Peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon can reach speeds of 200 mph in a stoop (hunting dive) making it one of the fastest creatures on the planet. This species was on the brink of extinction due to the use of crop pesticides, but its numbers are recovering. This specimen was collected by Miss K A Lloyd.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 86/1948/2
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Lloyd, Miss K A
- Common Name
- peregrine falcon
- Simple Name
- bird
