Antique Taxidermy - BRITISH FALCONS,KESTRELS,

PAIR OF PEREGRINES(FALCO PEREGRINUS)ON NEST SCENE

FEMALE MANTLING PARTRIDGE

PEGERGRINE MALE,THE WORLDS FASTEST PREDATOR

PAIR OF PEREGRINES ON NEST SCENE WITH FAUX EGGS

FALCO PEREGRINUS ON FAUX ROCK

FALCO PEREGRINUS IN CLOSE UP

PEREGRINE FALCON(FALCO PEREGRINUS)RESIDENT BREEDER ,THE ULTIMATE FAST FLYING BIRD OF PREY,AND THE COMEBACK KING OF BIRD PERSECUTION,POISONED BY DDT CHEMICAL TOXINS,AND HARMFUL PESTICIDES,SHOT BY GAMEKEEPERS,FARMERS AND PIGEON FANCIERS,AND VERY NEAR EXTINCTION NOW MORE COMMON THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN,EVEN NESTING ON CITY CENTRE HIGH BUILDINGS AND CATHEDRALS,THIS ONE IS A FALCONERS BIRD

MALE PEREGRINE(FALCO PEREGRINUS)

PEREGRINE ON LOG MOUNTED ON PLINTH

PEREGRINE FALCON

SAKER FALCON

FEMALE MERLIN(FALCO COLUMBARIUS) BRITAINS SMALLERST FALCON,ANOTHER BIRD OF PREY WHOSE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE INCREASING,A BIRD OF HEATHER UPLAND MOORLANDS,FRINGES OF CONIFER PLANTATIONS AND SEASHORE AND ESTUARY IN WINTER.

PAIR OF MERLINS IN MOORLAND SETTING

HEN MERLIN

COCK MERLIN

SIDEWAYS VIEW OF HEN MERLIN

MERLIN(FALCO COLUMBARIS)MALE SUPER LITTLE BIRD

HEN MERLIN

FEMALE VICTORIAN MERLIN

COCK MERLIN

RED-FOOTED FALCON IN WINTER/AUTUMN PLUMAGE

ABOVE RED-FOOTED FALCON IN DOME

KESTREL(FALCO TINNUCULUS)FEMALE CASED BY HUTCHINS

MALE KESTREL BY HUTTON OF BRISTOL

FAMILY OF KESTRELS BY VINGOE OF PENZANCE

MALE KESTREL

RED-FOOTED FALCON

KESTREL ALWAYS A POPULAR MOUNT

COCK KESTREL

MALE KESTREL(FALCO TINNUNCULIS)MOUNTED IN 1901 BY CHARLES WHENLOCK OF BOLTON

VERY PRETTY FEMALE KESTREL(FALCO TINNICULUS

KESTREL ON PLINTH

HEN KESTREL IN SNOW SCENE

MALE KESTREL

MALE KESTREL(FALCOtINNICULUS)

MALE HOBBY(FALCO SUBBUTEO)

SUPERB MODERN MOUNTED HOBBY

HOBBY(FALCO SUBBUTEO)

HOBBY(FALCO SUBBUTEO)FAST FLYING SMALL FALCON OF HEATHLAND,BRECKLAND AND SMALL FOREST EDGE COPSES,LIKE A GIANT SWIFT IN FLIGHT,SUMMER MIGRANT TO BRITAIN,BETWEEN 500-900 PAIRS IN BRITAIN,AFTER AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS IN RECENT YEARS.THIS CASE CONTAINS AN ADULT MALE AND A JUVENILE.IN WITH A FEMALE MERLIN(FALCO COLUMBARIS)