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Wryneck Collection

The wryneck, a fascinating bird known for its unique behaviors and stunning appearance, has captivated the attention of nature enthusiasts for centuries

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla

Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
FLO4597688 Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eggs of European birds, lithograph, published in 1897

Eggs of European birds, lithograph, published in 1897
Eggs of European birds: 1) Kingfisher; 2) Bee-eater; 3) Black woodpecker; 4) Lesser spotted woodpecker; 5) Roller; 6) Eagle-owl; 7) Long-eared owl; 8) Scops owl; 9) Pygmy owl; 10) Tawny owl; 11

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck with cue, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Eurasian Wryneck with cue, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck feeds its young, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Eurasian Wryneck feeds its young, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck (colour litho)

Wryneck (colour litho)
3120977 Wryneck (colour litho) by Wright, Magnus (1805-68), Ferdinand (1822-1906) & Wilhelm von (1810-87); (add.info.: Svenska Faglar efter Naturen och pa sten ritade)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck at nesting-hole (b / w photo)

Wryneck at nesting-hole (b / w photo)
6021184 Wryneck at nesting-hole (b/w photo) by Kearton, Richard (1862-1928) & Cherry (1871-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wryneck at nesting-hole)

Background imageWryneck Collection: The Wryneck (chromolitho)

The Wryneck (chromolitho)
3643907 The Wryneck (chromolitho) by Lydon, Alexander Francis (1836-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wryneck. Illustration for Sketch Book of British Birds by R Bowdler Sharpe (SPCK)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck (chromolitho)

Wryneck (chromolitho)
725235 Wryneck (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wryneck. Willss cigarette card, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageWryneck Collection: Scansores, Syndactylae, Passeres; Woodpecker, Kingfisher (colour litho)

Scansores, Syndactylae, Passeres; Woodpecker, Kingfisher (colour litho)
6016757 Scansores, Syndactylae, Passeres; Woodpecker, Kingfisher (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scansores, Syndactylae, Passeres; Woodpecker)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Hoopoe, Upupa epops, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla

Hoopoe, Upupa epops, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla

Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla (Junx torquilla). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Background imageWryneck Collection: Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa, and Eurasian

Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa, and Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Varin from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Background imageWryneck Collection: Ants, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Ants, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999222 Ants, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA, 1833-39)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)

Wryneck, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999745 Wryneck, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Strange climbing birds (coloured engraving)

Strange climbing birds (coloured engraving)
998198 Strange climbing birds (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

Background imageWryneck Collection: Birds beneficial to agriculture (colour litho)

Birds beneficial to agriculture (colour litho)
2818815 Birds beneficial to agriculture (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds beneficial to agriculture. Ceux qu il faut proteger)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eggs

Eggs
LLM339522 Eggs by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eggs. Familiar Wild Birds by W Swaysland (Cassell, c 1900).); © Look and Learn

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck

Wryneck
LLM339502 Wryneck by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wryneck. Familiar Wild Birds by W Swaysland (Cassell, c 1900).); © Look and Learn

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) portrait. Uto, Finland. April

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) portrait. Uto, Finland. April

Background imageWryneck Collection: South Lanarkshire ML11 0 Map

South Lanarkshire ML11 0 Map
Postcode Sector Map of South Lanarkshire ML11 0

Background imageWryneck Collection: Central Bedfordshire LU7 9 Map

Central Bedfordshire LU7 9 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Central Bedfordshire LU7 9

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck bird

Wryneck bird
A photograph of an original hand-colored engraving from The History of British Birds by Morris published in 1853-1891

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck - I ynx torquil la, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin

Wryneck - I ynx torquil la, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Wryneck - I ynx torquil la, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck

Wryneck

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, France

Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, France

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) standing, Biesbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) standing, Biesbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Background imageWryneck Collection: The subtle shades of the Wrynecks plumage makes it one of the camouflage experts of

The subtle shades of the Wrynecks plumage makes it one of the camouflage experts of the bird world

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck Jynx torquila autumn migrant Isles of Scilly October

Wryneck Jynx torquila autumn migrant Isles of Scilly October

Background imageWryneck Collection: Birds: Piciformes, Eurasian Wryneck, (Jynx torquilla), illustration

Birds: Piciformes, Eurasian Wryneck, (Jynx torquilla), illustration
Zoology - Birds - Piciformes - Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), illustration

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla

Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageWryneck Collection: European green woodpecker, Picus viridis

European green woodpecker, Picus viridis, and Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck, Jynx torquilla

Wryneck, Jynx torquilla.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Illustration of a Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla), perching on a branch, side view

Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla), perching on a branch, side view

Background imageWryneck Collection: Head and Tongue of Wryneck

Head and Tongue of Wryneck

Background imageWryneck Collection: Picture No. 10883880

Picture No. 10883880
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Date:

Background imageWryneck Collection: Picture No. 10984424

Picture No. 10984424
European Wryneck - emerging from nest entrance Bulgaria (Jynx torquilla) Date:

Background imageWryneck Collection: Picture No. 10984423

Picture No. 10984423
European Wryneck - at nest entrance with food Bulgaria (Jynx torquilla) Date:

Background imageWryneck Collection: Picture No. 10984422

Picture No. 10984422
European Wryneck - leaving nest with dropping sack in beak Bulgaria (Jynx torquilla) Date:

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck, Staverton Park 1945

Wryneck, Staverton Park 1945

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck on lichen covered rock wall

Eurasian Wryneck on lichen covered rock wall

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult, in flight, leaving nesthole in tree trunk, Bulgaria, May

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult, in flight, leaving nesthole in tree trunk, Bulgaria, May

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) juvenile, autumn migrant, with beak open

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) juvenile, autumn migrant, with beak open, perched on Yellow Horned-poppy (Glaucium flavum) at coast, Norfolk, England, August

Background imageWryneck Collection: Wryneck USH 70 Feeding on ants Jynx torquilla © Duncan Usher / ardea. com

Wryneck USH 70 Feeding on ants Jynx torquilla © Duncan Usher / ardea. com
USH-70 Northern WRYNECK - feeding on ants Jynx torquilla Duncan Usher contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult pair, at nesthole entrance in tree trunk, Bulgaria, may

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult pair, at nesthole entrance in tree trunk, Bulgaria, may

Background imageWryneck Collection: Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult, standing on ground amongst grass, Norfolk, England, august

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) adult, standing on ground amongst grass, Norfolk, England, august

Background imageWryneck Collection: Rufous-necked Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) adult, perched on branch, Awassa, Great Rift Valley

Rufous-necked Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) adult, perched on branch, Awassa, Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Background imageWryneck Collection: Red-breasted Wryneck

Red-breasted Wryneck
RMB-397 Rufous-necked / Red-breasted WRYNECK - perched in tree Africa Jynx ruficollis R M Bloomfield Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only



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The wryneck, a fascinating bird known for its unique behaviors and stunning appearance, has captivated the attention of nature enthusiasts for centuries. In 1897, a lithograph featuring the eggs of European birds showcased the delicate beauty of these avian wonders. One particular lithograph from Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy depicted an Eurasian Wryneck with its distinctive cue. This captivating image highlighted the bird's intricate plumage and elegant posture. Another scene captured in Trentino Alto-Adige showed an Eurasian Wryneck diligently feeding its young. The tender moment between parent and offspring revealed their strong bond and nurturing instincts. A color lithograph simply titled "Wryneck" brought to life the vibrant hues that adorn this species. Its eye-catching colors served as a testament to nature's artistic palette. In contrast, a black-and-white photograph showcased a Wryneck at its nesting-hole. The monochromatic image added depth and mystery to this secretive bird's habitat. A chromolitho entitled "The Wryneck" further emphasized the bird's enchanting features through vivid pigments meticulously applied by skilled artists. Scansores, Syndactylae, Passeres; Woodpecker, Kingfisher (color litho) portrayed various avian species including the wryneck alongside other remarkable birds like hoopoes. This illustration celebrated not only individual species but also their collective diversity within ecosystems. An intriguing combination was presented in another artwork where Guinea turaco shared space with Eurasian wrynecks. This unexpected pairing demonstrated how different species can coexist harmoniously in nature despite their distinct characteristics. Lastly, an engraving from 1833-39 titled "Ants" featured colorful ants scurrying around while showcasing an exquisite illustration of an Eurasian wryneck nearby. This portrayal highlighted both the interconnectedness of creatures within ecosystems and the resourcefulness of these birds when it comes to finding food.