Northumbrian Notes
RECENTLY, our editor shared a photo with me of what I took to be a cinnamon mutation wheatear. We speculated whether the colour was fawn or cinnamon and my conclusion was cinnamon, the resemblance to fawn being simply due to the normal ground colour of the wheatear. [To view an image of this strange bird, go to fairislebirdobs.co.uk and see “Latest Sightings” for August 19 2021 – Ed.]
This brought me back to a topic I have discussed in the “Notes” following the entries of new colour Gloster canaries at the North of England Gloster club show and it got me considering the various shades of cinnamon across the different species. Apart from various breeds of canaries, my first dabble
