‘Gingerjack’ by artist Stuart Gray of Sedburgh
A jackdaw eating tasty Grasmere Gingerbread® crumbs has been immortalised in a painting and greetings card…
A family of friendly jackdaws has developed a taste for Grasmere Gingerbread®.
The cheeky crows mop up fallen crumbs after hungry customers open packets of the spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop.
“The jackdaws are very inquisitive, real characters and lots of customers love to see the birds,” said Grasmere Gingerbread® Bakery Manager Richard Street.
Cumbrian artist Stuart Gray’s acrylic painting of a jackdaw eating crumbs out of a Grasmere Gingerbread® parchment wrapper has now been turned into a greetings card.
Cumbria Artist, Stuart Gray
“I was thrilled when Grasmere Gingerbread® asked if they could use the image for a card,” said the 74-year-old artist from Sedburgh.
Jackdaws – which live in family groups and small flocks – are opportunistic omnivores and live happily alongside people in towns and cities.
A jackdaw waits patiently for fallen Grasmere Gingerbread crumbs…
“Many wild birds enjoy small amounts of biscuit crumbs as part of their varied diet,” explained Kay Hyde, Communications Officer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
“We hope that visitors to The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop enjoy watching these stunning jackdaws feasting on Grasmere Gingerbread® crumbs!”
A hungry jackdaw swoops past the iconic Grasmere Gingerbread® sign
Other birds that frequent The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop environs are robins, dunnocks, wrens, blackbirds, song thrushes, swallows, house martins and redwings.
Grasmere Gingerbread® donates to Cumbria Wildlife Trust and other conservation charities from sales of other unique products.
Customers may buy the jackdaw greetings card in the Grasmere and Hawkshead shops of Grasmere Gingerbread® and online at https://www.grasmeregingerbread.co.uk/products/greetings-cards