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They had a rather spectacular complex for Goliath Herons when I was there, but Goliath Herrings sound even more impressive!

 

Never heared of Goliath Herrings but I guess you mean Goliath herons. 4 chicks were raised at Beekse Bergen. Funny fact is that Artis Zoo - Amsterdam had 100 years ago the world first breeding with this species and it took also a centuary before a second Dutch breeding was archiefed !

 

Ooopppss! Mistake now corrected

 

The French zoo, Zoo de Doue.

 

And the third is Wrocław Zoo.

 

The first Okapi has arrived at Beekse this week. He is Zukama from Wuppertal and at a later date he'll be joined by a 2nd male, again from Wuppertal (Rap)
http://www.theokapi.org/News/news.aspx

 

2 interesting videos from Beekse Bergen.





It seems to be a visit from a group of vets.

 

Had a great day at Beekse Bergen today ! Saw the new Okapi-enclosure for the first time myself and it looks great. 2 large outdoor-enclosures and inside 2 rows of stables ( I counted at least 8 ! ). 2 okapi's are kept at the moment ( at least I saw 2 ) but they have also place for many more ! I will up-load photos in the Beekse Bergen gallery.
Saw baby's with the ring-tailed lemur and chimps and the Goliath heron was sitting on her nest as did at least 6 pairs of white storks !
With the Grevy zebras and Rothschild giraffes also young in the herds.

 

A third Okapi-male has just arrived, I'm however unaware from where...

 

Like last year a wild pair of eagle-owls have nested in the Safari-park ! Eagle-owls are very rare in the Netherlands and are breeding here since only about 10 years.
The Dutch wild birds are most like from Germany were in the 1960-ties and 1970 re-introduction projects were made with captive-bred birds which were donated by zoos and birdparks - also some Dutch zoos donated birds to these projects and therefor it's great that some of their offsprings have returned to the Netherlands and are breeding here ! The number of breeding-pairs in the Netherlands doesn't be larger then 5 and there main breeding-areas are in the most southern tip ( Zuid-Limburg ) and eastern part ( Gelderland ) and the birds at Beekse Bergen are the most-western birds sofar.

 

Today ( July 28 ) 2 Springboks born at Beekse Bergen.

 

Was yesterday at Beekse Bergen and here some news :
Meerkats had baby's
Oriental Small-clawed otters had baby's
Capybaras had baby's ( 2 seen )
Greater flamingos had baby's ( 3 seen )
lots of zebra- and Antilope-baby's ( Eland Brindled gnus )
I've seen 3 Okapis in the new Okapi-enclosure ( thought they only had 2 ? )

 

Bit late now, but he came from Basel (called Stomp)

 

New for 2014 at Beekse Bergen will be a mixed exhibit for Common Hippos, Nile Lechwe and Sitatunga's. The same development will also include a facility for Nile Crocs
Safaripark krijgt nijlpaarden en krokodillen - Safaripark Beekse Bergen. Afrika gevaarlijk dichtbij!

 

3 Goliath herons hatched at Beekse Bergen

 

At Beekse Bergen again a wild pair of European Eagle owls has nested ( on the ground in one of the Safari-sections ) and at least 3 chicks are in the nest at the moment.

 

New species added to the collection, Lesser kudu !

 

Don't you mean, greater kudu? that species has already been presented as a new addition for this year and they would live in the former forest buffalo enclosure (the buffalo now live together with the pere david and sika deer.

 

Both are new to the park this year...

 

I saw it to on zoosite now, but a great addition