The Upside-Down Bird is hatching nuts again
I’m fascinated by Eurasian Nuthatches. They’re unlike any other bird in the UK.
![Nuthatch at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-725x408.jpg)
That’s because all the world’s other nuthatches live elsewhere. Of the 24 species of nuthatch, most live in South East Asia, which is where they probably first evolved.
![Nuthatch at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar--725x483.jpg)
Nuthatches as a group are also unlike any other birds in the world. If you see a bird climbing head first down a tree, anywhere in the world, it’s a nuthatch. How do I know that?
![The Nuthatches - Erik Matthysen - The Hall of Einar](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Nuthatches-The-Hall-of-Einar-0894-725x544.jpg)
It’s in my new book.
The Nuthatch by Erik Matthysen is available on Amazon as a a Kindle e-book for £51.84. Phew! Click on the image, buy a copy for a fortune, and I’ll get a tiny percentage. That’s the modern world.
Alternatively, buy a real book with a musty smell and the feel of proper pages, just like I did through Abebooks. It’s also available from Amazon in the UK as a hardback for £60 new or from £15 used. Preferably buy it from a small business with a love for books, and make a small business very happy.
The book is so well written and so full of quirky and fascinating facts that I keep dipping into it excitedly and wanting to tell people about nuthatches. That’s a worrying sign, isn’t it?
![Nuthatch at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5820-725x483.jpg)
They are full of character, though, aren’t they?
![Nuthatch at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-5844-725x408.jpg)
Finally, today, this is probably my favourite Nuthatch image. It’s got a bizarre abstract feel with deep shadows, intense colours, linear patterns, and, in the middle of it all, a character bird.
![Nuthatch at Stover - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stover-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x408.jpg)
Strike a pose!