Tropical House at Blackbrook 03/04/10

The former Water, Webs and Wings building remodelled rather effectively. Apparently the planting was only completed on the 1st and most the free-flight birds introduced on the 2nd and the place already looks very well established apart from some noticeably empty reptile tanks.

There are Geoffroy's Marmosets by the entrance, otherwise the inhabitants are:

Free-flight:
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Bali Starling
Nicobar Pigeon
Orange-headed Ground Thrush
Striated Mousebird
White-crested Turaco
Hottentot Teal

Aviaries:
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Mindanao Bleeding-Heart Dove
White-crested Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Pekin Robin
Emerald Starling
Amethyst Starling
Red-winged Starling
Royal (Golden-bellied) Starling
Crowned Plover
Blacksmith Plover
Northern Carmine Bee-Eater
Sun Bittern
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl


(please feel free to chime in if anyone spots anything I've missed!)

Just one missing - but possibly the most interesting - Bruce's Green Pigeon

Of all the species to miss - one we particularly spoke about as always causing us ID trouble!

Thanks Rob!