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One of the best British scientific botanical artists of the 20th century - Stella Ross Craig (1906-2006) illustrated over 1,300 species in her monumental Drawings of British Plants series (1948-1973)

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There are 22 species of beaked whale in UK. Cuvier's beaked whale dives deeper & longer than any other mammal. Learn more about UK species with UK Species Inventory Project https://t.co/jlYuSrVJQ1

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16 - the number of scientifically accurate compositions of British plant habitats by Barbara Nicholson (1906-1978) commissioned by the in the 1970s for educational posters. Her Scottish pine forests watercolour is on display in the Images of Nature Gallery

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Christmas cards all written? The Shaggy ink cap is so named due to the black inky liquid it produces as it decomposes (autodigests) that is believed to have been historically used as writing ink

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9 Puffins (Fratercula arctica) from the Shetland sketchbooks of Muriel Dawson (1897-1974). Puffins can be used as excellent bioindicators of the environment despite their nick name of "clowns of the sea"

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8 sea slugs - we love these! No.3 Tritonia hombergi is the largest sea slug in the British Isles whilst Doris pseudoargus (no.4) is the most common aka the 'sea lemon'. See them in the Images of Nature Gallery!

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Populus tremula subsp. grandidentata, common aspen. Florence Helen Woolward's (1854-1936) illustrations of poplar and elm trees demonstrate her draughtsmanship & botanical expertise, here creating a 3D effect with the catkins both behind & in front of the branch

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These alien looking lifeforms are actually Hydroids and Hydromedusae that can be found in the waters of the British Isles! 1/2

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At for and our display of a Marvellous Spatuletail hummingbird has provided a great example for

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