Taxidermy Collection

Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity at London Zoo. The species is believed to be extinct. Largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times - became extinct in 1936

Stuffed Kittens Lunch
Stuffed animals sit around a tiny table eating and drinking at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London, sadly sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

Mounted butterflies

The Hamburg Hydra Linnaeus revealed fake
Copperplate engraving with hand colouring by J. Chapman 1806 after engraving by Seba in his " Treasury of Natural History" (1734). In 1735 a young Linnaeus visited Hamburg

Festive Nutty Squirrel 2
Oh what an enormous nut for such a small squirrel. Festive tableau with nut munching stuffed red squirrel nestling amongst the holly berries

Festive Nutty Squirrel 5
Festive tableau with a stuffed red squirrel about to ascend an ivy and holly berry clad tree in order to add to his winter nut hoard

Festive Nutty Squirrel 3
Festive tableau with a stuffed red squirrel perched amongst the holly berries with his nut and pine cone hoard gathered in for the winter

Festive Nutty Squirrel
Festive tableau with nut munching stuffed red squirrel posed on a branch decorated with holly berries

BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811
Housed in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, William Bullocks miscellaneous collection is a popular attraction at a period when official museums hardly exist

Common Raven (Corvus corax) Skull, Probably Cornwall, England
The Common Raven is the largest member of the Crow Family and is one of the most widely distributed birds worldwide. It is all black in colour with a long, wedge shaped tail

Fish-skin helmet, c.1800-1900 (fish skin)
7264988 Fish-skin helmet, c.1800-1900 (fish skin); Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, England; (add.info.: Helmet made from a large Porcupine fish)

Stuffed Emperor Penguin model, 1901-04 (bird skin, feathers)
7295696 Stuffed Emperor Penguin model, 1901-04 (bird skin, feathers) by Wilson, Edward Adrian (1872-1912); 102.9x49.5x49.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Stuffed Emperor Penguin model, 1901-04 (bird skin, feathers)
7295693 Stuffed Emperor Penguin model, 1901-04 (bird skin, feathers) by Wilson, Edward Adrian (1872-1912); 102.9x49.5x49.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Marouette punee (Porzana porzana), Spotted Crake - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO5002452 Marouette punee (Porzana porzana), Spotted Crake - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Marouette punee (Porzana porzana)

Traquet oreillard (Oenanthe hispanica) - black-eared wheatear - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4994145 Traquet oreillard (Oenanthe hispanica) - black-eared wheatear - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Triple band (Regulus ignicapillus) - common firecrest - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4994079 Triple band (Regulus ignicapillus) - common firecrest - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Locustelle luscinioide (Locustella luscinioides) - Savi's warbler - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4994048 Locustelle luscinioide (Locustella luscinioides) - Savi's warbler - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Fauvette grisette (Sylvia communis) - common whitethroat - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993991 Fauvette grisette (Sylvia communis) - common whitethroat - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Warbler (Sylvia curruca) - Lesser Whitethroat - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993983 Warbler (Sylvia curruca) - Lesser Whitethroat - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Warbler (Sylvia curruca)

Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) - European green woodpecker - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993898 Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) - European green woodpecker - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius) - merlin - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993824 Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius) - merlin - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius)

Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius) - merlin - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993823 Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius) - merlin - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Emerillon falcon (Falco columbarius)

Eleonore Falcon (Falco eleonorae) - Eleonora's falcon - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4993809 Eleonore Falcon (Falco eleonorae) - Eleonora's falcon - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) - Bonelli's Eagles -Museum of Natural History of Marseille
CSO4993798 Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) - Bonelli's Eagles -Museum of Natural History of Marseille; (add.info)

Little gravelot or small gravelot plover (Charadrius dubius), little ringed plover - Museum d'histoire naturelle de
CSO4992000 Little gravelot or small gravelot plover (Charadrius dubius), little ringed plover - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Sterne caugek (Sterna sandvicensis), Sandwich tern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4991859 Sterne caugek (Sterna sandvicensis), Sandwich tern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Sterne caugek (Sterna sandvicensis)

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia), Caspian tern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4991849 Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia), Caspian tern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Singing swan or wild swan (Cygnus cygnus), whooper swan - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990296 Singing swan or wild swan (Cygnus cygnus), whooper swan - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Singing swan or wild swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Oceanite de wilson (Oceanites oceanicus), Wilson's storm petrel - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990294 Oceanite de wilson (Oceanites oceanicus), Wilson's storm petrel - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Oceanite de wilson (Oceanites oceanicus)

Etoile butor (Botaurus stellaris), Eurasian bittern or great bittern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990293 Etoile butor (Botaurus stellaris), Eurasian bittern or great bittern - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Etoile butor (Botaurus stellaris)

Gavia immer, great northern loon or common loon or great northern diver - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990274 Gavia immer, great northern loon or common loon or great northern diver - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Gavia immer)

Clamator glandarius - Great spotted cuckoo - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO5001478 Clamator glandarius - Great spotted cuckoo - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Clamator glandarius - Great spotted cuckoo - Museum d'histoire naturelle de)

Prunella modularis - dunnock - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO5001907 Prunella modularis - dunnock - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Prunella modularis - dunnock - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille); Photo © DDF

Pipit farlouse or pipit des pres or beguinette (Anthus pratensis) - meadow pipit - Museum d'histoire naturelle de
CSO4996436 Pipit farlouse or pipit des pres or beguinette (Anthus pratensis) - meadow pipit - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Bergeronnette flaveole (Motacilla flava flavissima) - Western Yellow Wagtail - Museum d'histoire naturelle de
CSO4996387 Bergeronnette flaveole (Motacilla flava flavissima) - Western Yellow Wagtail - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Bouvreuil peony (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch - Museum d'histoire naturelle de
CSO4994545 Bouvreuil peony (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Roselin crimson (Carpodacus erythrinus) - common rosefinch - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4994533 Roselin crimson (Carpodacus erythrinus) - common rosefinch - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Melodieuse linotte (Carduelis cannabina) - Common linnet - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4994522 Melodieuse linotte (Carduelis cannabina) - Common linnet - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Dwarf Sparrow (Emberiza pusilla) - little bunting - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4996004 Dwarf Sparrow (Emberiza pusilla) - little bunting - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Dwarf Sparrow (Emberiza pusilla)

Pie grieche (pie-grieche) ecorcheur (Lanius collurio) - red-backed (red backe)
CSO4994446 Pie grieche (pie-grieche) ecorcheur (Lanius collurio) - red-backed (red backe) shrike - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

Mesange nonette (Aegithalos caudatus, formerly Parus palustris) - marsh it - Museum d'histoire naturelle de
CSO4994420 Mesange nonette (Aegithalos caudatus, formerly Parus palustris) - marsh it - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Mesange nonette (Aegithalos caudatus)

Heron garde beef (Bubuleus ibis), cattle egret - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990192 Heron garde beef (Bubuleus ibis), cattle egret - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Heron garde beef (Bubuleus ibis)

Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwater - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4990177 Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwater - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Puffinus puffinus)

Corneille mantelee (Corvus cornix) - hooded crow - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4996509 Corneille mantelee (Corvus cornix) - hooded crow - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Corneille mantelee (Corvus cornix)

Crave a rouge (Crave corallin) (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - red billed (red-billed)
CSO4996481 Crave a rouge (Crave corallin) (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - red billed (red-billed) chough or Cornish chough - Museum d'histoire naturelle de-Marseille; (add.info)

Sturnus unicolor - spotless starling - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4996458 Sturnus unicolor - spotless starling - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info.: Sturnus unicolor - spotless starling - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille)

Sturnus vulgaris - common starling or European starling - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille
CSO4996457 Sturnus vulgaris - common starling or European starling - Museum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille; (add.info)

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"Preserving Nature's Wonders: A Glimpse into the World of Taxidermy" Step into the fascinating realm of taxidermy, where art and science intertwine to immortalize creatures that once roamed our planet. From the elusive Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine to delicate mounted butterflies, this ancient practice has captivated both enthusiasts and curious minds alike. Intriguingly bizarre yet undeniably captivating, it has seen its fair share of peculiar exhibits throughout history. Who could forget the infamous "Stuffed Kittens Lunch, " a whimsical creation that blurred the lines between reality and imagination? Or when Linnaeus exposed the deceptive Hamburg Hydra as nothing more than an elaborate hoax? But it's not all eccentricity in this world; there is also room for celebration. Enter the Festive Nutty Squirrel series, charming displays capturing these lively critters in their holiday spirit. And let us not overlook The Huia, a poignant tribute to New Zealand's extinct bird species whose beauty now lives on through skilled hands. Delving deeper into history, we stumble upon Bullocks Museum 1811—a testament to taxidermy's enduring legacy. Here lies a treasure trove of carefully preserved specimens from around the globe, each telling its own unique story. Amongst these treasures is a Common Raven (Corvus corax) Skull hailing from Cornwall, England—an exquisite example of meticulous craftsmanship that transports us back in time. Cecil Aldin's enchanting illustration titled "Spot and Scrunch" further showcases how animals can be forever captured within artful frames. Taxidermy serves as a bridge between past and present—allowing us to appreciate nature's diversity while reminding us of our responsibility towards conservation efforts. So next time you encounter one such exhibit or marvel at an intricately stuffed creature, take a moment to reflect on their significance—their silent voices echoing through the halls of time.