Seona Anderson 18/02/2024 Seona Anderson 18/02/2024

MUSTARD

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MUSTARD: His wit’s as thick as Tewkesbury mustard. The spicy paste has long been used as a condiment but Shakespeare uses it as an insult.

Seona Anderson 17/02/2024 Seona Anderson 17/02/2024

BABOON

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day: Baboon: Cool it with baboon’s blood. Then the charm is firm and good. There are 6 living Baboon species.

Seona Anderson 16/02/2024 Seona Anderson 16/02/2024

ELEPHANT

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day: ELEPHANT: The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity not for flexure. The Elephant, the largest land mammal is the world has always had great cultural significance but all species are endangered.

Seona Anderson 15/02/2024 Seona Anderson 15/02/2024

SQUIRREL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day: SQUIRREL: I have a venturous fairy that shall the squirrel’s hoard and fetch thee new nuts. Red Squirrels have suffered dramatic declines and are now endangered in the UK.

Seona Anderson 14/02/2024 Seona Anderson 14/02/2024

DAMASK ROSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, DAMASK ROSE: Gloves as sweet as damask roses.

Seona Anderson 13/02/2024 Seona Anderson 13/02/2024

COLOQUINTIDA

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COLOQUINTIDA: the food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. Coloquintida is a bitter gourd used medicinally.

Seona Anderson 12/02/2024 Seona Anderson 12/02/2024

OSIER

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, OSIER: I must upfill this osier cage of ours with baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers. Osiers are valuable Willow species used for making baskets and for building.

Seona Anderson 11/02/2024 Seona Anderson 11/02/2024

DACE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, DACE: if the young dace be a bait for the old pike, I see no reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him.

Seona Anderson 10/02/2024 Seona Anderson 10/02/2024

VULTURE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, VULTURE: while the vulture of sedition feeds in the bosom of such great commanders. Vultures are magnificent birds, essential to healthy ecosystems but long persecuted.

Seona Anderson 09/02/2024 Seona Anderson 09/02/2024

MOLE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MOLE: the blind mole casts copped hills towards heaven, to the tell the Earth is thronged with oppression.

Seona Anderson 08/02/2024 Seona Anderson 08/02/2024

PORPENTINE (Porcupine)

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PORPENTINE (Porcupine): and each particular hair to stand an end, like quills on the fearful porpentine. Porcupines species are found in Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean and the Americas. Their spikes are used in defense.

Seona Anderson 07/02/2024 Seona Anderson 07/02/2024

FERRET

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, FERRET: Cicero looks with such ferret and such fiery eyes as we have seen him in the Capitol. The Ferret is the domestic relative of the Polecat and has a long history with human societies.

Seona Anderson 07/02/2024 Seona Anderson 07/02/2024

HYENA

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HYENA: I will laugh like a hyena, and that when thou art inclined to sleep. There are 4 living Hyena species including the Spotted or Laughing Hyena and they have suffered from a negative reputation.

Seona Anderson 05/02/2024 Seona Anderson 05/02/2024

JAY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, JAY: What, is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautiful?

The beautiful noisy Jay is still a common sight in rural and urban areas.

Seona Anderson 04/02/2024 Seona Anderson 04/02/2024

CHOUGH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CHOUGH: nor the boding raven, nor chough hoar… may on our birdhouse perch or sing. The distinctive Chough with its red legs and bills features in heraldry and heritage.

Seona Anderson 03/02/2024 Seona Anderson 03/02/2024

LOCUSTS (Carob)

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LOCUSTS (Carob): The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. Carob beans are a sweet treat & famine food, and the basis for the gemstone & gold unit of measurement.

Seona Anderson 02/02/2024 Seona Anderson 02/02/2024

Woodcock

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WOODCOCK: Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. Woodcocks are beautiful, quirky waders who live in forests.

Seona Anderson 01/02/2024 Seona Anderson 01/02/2024

RAVEN

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RAVEN: the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. The Raven is a bird of foreboding in Shakespeare. Ravens have a rich cultural heritage in many societies.

Seona Anderson 31/01/2024 Seona Anderson 31/01/2024

BEAGLE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BEAGLE: She’s a beagle true bred, and one that adores me. What o’ that? Beagles were used to hunt Hares and Beagling was a popular sport.

Seona Anderson 30/01/2024 Seona Anderson 30/01/2024

MOSS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MOSS: Yea, and furred moss, besides, when flowers are none to winter-ground thy corse. The UK is extremely rich in Moss species especially the globally important Temperate Rainforest.