2007 In Review - Uk

2007 In Review - Uk
22-11-2007

I saw the thread started by glyn for Australian so thought i would start one for the uk, mammal highlights i can think of this year are -
Births
1.0 Malayan tapir - Edinburgh
1.1 Indian rhino - Whipsnade
0.1 Black rhino - Paignton
2.0 Siberian musk deer - Edinburgh
0.1 Mishmi takin - Marwell
0.2 Somali wild ass - Marwell
1.0 Persian onager - Whipsnade
1.0 Babirusa - South lakes
3.2 Cheetah - Africa Alive
1.0 Malayan tapir - Belfast
1.0 Pileated gibbon - Twycross
1.0 Giant anteater - Howletts
0.0.1 Hamlyns monkey - Edinburgh
1.0 Fossa - Newquay
1.0 Asian elephant - Chester
0.1 Asian elephant - Dublin
0.1 Asian elephant - Whipsnade
1.0 Gorilla - Bristol
0.1 Silvery gibbon - Belfast
3+2 Clouded leopard - Howletts and Sandwich
0.1 Rocky mountain goat - Colchester
0.1 Aardvark - Colchester
Pallas cat litters at Edinburgh, Colchester, Howletts and Paradise park
0.0.4 European souslik - Edinburgh
2.0+0.0.3 Amur leopard - Twycross and Cricket st thomas
NEW ARRIVALS
2.2+1.1 Negros island pig - Chester and Edinburgh
1.1 White lipped deer - Edinburgh
1.0 Indian rhino - Chester
0.5 Kiang - Highland wildlife park
4.1 Purple faced langur - Edinburgh
Have to nip out please add your own, and any bird or reptile highlights.

22-11-2007

Chester zoo

4.4 Visayan tarictic hornbills arrived at Chester and 2.2 have moved to Avifauna. 1 has also been born in the old St lucia amazon aviary.
3.1 Lar gibbons in new orang house
1.1 Mangrove snake
0.1 Red BoP from Bronx
1.1 Fiji Banded iguana
1.0 Asian Lion born at Chester
1.0 Sumatran Tiger
1.1 black lion tamarin, but the female died.
1.1 pied tamarins have arrived at chester, and the old female went to a zoo in Europe.
0.0.2 fly's river turtle
0.0.8 timor sparrows
1.1 white crested turaco
2.2 Salvadori's pheasant. This may have happened late last year, but One of the females came early this year.

Isn't the sifaka new this year?

I know there are more, and I'll try to add them when I can remember.

22-11-2007

One more birth which happened recently:

0.0.1 malayan tapir in Belfast

22-11-2007

No the Sifaka is not new this year as he`s been at Belfast for at least 3 years before moving to Cotswold

22-11-2007

Didn't Port Lympne's sifaka arrive this year?

Alan

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22-11-2007

Hornbill 1.2 Salvadori's Pheasants arrived at Chester this year. They now hold 3.3, 2,1 having arrived in 2006.

Kiang no elephants have been born at Chester in 2007, I originally posted the birth of a male but I was confused and thought last year's male had been born this year. A huge mistake on my part.

Reptile highlights I would think include the first UK birth of Morelett's Crocodile at Cotswold, the first UK birth of Haitian Giant Galliwasp at Jersey and the arrival of 2 Caiman Lizards at Chester.

Surely someone who reads the forums likes fish so I propose to add a probable first UK breeding of Denison's Barb at Chester.

The arrival of Asian open-bill storks at Blackbrook also deserves a mention.

Yesterday the Kingsley Bird and Falconry Centre announced the probable UK first breeding of Dark-breasted Barn Owls.

22-11-2007

ahah- this was actually December 2006....

.... but this is a very useful summary of major births/events.

22-11-2007

We can add to it for quite a while... Our little database of Uk Developments.

Also those little black tailed marmosets at London zoo have bred.
Chester has now 1.1.3. Azara's agouti, one female was brought in, and they've bred.

22-11-2007

On a sadder note, the UK's only fishing owl died in July.

Gorilla Kingdom and Realm of the Red Ape were opened at London and Chester respectively.

22-11-2007

Quite right sorry forgot about him

23-11-2007

Realm of the Red Ape opened.
Gorilla Kingdom opened.
Clore Pavillion was renovated.
Twycross's Bornean Longhouse was opened.
Work was started on Budongo.
Rainbow Landings was finished but not opened.
In With the Lemurs was opened at Whipsnade.
Cotswold's new lemurs arrived/ new exhibit built.

23-11-2007

What about Whipsnades Indian rhino house, is that not open yet guys?

23-11-2007

No not yet, I don't think.

Also new, later this year, or early next will be philippine crocodiles. Quite an exciting development.

The arrival of Tuan to Chester, and the mixing of Birma with the rest of Chester's elephant herd are also notable.

23-11-2007

Is Taun a new bull?

23-11-2007

Tuan is a borneon orang utan male who came from Antwerp to Chester for breeding. The Antwerp zoo has stopped keeping orang utans because they have no space for them in the old (and terribly small) ape house. Female Astrid went to Osnabrück.