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So these are the comments I’ve had over the last few years as a taxidermist. Laughable really, people don’t realise the educational aspect of taxidermy and how it’s honouring the bird or mammal after its past. They don’t really get to me to be honest. I just file away the screenshots in a folder called silly comments you can’t fight stupid, I delete most of them. Anyway enjoy 😂

So these are the comments I’ve had over the last few years as a taxidermist. Laughable really, people don’t realise the educational aspect of taxidermy and how it’s honouring the bird or mammal after its past. They don’t really get to me to be honest. I just file away the screenshots in a folder called silly comments you can’t fight stupid, I delete most of them. Anyway enjoy 😂

This is a brown long eared bat preserved for educational purposes. I wanted to show you what I used for the form. They’re kind of like birds but not..not your standard mammal either. Like flying mice almost.

I have a license to preserve UK native bats for educational purposes. If you find a bat, please find a licensed holder or a bat conservation charity where you can gift it to them.

This bat did sustain injuries from a cat attacking it. Yes I know cats can be bad for killing native species. But my post isn’t an invitation for bashing outdoor cats. So if you do comment anything like that, I’ll just delete them. I wanted to let you know how the bat died, that’s all.

I used the real skull in most bat mounts and I love to show off their tiny teeth. I use blue foam to carve the body, then florist wire to wire the legs and wings. Clay on top of the skull, then tiny 1mm glass eyes. The neck is made of wire and tow which is a hemp type of material, wrapped with cotton string.

This one is going to a licensed holder for educational purposes.

My license: WML-GL02
The license the bat is going to eventually: 2024-69574-SCI-SCI

This is a brown long eared bat preserved for educational purposes. I wanted to show you what I used for the form. They’re kind of like birds but not..not your standard mammal either. Like flying mice almost.

I have a license to preserve UK native bats for educational purposes. If you find a bat, please find a licensed holder or a bat conservation charity where you can gift it to them.

This bat did sustain injuries from a cat attacking it. Yes I know cats can be bad for killing native species. But my post isn’t an invitation for bashing outdoor cats. So if you do comment anything like that, I’ll just delete them. I wanted to let you know how the bat died, that’s all.

I used the real skull in most bat mounts and I love to show off their tiny teeth. I use blue foam to carve the body, then florist wire to wire the legs and wings. Clay on top of the skull, then tiny 1mm glass eyes. The neck is made of wire and tow which is a hemp type of material, wrapped with cotton string.

This one is going to a licensed holder for educational purposes.

My license: WML-GL02
The license the bat is going to eventually: 2024-69574-SCI-SCI

Here’s a redwing that died of natural causes that sadly wasn’t viable because of a thing called slippage, it’s were decomposition has set in too much and the epidermis layer of the skin essentially “slips” off hence being called slippage. This shows in real time what that looks like if you’re interested.

I ended up making an educational manakin using the parts of the red wing, because why not? At least it’s not going to waste and you can see the inner workings of my taxidermy pieces.

#taxidermy #behindthescenes #redwing #slippage

Here’s a redwing that died of natural causes that sadly wasn’t viable because of a thing called slippage, it’s were decomposition has set in too much and the epidermis layer of the skin essentially “slips” off hence being called slippage. This shows in real time what that looks like if you’re interested.

I ended up making an educational manakin using the parts of the red wing, because why not? At least it’s not going to waste and you can see the inner workings of my taxidermy pieces.

#taxidermy #behindthescenes #redwing #slippage

Soft mount badger all ready to go to his new home. This one was slightly different as I was told badgers can’t be soft mounted. I thought challenged accepted! I can see why they might not be ideal for soft mounting as their skin is so thick. I managed to soften the skin with layers of tanning oil on the inside, then left over a period of weeks to soak in. It seems to have done the trick. This guy was roadkill local to me. Fully pose-able.

Before anyone starts getting triggered about badgers. I will tell you the legislation.

Also want to make it crystal clear that badgers that have been killed via roadkill (like this one) or euthanised due to injuries, illness or natural causes etc are fine to sell and taxidermy. A lot of misconceptions online as the badger act of 1992 states:

“You’re breaking the law and could get an unlimited fine if you:

have or sell a badger, or offer a live badger for sale
have or possess a dead badger or parts of a badger (if you got it illegally)”

This badger was taken LEGALLY, I am a licensed taxidermist anyway. But please do not post or comment misinformation that selling badgers for taxidermy is illegal as it’s dangerous and incorrect information.

I have to keep myself regularly updated with the law as I work with plenty of protected specimens for The John Moore Museum and other conservation charities and wildlife sanctuaries.

Read the legislation yourself for a little bit of light bedtime reading if you want:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/contents

Or go to a summarised version with guidance notes from the UK GOV website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/badgers-protection-surveys-and-licences#:~:text=You%20could%20be%20sent%20to,disturb%20badgers%20in%20setts

Soft mount badger all ready to go to his new home. This one was slightly different as I was told badgers can’t be soft mounted. I thought challenged accepted! I can see why they might not be ideal for soft mounting as their skin is so thick. I managed to soften the skin with layers of tanning oil on the inside, then left over a period of weeks to soak in. It seems to have done the trick. This guy was roadkill local to me. Fully pose-able.

Before anyone starts getting triggered about badgers. I will tell you the legislation.

Also want to make it crystal clear that badgers that have been killed via roadkill (like this one) or euthanised due to injuries, illness or natural causes etc are fine to sell and taxidermy. A lot of misconceptions online as the badger act of 1992 states:

“You’re breaking the law and could get an unlimited fine if you:

have or sell a badger, or offer a live badger for sale
have or possess a dead badger or parts of a badger (if you got it illegally)”

This badger was taken LEGALLY, I am a licensed taxidermist anyway. But please do not post or comment misinformation that selling badgers for taxidermy is illegal as it’s dangerous and incorrect information.

I have to keep myself regularly updated with the law as I work with plenty of protected specimens for The John Moore Museum and other conservation charities and wildlife sanctuaries.

Read the legislation yourself for a little bit of light bedtime reading if you want:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/contents

Or go to a summarised version with guidance notes from the UK GOV website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/badgers-protection-surveys-and-licences#:~:text=You%20could%20be%20sent%20to,disturb%20badgers%20in%20setts

Sometimes all you need is a good blow dry on your feathers.

Male greenfinch commission in flight mounted today. It’s part of a series of birds I’m doing for the same customer. More to come.

NFS commission work.

Greenfinch died of natural causes.

#taxidermy #feathers #wildlife #birds

Sometimes all you need is a good blow dry on your feathers.

Male greenfinch commission in flight mounted today. It’s part of a series of birds I’m doing for the same customer. More to come.

NFS commission work.

Greenfinch died of natural causes.

#taxidermy #feathers #wildlife #birds

Here’s the rook I used for the bird taxidermy demo yesterday afternoon. He needs time to dry (checked to see if he was male or female during the demo and he’s male) but once he’s finished, he’ll be for sale.

He’s not perfect, during the demo the skull detached from the beak due to an injury on the bird. And the bird was in moult so there was some feather loss. So he will be discounted from £260 to £180. If you are interested in him, let me know and I’ll send photos of him when he’s all dry and finished. UK only I’m afraid.

In the meantime, I’ll be doing another demo, a mammal one this time on Saturday 20th June 1:30-5:30pm at Victoria Works Studios. If you are interested in attending. Please head to my website www.taxtiles.com to book your place. There’s only a few tickets left so do grab yourself a ticket if you’re interested in coming along.

#taxidermy #demo #rook #wildlife #naturalhistory

Here’s the rook I used for the bird taxidermy demo yesterday afternoon. He needs time to dry (checked to see if he was male or female during the demo and he’s male) but once he’s finished, he’ll be for sale.

He’s not perfect, during the demo the skull detached from the beak due to an injury on the bird. And the bird was in moult so there was some feather loss. So he will be discounted from £260 to £180. If you are interested in him, let me know and I’ll send photos of him when he’s all dry and finished. UK only I’m afraid.

In the meantime, I’ll be doing another demo, a mammal one this time on Saturday 20th June 1:30-5:30pm at Victoria Works Studios. If you are interested in attending. Please head to my website www.taxtiles.com to book your place. There’s only a few tickets left so do grab yourself a ticket if you’re interested in coming along.

#taxidermy #demo #rook #wildlife #naturalhistory

Thanks to everyone who came along to my taxidermy bird demonstration today. It was a great session and really appreciate all the great questions and interest. I’ll be running another demo showing mammal taxidermy on Saturday 20th June 1:30-5:30pm. If you’d like to come along there’s a few tickets available. Head to my website for more information www.taxtiles.com

#bird #taxidermy #taxidermist

Thanks to everyone who came along to my taxidermy bird demonstration today. It was a great session and really appreciate all the great questions and interest. I’ll be running another demo showing mammal taxidermy on Saturday 20th June 1:30-5:30pm. If you’d like to come along there’s a few tickets available. Head to my website for more information www.taxtiles.com

#bird #taxidermy #taxidermist

Here he is! Little John the highland bull. My biggest mount to date. I did a white park bull back in 2019 but this was another level. Even bigger! After learning heaps from last time, I thought I am more equipped to do this. It was a mammoth task though. I’m glad I did it, this fella will be going back to the customer in a few weeks time, he’ll need a lot of time to dry. I’ll most more behind the scenes once he’s finished 🐮

#highland #bull #gamehead #taxidermy #highlandbull

Here he is! Little John the highland bull. My biggest mount to date. I did a white park bull back in 2019 but this was another level. Even bigger! After learning heaps from last time, I thought I am more equipped to do this. It was a mammoth task though. I’m glad I did it, this fella will be going back to the customer in a few weeks time, he’ll need a lot of time to dry. I’ll most more behind the scenes once he’s finished 🐮

#highland #bull #gamehead #taxidermy #highlandbull

Java Peacock mounted for my wedding. The obviously more beautiful photos done by @camillareynoldsphoto you can tell which ones are mine 😂 also wanted to show the before and after of painting the face, finishing can do wonders for a specimen!

Captive bread, died of natural causes

Also for sale, get in touch for more details. Also on my shop www.taxtiles.com/shop - link is in my bio too

#wildlife #peacock #java #greenpeacock

Java Peacock mounted for my wedding. The obviously more beautiful photos done by @camillareynoldsphoto you can tell which ones are mine 😂 also wanted to show the before and after of painting the face, finishing can do wonders for a specimen!

Captive bread, died of natural causes

Also for sale, get in touch for more details. Also on my shop www.taxtiles.com/shop - link is in my bio too

#wildlife #peacock #java #greenpeacock

Wanted to show you some of the finished photos of the Caribbean flamingo as well as the before and after with doing the finishing on the face of the bird.

This was my most challenging bird I’ve done to date, getting the leg wires up, the long neck that was the length of my entire arm. Trying to get it standing, everything that came to this point has taken me years. I started this flamingo project back in 2022, I’ve been putting it off for quite some time as I didn’t feel like I had the confidence to take on such a huge job.

I know there’s a lot I’d do differently, such as removing the legs entirely and the skull to get the legs in the right position and avoiding to make a relief cut on the next for the skull. I know Theres’s alot to improve on but I’m just glad I did it. I know what I’d do different if I did another one.

If you don’t know, taxidermy - especially in places around the face, beak and legs will eventually fade, so it must be painted back in.

If you want to see more of the process of me preserving this flamingo. I highly recommend watching my voiceover I post on my instagram recently, as I delve into the details of how I got this flamingo as it is now.

The 7 year old male flamingo died of natural causes from a wildlife sanctuary.
He’s not for sale, just an example of my work.

Base by @ian_rosie
Wedding photos of flamingo by @camillareynoldsphoto

#flamingo #taxidermy #🦩 #birds #taxidermist

Wanted to show you some of the finished photos of the Caribbean flamingo as well as the before and after with doing the finishing on the face of the bird.

This was my most challenging bird I’ve done to date, getting the leg wires up, the long neck that was the length of my entire arm. Trying to get it standing, everything that came to this point has taken me years. I started this flamingo project back in 2022, I’ve been putting it off for quite some time as I didn’t feel like I had the confidence to take on such a huge job.

I know there’s a lot I’d do differently, such as removing the legs entirely and the skull to get the legs in the right position and avoiding to make a relief cut on the next for the skull. I know Theres’s alot to improve on but I’m just glad I did it. I know what I’d do different if I did another one.

If you don’t know, taxidermy - especially in places around the face, beak and legs will eventually fade, so it must be painted back in.

If you want to see more of the process of me preserving this flamingo. I highly recommend watching my voiceover I post on my instagram recently, as I delve into the details of how I got this flamingo as it is now.

The 7 year old male flamingo died of natural causes from a wildlife sanctuary.
He’s not for sale, just an example of my work.

Base by @ian_rosie
Wedding photos of flamingo by @camillareynoldsphoto

#flamingo #taxidermy #🦩 #birds #taxidermist

The beloved summer plumage razorbill that was on one of the tables at our wedding. Now lovingly part of our personal collection, or I should say @brdwdwrd’s collection 😂

Died of starvation due to oil embedded on the side of the feathers.

#razorbill #summarplumage #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities

The beloved summer plumage razorbill that was on one of the tables at our wedding. Now lovingly part of our personal collection, or I should say @brdwdwrd’s collection 😂

Died of starvation due to oil embedded on the side of the feathers.

#razorbill #summarplumage #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities

Here is the Caribbean flamingo in all its glory. It’s taken me years to get to this point and I’m really glad I persevered with this bird on and off. The base is made by @ian_rosie
The flamingo died of natural causes in a wildlife sanctuary, it was a 7 year old male.
Hope you enjoyed it. I’ll be post more photos of it soon.
A10: 26GBA10E0PH63

#flamingo #🦩 #taxidermy #behindthescenes #birds

Here is the Caribbean flamingo in all its glory. It’s taken me years to get to this point and I’m really glad I persevered with this bird on and off. The base is made by @ian_rosie
The flamingo died of natural causes in a wildlife sanctuary, it was a 7 year old male.
Hope you enjoyed it. I’ll be post more photos of it soon.
A10: 26GBA10E0PH63

#flamingo #🦩 #taxidermy #behindthescenes #birds

I wanted to show you what an amazing job @camillareynoldsphoto our wedding photographer did during our special day. Huge credit to her, she took some amazing pics, especially of the taxidermy.

Unless stated, the taxidermy is done by me.
Shag by @birdhousetaxidermy
Vintage Taxidermy bear belongs to the venue @thebearofrodboroughhotel

Birds and mammals have died of natural causes or stated otherwise

The bear is vintage and over 100 years old
The squirrel was roadkill
Blackcaps were window collisions
Razorbill died of starvation
Flamingo died of natural causes in a wildlife sanctuary
Peacock was captive bred and died of natural causes
Kingfisher flew into a window
Jay was pest controlled in 2017 under GL17 license

#taxidermy #wedding #flamingo #peacockoddities

I wanted to show you what an amazing job @camillareynoldsphoto our wedding photographer did during our special day. Huge credit to her, she took some amazing pics, especially of the taxidermy.

Unless stated, the taxidermy is done by me.
Shag by @birdhousetaxidermy
Vintage Taxidermy bear belongs to the venue @thebearofrodboroughhotel

Birds and mammals have died of natural causes or stated otherwise

The bear is vintage and over 100 years old
The squirrel was roadkill
Blackcaps were window collisions
Razorbill died of starvation
Flamingo died of natural causes in a wildlife sanctuary
Peacock was captive bred and died of natural causes
Kingfisher flew into a window
Jay was pest controlled in 2017 under GL17 license

#taxidermy #wedding #flamingo #peacockoddities

Run through of how I created the Java/Green peacock for my wedding. Now for sale, get in touch for more details. UK only.

#peacock #taxidermy #wip #bird #behindthescenes

Run through of how I created the Java/Green peacock for my wedding. Now for sale, get in touch for more details. UK only.

#peacock #taxidermy #wip #bird #behindthescenes

Siberian / mid-Asian ibex game head mounted over the last few days. It’s been very challenging in this heat to get this sort of work done. I’m glad it’s all done now, I can do minor tweaks and let it dry. One of the clips went all blurry for some reason not sure why. Commission work nfs

#taxidermy #ibex #siberianibex #gamehead #naturalhistory

Siberian / mid-Asian ibex game head mounted over the last few days. It’s been very challenging in this heat to get this sort of work done. I’m glad it’s all done now, I can do minor tweaks and let it dry. One of the clips went all blurry for some reason not sure why. Commission work nfs

#taxidermy #ibex #siberianibex #gamehead #naturalhistory

Answering a question about tanning mammals and preserving bird skins for taxidermy.

#taxidermist #oddities #curios #wildlife #q&a

Answering a question about tanning mammals and preserving bird skins for taxidermy.

#taxidermist #oddities #curios #wildlife #q&a

I got this beautiful rare and unusual Java/Green peacock now for sale. It was at my wedding for display and sadly due to limited space and the cats are obsessed with it, he needs a good home to go too.

I think it’ll be collection only on this one due to the awkward shape it is. I can courier it up to 100miles if you’re happy to cover my petrol costs.
You’re welcome to visit the piece in person before purchasing too. My workshops based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire GL6 0NF

And of course it’s UK only.

Let me know if you’re interested please. I’m looking for £1,800 for this piece. I haven’t seen a green peacock available online. The last one I saw was a European website and that one fetched 3k euro, so this is a decent deal considering.

Please message me or email to enquire Taxtiles.taxidermy@gmail.com

I got this beautiful rare and unusual Java/Green peacock now for sale. It was at my wedding for display and sadly due to limited space and the cats are obsessed with it, he needs a good home to go too.

I think it’ll be collection only on this one due to the awkward shape it is. I can courier it up to 100miles if you’re happy to cover my petrol costs.
You’re welcome to visit the piece in person before purchasing too. My workshops based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire GL6 0NF

And of course it’s UK only.

Let me know if you’re interested please. I’m looking for £1,800 for this piece. I haven’t seen a green peacock available online. The last one I saw was a European website and that one fetched 3k euro, so this is a decent deal considering.

Please message me or email to enquire Taxtiles.taxidermy@gmail.com

This is a Hooded Crow.

We saw some awesome wildlife in Crete. Here’s a list of some of the wildlife we saw on our trip.

Birds/animals/insects we saw in Crete:

alpine swifts
house sparrows
regular swifts
swallows
house martins
goats
griffin vultures
Eleonara’s falcon
woodchat shrike
Sardian warbler
red billed choughs
blue tit
skylark
collared doves (so many)
pike fish
Lion fish
loads of cool fish I don’t know the names of.

Collared Dove

Lady bug/bird

White Spotted Rose Chafer

Protaetia opaca cretica - a beetle native to Crete also known as a Rose Chafer

Love birds of course

These cool ants carrying fauna across the rocks, fascinating

So many goats

I think this is a Sardian Warbler

Megascolia maculata - solitary wasps. Largest wasps species in Europe!

Male house sparrow

Griffin vulture - saw several of these on this day. We were so lucky

Pine processionally moth caterpillars - poisonous to humans, cats and dogs. Causes environmental damage as well, weakening pine trees, avoid like the plague!

Red billed choughs at Sarakina Gorge, shame I didn’t get better footage, only had my phone on me

Cretan Grass hopper - got stuck in the pool and break rescued it. It lives for another day!

Make blackbird singing beautifully at the resort we stayed at.

Indian blue peafowl - not native to Crete. They were are Knossos palace. Introduced in the mid 20th century to control snakes and rodents when archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans excavated and controversially restored parts of Knossos. He pointed to a fragmented wall panting which was the Prince of lilies fresco and claimed the plumed headdress depicted peacock feathers.

He spins

They were everywhere

I think this is a woodchat shrike

This is a Hooded Crow.

We saw some awesome wildlife in Crete. Here’s a list of some of the wildlife we saw on our trip.

Birds/animals/insects we saw in Crete:

alpine swifts
house sparrows
regular swifts
swallows
house martins
goats
griffin vultures
Eleonara’s falcon
woodchat shrike
Sardian warbler
red billed choughs
blue tit
skylark
collared doves (so many)
pike fish
Lion fish
loads of cool fish I don’t know the names of.

Collared Dove

Lady bug/bird

White Spotted Rose Chafer

Protaetia opaca cretica - a beetle native to Crete also known as a Rose Chafer

Love birds of course

These cool ants carrying fauna across the rocks, fascinating

So many goats

I think this is a Sardian Warbler

Megascolia maculata - solitary wasps. Largest wasps species in Europe!

Male house sparrow

Griffin vulture - saw several of these on this day. We were so lucky

Pine processionally moth caterpillars - poisonous to humans, cats and dogs. Causes environmental damage as well, weakening pine trees, avoid like the plague!

Red billed choughs at Sarakina Gorge, shame I didn’t get better footage, only had my phone on me

Cretan Grass hopper - got stuck in the pool and break rescued it. It lives for another day!

Make blackbird singing beautifully at the resort we stayed at.

Indian blue peafowl - not native to Crete. They were are Knossos palace. Introduced in the mid 20th century to control snakes and rodents when archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans excavated and controversially restored parts of Knossos. He pointed to a fragmented wall panting which was the Prince of lilies fresco and claimed the plumed headdress depicted peacock feathers.

He spins

They were everywhere

I think this is a woodchat shrike

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