Red Troated Diver. The case just needs to be glazed and it is then completed. Very rare to get a bird in summer plumage. The eggs are of course reproduction by the finest practioner in the UK of this art form.
Red Throated Diver with nest and eggs. Nearly complete
Work in progress
Red-Throated Diver. Work in progess, the eggs have been reproduced it just means the groundwork needs completing.
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Red Throated Diver .A work in progress for my own private collection. This is how divers / grebes should be mounted and not on their backsides (check reference shots of live birds!!). The case will be completed with nest and eggs (reproduction by the best in the UK) in a TE Gunn style. Not for sale. This case may include two birds?.
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Red Throated Diver .A work in progress for my own private collection.
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Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net. It is undecided currently as to whether to create a marine diorama and or a nest scene with 2-3 eggs. It is far more preferable to mount these birds as if swimming as they tend only to come ashore to nest and even then just to alight upon a bank. The victorian taxidermists tended to mount these birds on a more contrived upright stance which we feel doesn't do this species justice.
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Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net. It is undecided currently as to whether to create a marine diorama and or a nest scene with 2-3 eggs.
Red-Throated Diver in detail.
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Red-Throated Diver in detail. Just some final grooming for the bird and it is ready to start the diorama in which is shall be placed. It is intended to use perspex / resin to simulate the water and the eggs shall be created by the UK's finest egg reproducer. Two eggs shall be used for this scene.
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Red-Throated Diver in detail.
Its manner of holding its bill pointing upwards is characteristic as is its straight or flat chest. In summer the adult has a grey head with a dark red neck patch which often looks black at a distance. In winter plumage, as seen in the first photo, more than half the neck is white and there is extensive white on the head including a small area in front of the eye.
The Red-throated Diver breeds in very high latitudes round the Arctic in both Eurasia and North America. It also breeds in north-west Scotland.
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Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net. Note the leg position on this bird, to render walking almost impossible. These truly have an acquatic life.
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Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net.
Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net. This is the prepared manikin for the bird from the body measurements.
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Red-Throated Diver. This bird drowned in an inshore fishing net.
Although the Red-throated Loon is not a globally threatened species, as it has a large population and a significant range, there are populations which appear to be declining. Numbers counted in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service surveys in Alaska show a 53 percent population decline between 1971 and 1993, for example, and counts have dropped in continental Europe as well. In Scotland, on the other hand, the population increased by some 16 percent between 1994 and 2006, according to surveys done by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Scottish Natural Heritage. In 2002, Wetlands International estimated a global population of 490,000 to 1,500,000 individuals; global population trends have not been quantified.
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