Jellycat gave the city pigeon the full treatment. A teal head above a collar that shifts from petrol green through violet, a round pale gray body, a charcoal bar across each folded wing, a small dark bill and two coral pink feet pointing straight out in front. On Jellycat's size chart it stands 7.9 inches, and the published dimensions run 8.1 x 4.7 x 5.5 inches, which is enough bulk in the hand to feel like a real bird rather than a keyring.

The pile is worked in several lengths, short and dense over the body and longer around the neck, so the color change reads as feathers instead of as a printed pattern. Polyester throughout, over a polyester fiber and PE bean filling that keeps it upright rather than toppling forward, with hard safety eyes. Jellycat rates it suitable from birth.

The brand writes Strutton as a volunteer street cleaner in a self issued hi-vis vest who finishes the day preening by the canal. For more of that same civic energy, meet Chip Seagull, or swap the pavement for a hedgerow and take Plum Robin home instead.