Thistle Greetings Card
The Globe Thistle is an ornamental plant which gives great structure to deep borders. Tolerant of poor soil and windy conditions, it prefers full sun and is ideally suited to gravel gardens and coastal areas. One of the plant’s common names which might raise a smile is ‘blue hedgehog’!
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Globe Thistle greetings card is part of his Everyday Botanicals range. Like all Stephen’s designs it started as a drawing inspired and informed by his considerable botanical knowledge honed as a nurseryman. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Great White Egret Greetings Card
£2.75Great White Egret Greetings Card
The Great White Egret is a relatively recent resident in the UK and is the largest of the three egret species which can now be found here. Similar in size to the Heron, it has black feet and legs (distinguishing it from the Little Egret). Like the Heron, the Great White Egret stalks its prey patiently, standing still for long periods, which makes it easy to spot.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Great White Egret greetings card is part of his Wildfowl and Wetland Birds range. All Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Kingfisher Greetings Card
£2.75Kingfisher Greetings Card
The Kingfisher which is so recognisable by its azure and copper plumage is one of the most popular British river birds. It eats small fish, stunning them on a branch before wolfing them down, head-first. When feeding a brood, both kingfisher parents will be particularly busy as each chick can eat up to 18 fish per day! Kingfishers live in self-excavated burrows which though only 5cm in diameter may be well over a metre deep!
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Kingfisher greetings card is part of his Wildfowl and Wetland Birds range. All Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Coot in Reeds Greetings Card
£2.75Coot in Reeds Greetings Card
The Coot is identifiable by its distinctive white beak and ‘shield’ against the rest of its body which is all black. That beak and shield have earned it the title ‘bald’ (as in “bald as a coot”). Its feet appear webbed due to flaps of skin on the toes and they seem disproportionate to its body, as shown in this illustration. It is a messy nester and can be aggressive towards other birds.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Coot in Reeds greetings card is part of his Wildfowl and Wetland Birds range. All Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Mute Swan and Reeds Greetings Card
£2.75Mute Swan and Reeds Greetings Card
The Mute Swan is the largest of the UK swans, and gets its name from its relatively unheard voice (compared to its noisy relative, the Whooper Swan which is named for its in-flight call). Its graceful S-shaped neck and distinctive orange and black bill and bump ensure that it rarely goes unnoticed.
Designed by the highly skilled artist Stephen Lennon, the Mute Swan and Reeds greetings card is part of his Wildfowl and Wetland Birds range. All Stephen’s designs start as a drawing, often from life. His cards are printed locally (he’s a Yorkshireman in exile, now to be found in Northumberland) and the production of them supports many small businesses.
Dimensions square (14cm x 14cm) • FSC accredited carbon offset high white board • Blank inside • White envelope • Biodegradable compostable cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post