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| The contentious woodpecker |
THERE has been short shrift for a birder who had the temerity to suggest that the species depicted above was less likely to be a Great Spotted Woodpecker - as identified in an auction catalogue - than a Green Woodpecker.
It is a most attractive creation in bronze which is due to go under the hammer (Lot 332) at an auction to be conducted by auction house Woolley and Wallis at their saleroom in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on June 2.
When the birder contacted Woolleys to suggest that the bird depicted is probably a Green Woodpecker, the auction house immediately contacted the artist, Geoffrey Dashwood, for clarification.
He responded that his bird is emphatically a Great Spotted Woodpecker. And he should know - he created it!
The piece measures 19.2cm x 11.2cm x 6.2cm.
Whatever its species, the pre-sale estimate is that the hammer will fall at somewhere between £2,000 and £3,000.
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