Hen Harrier
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Hen Harrier is a photographic by Zoological Photographic Club, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows a bird perched on a nest made of twigs and dried grass. The bird has a speckled brown back, a pale chest, and a slightly ruffled neck. Its head is turned to the side, and it looks alert, with one foot tucked under its body. The nest is simple but neatly arranged, with a few small feathers mixed in. The background is a dense thicket of dark, tangled branches. Look up the Zoological Photographic Club next to see more animal photos like this.
A mounted photograph of a Hen Harrier is included in an album with museum numbers 3250:1-2023 to 3250:39-2023.
Read the full account in the museum source.
The Zoological Photographic Club took crisp, close-up photos of animals in the late 1800s, long before smartphones.
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