- Object name(s):
- bird; FRINGILLIDAE: Fringilla montifringilla: brambling; brambling
- Brief description:
- This attractive little bird spends the winter in the UK. Numbers vary between 45,000 and 1,800,000 depending on food supplies. It is often seen in large flocks, sometimes with chaffinches. Their summer breeding grounds range from Norway to Russia and the Bering Sea. Unlike its relative, the chaffinch, brambling mainly migrate at night. This specimen was donated by Mr Pershouse in 1921. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Bird
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.53,50.47
- Field collector:
- Mr Francis Pershouse (collector)
- Object name:
- bird; FRINGILLIDAE: Fringilla montifringilla: brambling; brambling
- Object number:
- 12/1921/84
- Reproduction number:
- 12-1921-84.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Birds
- Use title:
- Birds without Borders. Exhibition 2019
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c10a6a2f-d871-3db6-b95d-922bee6e6261
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c10a6a2f-d871-3db6-b95d-922bee6e6261, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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