Oystercatcher - Wooden Bird Carving

A beautifully hand carved and painted wood carving of an Oystercatcher with its distinctive red bill.

Oystercatchers are large obvious and rather noisy birds. As waders they use strong bills for smashing or prising open molluscs.

Found on coasts worldwide, their eggs which are grey and speckled provide camouflage against the grey rock as they are laid in a shallow scrape of shingle.

The Oystercatchers eggs are also pointed at one end. Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of this is not to provide space for the chick's long beaks as these develop after hatching but rather to prevent the eggs from rolling down steep slopes.

Intended for interior display, each bird has been skilfully hand carved by village craftsmen on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

They are produced under fair trading conditions to benefit the village community as well as the producer and have been painted using lead free paints and local replaceable softwood.

Due to the handmade and painted nature of this product, there may be slight variations in colour and distressing from the images shown as each has its own individual character.

Simple, elegant decoration beautifully hand carved and painted.

Overall Size: 30 x 9 x 27 cm high   (12 x 3.5 x 10.5 inches)