Seona Anderson 23/02/2024 Seona Anderson 23/02/2024

POLECAT/FITCHEW

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, POLECAT or FITCHEW: ‘Tis such another fitchew - marry, a perfumed one! Polecat was used as an insult in Elizabethan England and the Polecat was almost exterminated in Britain by the early 20th Century.

Seona Anderson 22/02/2024 Seona Anderson 22/02/2024

OUNCE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, OUNCE: Love and languish for his sake. Be it ounce, or pard, or bear. The Ounce is now associated with the Snow Leopard which is Vulnerable globally.

Seona Anderson 21/02/2024 Seona Anderson 21/02/2024

RABBIT/CONY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RABBIT/CONY: There is no remedy. I must cony-catch, I must shift. Rabbits were introduced either by the Romans or the Normans but are now naturalised in the UK.

Seona Anderson 21/02/2024 Seona Anderson 21/02/2024

MUSSEL

Shakespreare Species Quote of the Day, MUSSEL: Ay, marry, was it, mussel-shell. What would you with her? Common Mussel is an important part of our marine ecosystem and a food source. There are a range of sustainable options for buying Mussels.

Seona Anderson 19/02/2024 Seona Anderson 19/02/2024

MEDLAR

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MEDLAR: you’ll be rotten ere you be half ripe, that is the right virtue of the medlar. Medlars were a popular fruit of Shakespeare’s world but they have fallen out of fashion.

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.