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Pumpkin mosaic of David Attenborough breaks world record

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  • A British farm has unveiled a giant pumpkin mosaic of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the naturalist's 100th birthday.
  • The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.
  • Sunnyfield Farm in in Hampshire unveiled the artwork, which used more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes, on Tuesday.
  • Measuring 218.19 square metres, the piece broke the farm's record set in 2025, which was a mosaic of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
  • Sir David was chosen as the subject of this year's mosaic via a public social media poll.

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A British farm has unveiled a giant pumpkin mosaic of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the naturalist's 100th birthday.

The mosaic broke the farm's own record for the world's largest squash mosaic.

The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.

A British farm has broken its own world record for the largest squash mosaic with a giant portrait of Britain's most famous naturalist, David Attenborough.

Sunnyfield Farm in in Hampshire unveiled the artwork, which used more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes, on Tuesday.

The mosaic marks the 100th birthday of Sir David, who celebrated the milestone in May.

The task was challenging, artist Andrew Bega told the BBC.

"We went through a process of selecting different images of David and eventually landed on this," he said.

"We had to go through a few to find the best that was going to be easiest to simplify but keep most of the features so we could recognise that it is Sir David, and I think we did a good job."

Measuring 218.19 square metres, the piece broke the farm's record set in 2025, which was a mosaic of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.

The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records senior adjudicator Pravin Patel at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.

The pumpkin installation has become an annual tradition on the farm's calendar, director Thomas Nelson told the BBC.

"My dad started putting pumpkins on a pyramid eight years ago," he said.

"I thought it was a daft idea, and people seemed to like it. Now we have to do it every year.

Sir David was chosen as the subject of this year's mosaic via a public social media poll.

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