Hand-Carved Wooden Bird
Hand-Carved Wooden Bird
One of the last carved by hand from a single 200-year-old English lime that fell in the Great Storm of 1987 — never cast, never routed, and no two ever alike.
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Carved by hand, from one fallen tree
In 1987, the great storm took down a 200-year-old lime near Wilf Howlett's shed on the Norfolk Broads. He saved the trunk, seasoned it for decades, and has carved his birds from that one tree ever since — billet by billet, with gouge and knife.
That wood is now nearly gone. When the last of it is carved, these birds end for good.
What makes a hand-carved bird feel so different from the ones in the shops?
- Single block of seasoned English lime — the carver's wood since Grinling Gibbons. The grain runs right through it.
- Hand-cut with gouge & knife — never cast in resin, never routed by machine. The tool-marks are the proof.
- One of one — a knife in a hand can't repeat itself. The tilt of the head and the wear in the paint are yours alone.
- Milk-paint & limewash finish — the traditional wildfowl-decoy look, softly distressed so it sits quiet, like it's always been there.
- Mounted, ready to perch — on its own turned lime post. No feeding, no watering, no winter shelter.
See why over 600 have already found a windowsill across the UK
"It sits on my kitchen sill and I find myself touching it every time the kettle's on — warm, not cold like the resin ones. A real thing in a house full of plastic."
"Bought the little blue one for my husband when he retired. He turned it over, saw the grain run right through it, and went quiet. He doesn't go quiet."
"I half expected a tourist-shop ornament. It is not — properly carved, the paint soft and lovely. Mine arrived a day later than hoped, but knowing it came out of one old tree makes it something you keep."
Questions, answered
Our 90-day promise
If your bird isn't everything you hoped, send it back within 90 days for a full refund. No fuss. (Each is one-of-one — a return simply goes back to find another good home.)
Carry on a little piece of one good tree
One of the last birds from Wilf's bench — carved by hand, from a tree that stood for two hundred years. Never to be repeated.
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