Great Britain -

"BRITISH BIRDS."

MNH ~ Presentation Pack !

Pack Number: 115.

Date of Issue: 16th January 1980.

Birds depicted on the stamps are:

- Dipper,

- Kingfisher,

- Moorhen &

- Yellow Wagtail.

A few words from the Pack:

Dipper

The Dipper has the unique ability to walk under water. It feeds on insects and small fish in swift flowing streams, diving and swimming beneath the surface with ease. However it is its skill at actually walking along the bottom which is so fascinating.

Indeed many ornithologists were reluctant in the past to believe that any bird could do this, considering that unless it clung to something it must inevitably rise. However studies have shown that the bird holds its body in such a way, relative to the current, that it can perfectly control its buoyancy while walking along the bottom turning over stones in search of food ... "

(KVJ13).