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free fun and novelty web background downloads- this is where you will find holiday backgrounds and also cartoon backgrounds, very colourful made with children in mind.

Cat backgrounds - web page backgrounds made from works of artists such as knip, wain, and boulanger. Other made from vintage postcards and advertising. This collection is presently being re-worked

Dog backgrounds - These web page backgrounds are based mainly on the works of animal artists various breeds are shown including afghans, briard, bulldog, collie and more.

free wildlife and animal graphics web background downloads - All sorts of animals from lions and tigers through to snakes, insects owls and parrots varying from update to update.

A collection of email stationary, web page backgrounds and wallpaper made from the bird drawing of Edward Lear. Includes Owls, Eagles and Parrots.

Bird backgrounds downloads - Bird lovers will find Tawny and Barn owls together with a falcon, kestrel and hawk. Also a hyacinth parrot, linnet and a pelican.

Beatrix Potter backgrounds downloads - Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin and lots more of Potters friends.

Peter Rabbit email backgrounds made from the original drawings by Beatrix Potter

Frederic Remington's Western Americans - backgrounds made from the works of Remington who spent many years recording the opening up of western America in paintings and other illustrations.

Native American Indian backgrounds made from the original drawings by Karl Bodmer

free flowers and plants backgrounds downloads - a variety of flower and leaf backgrounds includes roses, herbs, poppies and orchids.

A super collection of Redoute's roses taken from prints of the 1800's.

A superb collection of Orchids taken from prints of the 1700's onward.

Horse lover backgrounds downloads - backgrounds made from works of art by artists such as Bonheur, Thiele Stubbs etc.

Baseball backgrounds downloads - backgrounds made from tobacco cards, art prints and other sources. Includes Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Johnson and Welch.

Fishing backgrounds made from the works of various Victorian natural history artists and other illustrations.






SPG's Gift Store

Newly available sterling silver animal necklaces, pendants and charms
Silver Animal Necklaces, Pendants and Charms
Gorillas to Dinosaurs, Snakes, horses, lions and bees, and not forgetting the three wise monkeys. Something for everyone.

Newly available sterling silver animal Earrings
Silver Animal Earrings
Animal earrings including dolphins, pigs, zebras, swans, eagles and many more. Also a nice selection of everyday earrings

All the jewellery on this page are hearts, crosses, crucifixes, angels or saints
Hearts, Crosses, Crucifixes, Angels & Saints All the jewellery on this page are hearts, crosses, crucifixes, angels or saints. There are designs to suit all ages.

Silver Bracelets a nice selection of bracelets some with semi precious stones. A great gift idea.
Bracelets
Sterling Silver Bracelets a nice selection of bracelets some with semi precious stones. A great gift idea.






Links pages index


Tutorials and other webmaster resources index. Includes tutorial on resizing in PSP7, Adding water to graphics using Flaming Pear Flood Filter, Using Backgrounds in Outlook Express as well as a page containing lots of filter resources
Tuts and Stuff

The Tuts and Stuff pages contain tutorials for resizing graphics, using backgrounds in Outlook Express and changing picture using The Flamming Pear flood filter. Includes links for filter.








Beautiful Eagle Lithograph by Blakney is available ready to frame
DONALD BLAKNEY
'Northern Splendor
Bald Eagle'
L. Edition Lithograph
Donald Blakney paints Glorious Outdoor Nature Scenes that take viewers to some of the United States most beautiful locations. 'Northern Splendor Bald Eagle' is a LIMITED EDITION Offset Lithograph that is Hand Signed by Blakney.

Click on the picture for more details.
Kingfisher by Marcia Baldwin - more details
Marcia Baldwin - 'Kingfisher'
LIMITED EDITION Giclee on Canvas - unstretched You'll be mesmerized by the obvious passion that went into this piece. The intense saturation of color, coupled with the most elegant imagery seems to make this kingfisher leap from the canvas.

Click on the picture for further details.

Fine art print Stellers Jay, by JIM COLLINS, more details
JIM COLLINS
'Stellers Jay'
Limited Edition Serigraph
 Let your eyes melt into this Extraordinary night time nature scene! 'Stellers Jay' is a Limited Edition Seriolithograph that is Hand Signed by Collins.

Click on the picture for more details.


Bird lovers art Backgrounds - downloads pageBird lovers art Backgrounds - downloads page
Bird Backgrounds
 Web Page Backgrounds Email Stationary & Borders


This collection has been withdrawn and is now only available for schools and other institutions - This page will remain up for those who wish to download the free graphics.

This link will take you to our new A - Z index of web page backgrounds
The Birds collections contains 120 backgrounds which can be used for Desktop wallpaper, emails and web page backgrounds. A superb collection containing lot of different Types of birds from cagebird and parrots through to large birds of prey and owls.

Most of these backgrounds and borders are made from the works of natural history artists of the 18th and 19th century. Gould, Lear, Donovan, Catesby, Edwards, Audubon, Risenthal and others and not forgetting of course that most popular of artists dear old 'Anon'.

These borders and backgrounds are unique on the web or anywhere else for that matter. They would make a very unusual gift.

Downloads are free for personal and charity sites to use on their web pages. (Blogs, live journals and member sites are not personal websites) A link back to The Search Party is required on the page you use the background.


If you have a page on a blog site which is informative and interesting and would like to use web page backgrounds Email me at
giving me details including your site address - I do make exceptions for these sites.
Left click on tile to see full page background and download there.
Background tile graphics below are distorted to fit boxes.

Bird Backgrounds Free Downloads
Download the zip file containing these 3 Web pge backgrounds.
The SPG logo does not appear on the free download backgrounds in the .zip file

Tawney owl by the bird artist John Gould, left border background
Whiskered Fantails seamless tile web page background
Edward Lear's Wild Grey Lag Goose top border web background

Don't forget you can change the size and colour of the text in your emails to match these background - You can check out how to do this in my Using backgrounds in Outlook Express tut. - Its very easy to do! I would reccomend that you do take the time to learn to do so. It will give your emails that really special feel. A copy of the tutorial is also in the Birds Lovers Collection Zip file.
Bird Lovers Collection
120 E-mail Stationery - Desk-Top Wallpaper
and Web page backgrounds

Bird Lovers optomised multi-purpose backgrounds.

Graphics are sent by email
upon receipt of instructions from PayPal
normally within 24-48 hours.

This collection contains 120 backgrounds for
Email Stationery, Desk-Top Wallpaper
and Web page backgrounds.
70 borders - 20 top borders - 30 tile backgrounds
Samples below are all in the collection.

Bird of prey the hunters of the bird kingdom
Puffin colony busy being puffins
Greenfinches with fledglings in the nest
Ceylon Yellow Bellied Sun Bird
Chinese bird sitting in a chinese maple tree
Chinese blue bird amongst flowers


Golden Eagle Bird of prey - the hunters of the bird kingdom
Barn Swallows busy at their nest up in the eaves
Greenfinches with fledglings in the nest
Frisch's falcon border background
Missel thrushes on pine branches
Ring Ouzels with their young on the nest background border or wallpaper


Crested lark by gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background
Carolina Parrot now extinct by catesby web page border or desk top background
Spoonbill at the nest with young by Gould web page border or desk top background
Gould's common curlew with her young brood - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background
Moorhen with young by gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background
The Fishing hawk by catesby - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background



Please read my terms and conditions page before downloading or using any of these backgrounds. This page also contains details for Commercial site and Trading Charities usage.
Linking details and banners.

These backgrounds have been made from library disk cliparts, victorian prints and my own personal collection of prints.




Birds Web page backgrounds Page created by Vicky Flanagan
Copyright 1998-2011 All Rights Reserved.
Search Party Graphics created - 10th October 2002

please note update is in the american style - month first then day.