Skansen Skansen news

For some days ago, Skansen has presented that they will open a information center about the Baltic Sea which open in 2017, there visitors can to learn about the sea and how they can to do it fresh. (The sea has big problem with algal bloom since many years back). This will include a aquarium with 3 tanks at between 75000-300000 litre. The cost of exhibit is around, 10.8 million euro.

Some of species which will live where are:
Atlantic cod
Black goby
Sea trout
Lumpsucker
Turbot
Bladder wrack
Common roach
Burbot

Here can you find some picture and more text (Swedish)

Skansen bygger för renare hav - DN.SE

Skansen bygger nya akvarium - P4 Stockholm | Sveriges Radio

 

A laudable planned exhibit!

The Baltic species or the Western Atlantic sturgeon.
Any sturgeon destined for the exhibit too?

 

I visited for the first time today and had a very enjoyable day. Some news:
-the area next to the walk through aviary which I believe usually contains Great Grey Owl is being turned to an exhibit for White Backed Woodpecker, which are endangered in Sweden. There is an enclosure that previously contained a mustelid species (can't tell from the map) that looks like it will be subsumed into the new aviary.
-The owl aviary itself is closed due to the roof being unsafe.
-There is a new litter of at least 5 Wild Boar.

 

Thanks for good info FG!

I'm thinking you means Eurasian otter, when you talked about a ''mustelid species''.

Did you see the twin sloths at the aquarium too?

I found some more pictures of the Baltic Sea aquarium/info center, which you can see on the link below.
Östersjöportalen på Skansen! - Skansen

 

I think the otter is a seperate exhibit, and the one FG is referring to (immediately adjacent to the Owls) was for Mink.

 

Yes, this seems to be the more likely as I saw otters in two other enclosures and no mink.

 

Guys, this zoo is separate from akvariet, there the marmosets is living!!

Here can you found the topic for akvariet.
http://www.zoochat.com/182/skansen-akvariet-news-398698/

 

I have moved the posts about the Marmosets. It is fully understandable to mix up the two, but better to try and keep them seperate.

 

Skansen received 1377120 visitor last year.

Some news for this year will include a new species which is, White-backed woodpecker.

Also new wolves will arrive for to start a new pack because the old pack passed away last year, an old male and his two sons.

 

A pair of White-backed woodpecker have arrived. Skansen is the second collection in both Sweden and Europe to hold this species which is very endangered in the country.

 

I'm glad to hear the (old) news about more wolves arriving. Skansen's enclosure is among the very best I've seen for the species with Whipsnade's being the only one that could match it.

 

I made a flying visit to Skansen on Tuesday morning. While I have no news to add, I have to give Skansen a very positive review. On the face of it, there isn't a great deal there. In reality, they exhibit Nordic fauna very very well indeed. It took me a couple of hours to cover the zoo section of the park which is all together. I could've spent longer if I didn't have the deadline of a flight home to consider, as from a photographic point of view alone there is so much potential.

Otters, red fox and Lynx were no shows, as well as most of the indoor section of Lill-Skansen. Highly active bears and wolverines more than made up for it.

I've posted some photographs over in the gallery, in both Skansen and Skansen-Akvariet sections.

(The aquarium is charming too, totally different and yet complementary)

 

Out of curiosity, how did you confirm the zoo's attendance number? Isn't the facility connected to a larger establishment that regularly attracts well over a million visitors? How is the zoo's attendance figured out from the larger number? Also, do you know how many acres the zoo is? Thanks!

 

Thanks, but I saw that annual report already. I guess that the 1.3 million figure is for the entire establishment, as the zoo is part of a larger facility called an "open-air museum". I was wondering if there was a way to figure out how many people visited the huge site and then perhaps skipped the zoo but I guess that cannot be established. The zoo is simply part of the open-air museum.

 

I think so too as "Skansen" is used for the entire location, which includes a large open air "living" museum of traditional architecture, a zoo and much besides. I am not even sure if they ever maintained separate records for the small zoo site attendance at all. Must check that over on the weekend.

Perhaps one of our Scandic friends might have more on the latter issue to volunteer.

 

The only to do that would be via exit polls or questionnaires because the zoo portion and the living museum are completely contiguous with no gates or anything similar. A complete set of data certainly does not exist but they might have some idea of what percentage skip the zoo; I don't suppose it's very high.

As is reasonably well known, the Aquarium is a separate pay to enter attraction, so you can probably find attendance figures for that. I don't think that would tell you much about the number visiting the main zoo though.

 

Maybe I can explain.

Yes, the zoo exhibits are part of the open air museum. Its all on the same site. However, its not as huge as maybe you're imagining snowleopard, and the two elements of Skansen are fully integrated. You couldn't visit all of the old buildings without seeing at least some animal exhibits and vice versa.

The Skansen-Akvariet, although within the Skansen gates, is actually independent and a further pay-booth, so that would not be included.

So, the attendance figure will be correct in my opinion.

Edit: I've just looked up the size of the Skansen site out of curiosity, as it didn't seem 'huge' to me - 75 acres. I think Chester Zoo is 120, maybe 125.

 

The White-backed woodpacker aviary was officially open yesterday.

Skansen is the second park in Sweden after Nordens ark which has breed this species for many years, and a third park will join the projekt soon (Järv Zoo in Järvsö). The breeding program is a cooperation between the parks and the, Swedish society for nature conservation and different of forestry companies/ landowners.

Today are only a few wild pairs of the White-backed woodpacker in Sweden.

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6517808

 

I visited on 30th August and the exhibit was in place then - I popped a photograph in the gallery. I guess yesterday was a ceremonial event.

The woodpeckers make a very good exhibit. Constantly on the go and very visible.

Good luck to all with the conservation project.