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Wood Pigeon, Item VA351

BOX NUMBER
TITLE
DESCRIPTION
MAMMALS
   
INSECTIVORES
   
VC327 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
VC293 Mole Talpa europaea
BATS CHIROPTERA
   
VC342 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
RABBITS AND HARES
   
VF161 Skull of hare Lepus europaeus
VF162 Skull of rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
RODENTS
   
VC459 Short - tailed vole Microtus agrestis
VC363 Edible Dormouse Glis glis
VC38 Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
CARNIVORES
   
VC334 Red fox Vulpes vulpes
VC349 Stoat Mustela erminea
VC395 Weasel Mustela nivalis
VC365 Badger Meles meles
BIRDS
Although there are many gaps in this collection, it is varied enough to provide good examples of adaptations to a range of foods, different habitats and variety of way of life.  
LIFE - HISTORY
   
VA84 Chicken  
BIRDS OF PREY
EAGLES & BUZZARDS
   
VA644 Buzzard Buteo buteo
VA343 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
BIRDS OF PREY FALCONS
   
VA335 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
OWLS    
VA336 Little Owl Athene noctua
VA531 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
VF615 Dissection of owl pellet  
VA332 Barn Owl Tyto alba
DOVES    
VA351 Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus

VF172 Skull of pigeon  
CROWS
   

VA518

Carrion Crow Corvus corone
VA519 Jay Garrulus glandarius
VA579 Magpie Pica pica
RAILS
   
VA595 Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

KINGFISHERS
   
VA345

Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

WARBLERS & THRUSHES
   

VA367

Blackbird

Turdus merula

VA613

Robin Erithacus rubecula

VA87

Goldcrest Regulus regulus
WRENS
   
VA364 Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

ACCENTORS
   

VA298

Dunnock

Prunella modularis

TITS
   
VA249 Great Tit

Parus major

VA274 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
VA289 Long Tailed Tit Aegithalus caudatus
BUNTINGS
   
VA481

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

FINCHES
   
VA616 Greenfinch

Fringilla chloris

VA527 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
SPARROWS
   
VA372

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

STARLINGS
   
VA510 Starling

Sturnis vulgaris

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