INFORMATION PAGE
TERRY
HALLORAN
KINGFISHER
1999 MOORCROFT ENAMELS
LIMITED EDITION of 80
| It was probably a “once in a lifetime” experience when we looked out of the window at 8 a.m. one July morning in 2004 to see a Kingfisher sitting on the washing-line! In recent years we have come to regard this as one of our favourite birds. We are lucky enough to have had them nesting just 200 metres from the house for the last three years. Terry created this design for the launch of Moorcroft Enamels and it was to become the only catalogue design on the 18 shape by a freehand artist. Ignoring
the beak, Kingfishers are just a little bigger than a House
Sparrow and smaller than a Starling and are most likely to
be seen as a moving flash of turquoise following the line
of a river or stream. Anyone lucky enough to see a fishing
Kingfisher in late autumn as the low sun reflects from its
plumage is in for a breath-taking sight. Despite their relatively
small size, they fiercely defend their stretch of river at
breeding times and can catch prey heavier than themselves.
Curiously most of the world's kingfishers don't catch fish,
but eat grubs, insects and small lizards.
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