ABOUT ELLE KAYE

With almost a decade of practice, Elle concentrates on naturalistic bird taxidermy. She is award-winning, and has been recognised in-industry through her high standard of submissions to the annual U.K. Guild of Taxidermists conference.  As of 2023, she maintains the acclaimed title of 'bird specialist'. Her pieces fill homes across the world, with collectors from Europe to the Emirates. She fulfils requests for film companies, interior designers, natural history museums and educational faculties. Most recently, she was selected as the taxidermist for the Natural History Museum London's brand new exhibit 'Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre'.

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Elle has been featured nationally and internationally for her work including the BBC, Reuters, CNN, Fox News, Radio 1-4, The One Show, Flaunt Magazine, The Times, The Telegraph and Cosmopolitan.

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As a dedicated conservationist, she co-leads the Feminist Bird Club with the aim to make birding and the outdoors inclusive and affirming to people who may not have safe access to it, and leverage people’s passion for the environment and social justice to help create lasting social change. She is also a birding guide and ambassador for Leica optics.

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Through her podcast, Specimens, she opens the dialogue about the ways we can product our planet by speaking with the stewards of conservation. Her podcast streams internationally and has been featured in print.

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Elle is an impassioned educator, she teaches taxidermy virtually through her Patreon, and has created a free taxidermy mentorship platform with over two and a half thousand, active members. 

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