Sign at the Bustard Inn
Introduction
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Sign at the Bustard Inn
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 6 Oct 2017
Depicting the bird the pub is named after, the Great Bustard, Otis tarda, this sign looks like a most unlikely hybrid of a Great Bustard and one of its relatives from India or Egypt. The pub was built in 1860, and the last living Great Bustard in England was shot in 1832 so it is likely that the artist was working from a stuffed specimen or a particularly distant memory. A modern photo of a Bustard can be seen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Great_Bustard and https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/conservation/projects/reintroducing-the-great-bustard-to-southern-england
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Image Location
Latitude
52.997823
Longitude
-0.473143