This year’s wildlife-themed Christmas cake celebrates one of the best birds that I saw in 2025, the Siberian Thrush on Mainland Shetland. Made of clay and painted in acrylic, the bird turned out a little more blue than I had intended, but I think it still works as cake decoration:
Check out those undertail coverts!
Footprints.
I had intended to use real holly leaves and berries from our garden to decorate the cake, but fortunately I checked their toxicity first. I discovered that all parts of the holly plant, stem, leaves and berries, are toxic to humans. A lucky escape for my family!
Below, the real thing, photographed at Loch Asta with Ben Sheldon, as we travelled back from Fair Isle, a fantastic experience:
Happy Christmas to all!