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Written by Ian Andrews
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Sunday, 01 October 2006 |
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The Study Centre at Monkton Nature Reserve has acquired a good proportion of the Outreach Collection
 Female Capercaille, one of a pair The collection, 200-300 artifacts of which are now at Monkton, was formerly used as a loan resource to schools and consists of such things as body part models and teaching aids. The majority of the artifacts aquired by MNR though, are Natural History related and include a good number of items of Taxidermy.  Badger (Meles meles) The artifacts include both mammals and birds and includes a good collection of preserved butterflies and moths that will compliment the already extensive collection held at the Study Centre. There are also some facsimile examples of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures which will be added to the Dinosaur Room once funds have been raised to repair the roof of the building.  A number of butterfly displays add to Monkton's already extensive collection  A Flying Fox now adorns the Study Centre  A Gannet in Thanet!  An unusual exhibit, a day old Tiger  Red Fox |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 08 October 2006 )
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