Loan Box
Natural History
Perfect for science or art lessons, our natural history specimen boxes allow for unique close-up study of mammals, birds, insects, sea life and amphibians. Pick up to 10 specimens for Secondary art or science study.
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MAMMALS
Bank Vole and Short Tailed Vole
Case containing Bank Vole and a Short Tailed Vole in a perspex case.
Light weight 2.5kg.
Black Squirrel
Black squirrel in a perspex case, contains 3 info sheets.
Medium weight 5.5kg.
Weasel
Weasel in case.
Light weight 4kg.
Rabbit
A rabbit in an acrylic case.
Medium weight 5kg.
Pippistrelle Bat
An acrylic case containing a Pippistrelle bat.
Mongoose eating an egg
Mongoose eating an egg in a perspex case.
Medium weight 10kg.
Young Hedgehog with a slug
Hedgehog in perspex case.
Light weight 3kg.
Grey Squirrel
An acrylic case containing a grey squirrel on a tree branch.
Heavy weight.
Brown Rat
Brown rat in a perspex case.
Medium weight 6.5kg.
Three Shrews
Three shrews in a perspex case.
Fox
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 14kg.
Fox Cub
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 14kg.
Fox Cub on its Back Watching a Bee
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 14kg.
Young Vixen Fox – Seated
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 9kg.
Badger Cub
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 22kg.
Badger Cub Lying on its Side
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 22kg.
Mole
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3kg.
Mole Skeleton
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 3.5kg to 4kg
Black Rat
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 7kg.
Stoat Catching a Thrush
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 7kg.
Stoat in Ermine
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 3kg to 5kg
Stoat
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 7kg to 9.5kg
Common Shrew
In a perspex case.
Light weight 1kg.
Field Mice
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 2kg to 4kg
Two Hedgehogs: Adult and Juvenile
In a perspex case.
Light weight 5kg.
Young Hedgehog
In a perspex case.
Light weight 2kg.
Hedgehog Eating Beetles
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Bats: Pipistrelle, Noctule and Long-Eared
In a perspex case.
Light weight 5kg.
Two Young Rabbits
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Rabbit Among Beech Leaves
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Red Squirrel
In a perspex case and 3 information sheets
Multiple boxes available – 3kg to 10kg
BIRDS
Fieldfare
Fieldfare in perspex case.
Medium weight 7kg.
Wren
Acrylic case containing a wren on a twig
Song Thrush
An acrylic case containing a song thrush
Robins – adult and juvenile
An acrylic case containing an adult and a juvenile robin.
Light weight 4kg.
Lapwing
Lapwing in perspex case.
Medium weight 9kg.
Chick of a Hen
Chick in perspex case
Light weight 2.5kg.
Blackbird
Blackbird in a perspex case.
Birds’ Heads and Feet
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Bird Skulls
6 skulls and 2 information sheets
Light weight 4kg.
Bird Feet
In a perspex case; one box includes examples of webbed feet.
Light weight 4kg.
Bird Feathers
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3kg.
Brambling
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Waxwing, Fieldfare and Brambling
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Starling
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Kestrel
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 5kg to 10kg
Curlew
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 10kg.
Green Woodpecker
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 8.5kg.
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 10kg.
Woodcock
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4.5kg.
Jay
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 7.5kg to 16kg
Wood Pigeon
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 4kg to 6kg
Golden Oriole
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4.5kg.
Blue Tit, Great Tit and Coal Tit
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 5kg.
Great Tit and Female Chaffinch
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Cuckoos
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4.5kg.
Common Partridge
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3kg.
Magpie – Wings Outstretched
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 9kg to 16kg
Sparrowhawk
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 10kg.
House Sparrow
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 3kg to 4kg
Tawny Owl
In a perspex case.
Multiple boxes available – 9kg to 10kg
Barn Owl
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 9kg.
Two Barn Owls
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 12kg.
Long-Eared Owl
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Little Owl
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4.5kg.
Tawny Owl – Wings Outstretched
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 15kg.
Swift – Wings Outstretched
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 5.5kg.
INSECTS
Selection of Insects
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Selection of Beetles
In a perspex case.
Tropical Moths and Butterflies
In a perspex case.
Butterflies
In a perspex case.
Tropical Butterflies
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Types of Bees
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Types of Wasps
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Garden and Grassland Moths
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 5kg.
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
Common Frog and its Skeleton
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Model of a Grass Snake
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Life Cycle of a Frog
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 5kg.
Newt and Lizard
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3.5kg.
Slow Worm and Newt
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 5kg.
FISH & SEA LIFE
Molluscs
Medium weight 8kg.
Natural History Box – Puffer Fish
An acrylic case containing the preserved skin of a puffer fish.
Multiple boxes available – 3kg to 7kg
Model of a Red Piranha Fish
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 6kg.
Model of a Roach
In a perspex case.
Rostrum of Sawfish
Handleable item; very fragile
Flying Fish
In a perspex case.
Medium weight 4.5kg.
Sponges
Contains 3 information sheets
Medium weight 6kg.
Models of Rudd, Stone Loach and Sticklebacks
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Tench Trout
In a perspex case.
Seashells
18 handleable shells and information card
Light weight 2kg.
Shells from the Tropic Sea
Selection of shells
Light weight 4kg.
Shells from Tropical Sea Creatures
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4kg.
Animals of the Seashore
In a perspex case.
Tropical Corals
Selection of coral
Light weight 5kg.
Corals
Selection of coral
Light weight 4kg.
PLANTS & SEEDS
Fruits and Seeds
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3.5kg.
India: Plants and Minerals
In a perspex case.
Light weight 4.5kg.
Two Seychelles Nut Palms
In a perspex case.
Heavy weight 15kg.
Two Coconuts: One in its Seed Case
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3.5kg.
Beech and Fir
In a perspex case.
Light weight 3kg.
BONES & SKELETONS
Teeth from Elephant, Cow and Horse
Light weight 3kg.
Skulls of Two Sheep
2 handleable skulls
Light weight 3kg.
Bones
Includes vertebra, fox skull and teeth. Another box contains 3 handleable skulls.
Light weight 3-4kg.