Aviary

	The Aviary
	The main aviary was established in 1890 near to the present site of the Strutt Bowling Green (top photo) entering from Moreleston Street, and a second was built near to the Grove Street lodge, apparently where the monkeys were kept, but was removed sometime between the 1960s to the early 1970s, due to vandalism.
		The Aviary The Band Stands Crimean Cannons Crystal Palace The Fountain The Florentine Boar Other Important Statues The Headless Cross Pavilions Sir Henry Royce's Statue Ornamental Vases
	Photo courtesy of Derby Parks Dept. Collection. (Early 20th Century Postcard, about 1914)	Free JavaScripts provided by The JavaScript Source

	Two aviaries are shown on a 1936 Ordnance Survey Map, the first being immediately left of the Grove Street Lodge buildings. The second Aviary as in the above photo, shows the view facing north west from the Moreleston Street side of the Arboretum, alongside the Bowling Green. Note the circular (apparently thatched) roofs over two of the cages, this is probably the aviary referred to as the "Big Aviary" in a Derby Evening Telegraph article, "Love Birds in the aviary", dated February 22nd 1933.

	This is the aviary (above) remembered by most people who have lived in the area during the last 60 years. This is all that remained of the large aviary up to the 1970s, the houses in the background are possibly on Moreleston Street, more detail of the glasshouse structure is visible in the photo below (c 1900).
	Photo courtesy of Derby Evening Telegraph


	A postcard photo showing a glass structure, part of the glasshouse structure is visible in the photo above, but is not visible in most photos of the aviary, c1900. This view was probably taken from the Morleston Street side of the aviary. Reproduced courtesy of Picture the Past (DMAG001095.jpg)
Photo showing approximate location of the aviary.
	This photo has an image of the old aviary superimposed on it, to show its approximate location in relation to the site as it is today.
	Love Birds at Derby Arboretum (1933)
		Derby Evening Telegraph article, February 22nd 1933 showing Mr. Colin Ellis with two parakeets (Love Birds). Top of Page Photograph Courtesy of the Derby Evening Telegraph

Arboretum Home Page	Not Derby Arboretum's Aviary?
Photo Christopher Harris September 2003
This photo was taken on September 9th 2003! However this is Nottingham Arboretum's Aviary, where much of the layout was copied from Derby Arboretum. This Aviary, similar to Derby's, is to be reconstructed, with Heritage Lottery money, to its original Victorian style. There are no plans to replace Derby Arboretum's Aviary. Arboretum Home Page Copyright Christopher Harris 2002-2006