Antique Taxidermy - DOMED BIRDS & EXOTICS

A 20 INCH VICTORIAN DOME WITH EXOTIC BIRDS AND FOREIGN BUTTERFLIES,BALTIMORE ORIOLES,GREAT GREY SHRIKE,WOODCHAT SHRIKE,BRITISH SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY AND AMAZONIAN BUTTERFLIES

SOUTH AFRICAN TURACO & INCA DOVE

THREE DOMES OF EXOTIC AND COLOURFUL BIRDS TWO BY PEACHEY OF PIMLICO.

DISPLAYED COLLECTION OF SMALLER VICTORIAN EXOTIC BIRDS

DOME OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS BY JOHN LEADBEATER 1850

A SUPERB COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN DOMES WITH PERIOD VICTORIAN DUTCH PAINTINGS

NICE BRIGHTLY COLOURED DOME OF EXOTICS

JOHN LEADBEATER DOME UNDER RENOVATION

MALE KESTREL IN DOME

KNYINA TURACO,SOUTH AFRICAN BIRD

SUPERB TOUCAN

UNKNOWN AS YET AUSTRALIAN PARAKEET

BEE-EATERS,TWO SUPERBLY COLOURED BIRD

SMALLER DOME OF EXOTICS

DOME OF GREAT GREY SHRIKE,WOODCHAT SHRIKE,BALTIMORE ORIOLES AND BUTTERFLIES

COLOURFUL BIRDS FROM CENTRAL AND NORTH AMERICA

LOVELY DOMED BLUE BIRDS,PURPLE FRONTED COTTINGA & GLOSSY STARLING

JAYS IN DOME DATED 1882

PTARMIGAN IN FULL WINTER PLUMAGE

DOME OF EXOTICS AND BUTTERFLIES

DOME OF HIGHLY COLOURED BIRDS

TOUCAN IN DOME

TWO ROLLERS9(CORRACIAS GARRULUS) IN VICTORIAN TALL DOMES,A BIRD OF DRY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN HABITATS,OPEN OLD FORESTS,AND RIVERINE POPLARS,GRASSLANDS.

THREE EXOTIC BIRDS IN GLASS DOME ROLLER,PARAKEET AND ORIOLE,SUPER COLOURED ITEM

COMMON BUZZARD IN DOME

HOOPOE IN DOME WITH BUTTERFLIES

WAXWING IN DOME

BIRDS OF PARADISE

MIXED EXOTIC DOME

DOME OF EXOTIC WITH PARAKEET

DOME OF VICTORIAN EXOTICS

DOME OF BRITISH BIRDS MOSTLY SUMMER VISITORS

GREENSHANK(TRINGA NEBULARIA)WADING BIRD OF UPLAND SCOTTISH ISLANDS AND HIGHLANDS,PEAT BOGS AND MARSHES,SEEN REGULAR ON COASTAL MARSHES AND INLAND FRESHWATER LAGOONS

GREY PLOVER OUT OF DOME,GORGEOUS BIRD,ESPECIALLY STRIKING WHEN OBSERVED IN FULL SUMMER PLUMAGE

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL AMAZON GREEN PARROT

RED-FOOTED FALCON(FALCO VESPERTINUS)

GOLDEN ORIOLE MALE.

DOME OF EXOTIC BIRDS

TREE CREEPER(CERTHIA FAMILIARIS) IN DOME,MOUSE LIKE BIRD WITH DOWNWARD CURVED BILL

PAIR OF EUROPEAN KINGFISHERS(ALCEDO ATTHIS)SUPERB BIRDS

KINGFISHER IN DOME BIRD MOUNTED IN 1979

FEMALE SMEW IN DOME

ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD BY PASHLEY OF CLEY,NORFOLK

MISTLE THRUSH IN GLASS DOME

EUROPEAN KINGFISHER(ALCEDO ATTHIS) IN DOME WITH HOOPOE

KINGFISHER

NUTHATCH AND BRAMBLING IN DOME

TOUCAN IN DOME

THREE SPECIES OF KINGFISHERS IN DOME

MALE TEAL IN DOME

RED SQUIRREL IN VICTORIAN DOME

RAZORBILL

DOME OF CHATS AND FINCHES

SWIFT(APUS APUS)MIGRATORY BREEDER IN BRITAIN,A SIGN OF SUMMER AS IT SOARS AND SCREECHES OVER ITS BREEDING AREAS IN ROOFS OF OLDER DESIGNED BUILDINGS,FEEDING ON ARIAL INCECT FOOD

LITTLE OWL(ATHENA NOCTUA)IN VICTORIAN GLASS DOME

GREY PLOVER(PLUVARIS APRICARIA) AND DUNLIN(CALIDRIS ALPINA) IN VICTORIAN DOME,BOTH IN WINTER PLUMAGE,

ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD(BUTEO LAPOGUS)BY PASHLEY OF CLEY-NEXT-SEA IN NORFOLK,AROUND 100 OF THESE BIRDS ARE SEEN EVERY YEAR IN BRITAIN SOMETIMES LARGER INFLUX YEARS

DOME OF EXOTIC BUTTERFLIES,SHRIKES AND BALTIMORE ORIOLES BY PEACHEY OF PIMLICO

DOME OF EXOTIC BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES INCLUDING PLUM HEADED PARAKEET,EASTERN ROSELLA PARAKEET AND RING-NECKED PARAKEET(PSITTACULA KRAMERI)BY PEACHEY OF PIMLICO SUPERB 26 INCH HIGH VICTORIAN DOME OF EXOTICA,WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT JUST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS LATER THE RING-NECKS DESCENDANTS WOULD BE FLYING IN FLOCKS OVERSOUTH-EAST ENGLAND WITH OVER 1500 ADULT BIRDS,FROM RELEASED AND ESCAPED STOCK,ORIGINALLY A FAVOURITE CAGE AND AVIARY BIRD FROM INDIA,WITH SEVERAL SUB SPECIES ACROSS ASIA TO CHINA,NOT AFFECTED BY THE BRITISH WINTER,AND FEEDING ON BIRD FEEDERS AND ORCHARDS IN KENT,ITS STRONGHOLD,MIGRATORY IN NATIVE LANDS BUT ENGLISH FLOCKS SEDENTARY.