Wild Life Collection

Dragonflies
The Pond Patrol. Various types of dragonfly. From the Look and Learn Eighth Book of the Wonders of Nature (1974)

Okapi chewing leaves
Okapi eating leaves from a tree branch drawn for Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The okapi is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa

Winter Circle by Vernon Ward
Swans and ducks swim together in a pond, watched by gulls who stand in the snow

Winter Plumage by Vernon Ward
A group of waterfowl on a lake in a London park including a tufted duck, Mallard, Pintail and Sheldrake

Family Tree by Vernon Ward
A group of tufted ducks huddle together on the lake in St. Jamess Park in London during the winter

WHALE C1870

Round Pond 1927
Wildlife on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens

Futuristic encounter with an octopus
A futuristic encounter with an octopus on the seabed. A man rescues a woman from its clutches

A lion attacking a rhino
A male lion leaps on the back of a rhinoceros and tries to bite into its neck

Wolves fighting
A pack of wolves circle two of their number who are fighting. One wolf appears to have the upper hand over his rival

Animals and Their Homes

Fox chasing rabbits
A fox chases a colony of rabbits through the snow and brings one down

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

Venezuela / Orinoco 1894
VENEZUELA - The banks of the Orinoco teem with picturesque wildlife, but some it can be dangerous, too - note that leopard prowling nearby

Railways and Wild Boar
In Sweden, a herd of wild boar are panicked by a railway train plowing through their forest habitat

Parrots

Z for Zoo. Chimpanzees tea-party
Z for Zoo. Which is the biggest zoo in the world? The Etosha Reserve in South-West Africa, home to this chimpanzees tea-party. From Treasure no. 215 (25 February 1967)

Blue tits feeding on nuts

The Dead Tree. Things you might find in and around a dead tree include a dove, an owl, a bat, a pigeon or even a field mouse

Feeding ducks from a hammock

Feeding the birds in winter

Boy watching an unidentified bird

Unidentified butterfly

Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren

Gnu in a zoo. Cartoon

Duck and ducklings

Performing seal

Duck and flying ducklings

Ducks in the rain

Butterfly

Animal railway station

Baby Elephant and Bird

Smartly-dressed squirrel. Source unknown

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

Squirrel on a scarecrow. Source unknown

Giselle of the Woods

A swan glides elegantly along a river, with a castle in the background, and a lizard, bird and flowers in the foreground 1925

A witch sits by her cauldron surrounded by wildlife: a raven sit on top of her armchair, an owl perches in the beams, a tortoise and fish (presumably alive no more) dangle from the ceiling

WPC with children at London Zoo conservation event
A Metropolitan Police WPC poses for her photograph with three children and one adult at London Zoo, where they are taking part in a Conservation in Action event

An idyllic rural scene: a farmhouse surrounded by fertile land, with a hedgehog and rabbit roaming peacefully, and a bird singing happily in the foreground. 1925

A deer lounges in lush, tropical surroudings. Flowers bloom and trees merge with one another in a scene of beautiful abundance. 1925

Group of people on Westminster Beach, London
A man and woman with three children and an inflatable dolphin on " Westminster Beach", an area of sand in a London park

A vixen with her cubs
A vixen playing with her fox cubs

The World of Animal Life book front cover
Book jacket for The World of Animal Life featuring silhouettes of a lion and monkeys. 1910

Burmese Pagoda - Kolkata (Calcutta), India
A promotional card for the National Council for Animals Welfare of London. " God gave us the World" - " Man gives us a CAGE" Date: circa 1920s

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - seals and ice
Seals basking on newly formed pancake ice off Cape Evans, captured by photographer Herbert Ponting during the ill-fated Scott Polar Expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912. Date: 1913

Death in Stratosphere
DEATH IN THE STRATOSPHERE (Henry J Kostkos) Explorers encounter alarming wildlife up there : the heroine, dressed for golf, defends her spacecraft Date: 1937

Ducks in Lindisfarne
Eider and Long-tailed ducks swimming just off Holy Island on the Northumberland coast

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