Bearded Reedling preserved for posterity - but perhaps not in a way that lifts the spirits

One has to wonder what sad circumstances resulted in this forlorn-looking  Bearded Reedling ending up in a semi-circular glass dome measuring 14 cm x 30cm. It is being offered in a sale to be held by  auction house Tennants of Leyburn in North Yorkshire on Friday January 30. Perhaps someone should buy it just to give it a decent burial in a reedbed. No guide price has been given.