Yesterday( new years day) the NNM went to old Hunstanton beach to see a beached sperm whale,it had not actually been stranded here in Norfolk it had died at an RAF bombing centre in Scotland washed away by the tide and washed up here.When the NNM team arrived unfortunately all of the teeth had been removed and the lower jaw had been sawn off.
It has now unfortunately been moved to a landfill
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Tuesday 2 August 2011
New feathers
Hank you Eve Merall for giving us some amazing feathers such as stork swan goose and even a flamingo!
Various recent events
Thursday
- met TDM curator
- went to cambridge museum of zoology
- went to sedgewick museum(thank you very much to Dan,museum curator and Sue,the Directors wife and who also runs the souvenir shop(obtained geode from mexico and trilobite)
- went on our boat on the river bure
- saw very large pike,fry,perch,wild brown trout + many others
- opened the NNM up to the public
- Thank you to Dave for showing us his rock collection
- Visited Strumpshaw fen
Saturday 16 July 2011
Welcome home!!
Several months ago (January) the NNM lost some exhibits in London
They have now returned!!
In a very timely arrival for the TDM curator arriving on Thursday .
With him we will be visiting the sedgewick museum of earth sciences and the cambridge museum of zoology in Cambridge (where we will be meeting him)
It may be interesting for him to know that we now have a small rowing boat which we will almost certainly go on in the time he is staying with us,I definitely advise him to bring a camera!!
The list of returned exhibits are as follows
Moose antler
Horseshoe crab
Squirrel tail
Fossilised mammoth tooth
Mermaids purse (dogfish egg case)
Badger skull
Rabbit skull
Porpoise skull
Volcanic rock (from Iceland)
A small meteorite!
They have now returned!!
In a very timely arrival for the TDM curator arriving on Thursday .
With him we will be visiting the sedgewick museum of earth sciences and the cambridge museum of zoology in Cambridge (where we will be meeting him)
It may be interesting for him to know that we now have a small rowing boat which we will almost certainly go on in the time he is staying with us,I definitely advise him to bring a camera!!
The list of returned exhibits are as follows
Moose antler
Horseshoe crab
Squirrel tail
Fossilised mammoth tooth
Mermaids purse (dogfish egg case)
Badger skull
Rabbit skull
Porpoise skull
Volcanic rock (from Iceland)
A small meteorite!
Wednesday 13 July 2011
new sea urchin carapace and butterfly from goa
Many thanks to Jane Benstead for providing us with a magnificent sea urchin carapace
and people living at 16 caernarvon rd for giving us a stunning butterfly from Goa
In 1 week the TDM curator will be visiting us so the NNM stall shall be open almost all day from the 18th to the 23rd please feel free to visit at no cost whatsoever
and people living at 16 caernarvon rd for giving us a stunning butterfly from Goa
In 1 week the TDM curator will be visiting us so the NNM stall shall be open almost all day from the 18th to the 23rd please feel free to visit at no cost whatsoever
The HNMS blog
The NNM\TDM have recently created a new blog the heron nature museum society a website where we display the upcoming events to our museums
if you would like to add your museum or collection to this website please email me at
josephbenstead@googlemail.com
the link is shown below
http://heronnaturemuseumsociety.blogspot.com/
the link is shown below
http://heronnaturemuseumsociety.blogspot.com/
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