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Specimen of the Week 245: The peregrine falcon skull

By Will J Richard, on 24 June 2016

Hello folks! Will Richard here bringing you a record breaking specimen of the week. It is part of our Best of the Beasts trail and by the end of this blog I hope you’ll all see why. It’s the…

LDUCZ-Y1721 peregrine falcon skull

LDUCZ-Y1721 peregrine falcon skull

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Specimen of the week 215: the sparrowhawk taxidermy

By Will J Richard, on 23 November 2015

Hello zoo-fans. Will Richard here, throwing words at the page to bring you this specimen of the week. And what a specimen I’ve chosen. Graceful, elegant, deadly and now stuffed. Slightly wonkily. Case 17’s finest…

LDUCZ-Y1549 female sparrowhawk taxidermy

LDUCZ-Y1549 female sparrowhawk taxidermy

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