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16-07-2008

If it is the Magellanic it could be a UK first breeding.

16-07-2008

I thought it was a flying steamer duck. That is what it said on the door of the dukery last time I was there...

16-07-2008

probly is the flying then i walk past the duckery every day but never pay any attention to the board. have the flying steamer ducks been breed in the uk before then?

17-07-2008

As far as I know only the Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) has bred in the UK. The first breeding was 1975 at Slimbridge. I saw a pair with 7 young at Martin Mere in 1987. So it seems likely that Blackbrook has achieved a British first.

18-07-2008

That's great I hope there will be many more to follow but in which zoos I don't know.

10-12-2008

I visited blackbrook at the weekend (where we got in free as everyone dosn't have to pay over december and january!!) and in the Water, Webs and wings house was a pair of purple crested turacos in with red billed blue pie and a pair of victoria crowned pigeons. Are these a permanent exhibit or are they just in their over the winter period?

10-12-2008

im not sure the tamarins and marmosets have been moved on and the birds have been moved in for howlong i dont know.

10-12-2008

Any chance of a summary of Blackbrook breeding successes for 2008 and notable new arrivals , please bloodycurtus .

11-12-2008

Is this part of a move away from primates and mammals in general??

12-12-2008

i should have a bit more time in the next few days between assignments so will try to put a brief summary of 2008.

yes it seems to be a move away from mammals recently the kangeroos have gone all the marmosets/tamarins the caiman and lemur paperwork is being sorted out so some of them can be moved aswell

13-12-2008

I thought Blackbrook was moving towards more mammals! Are all the primates leaving the inside building? And I cannot say that I am not glad to know that the caiman are moving. Is there are thing to be moved into that exhibit?

24-12-2008

Where is the bl;ack chinned fruit pigeons?

24-12-2008

Is there an updated stocklist?

06-04-2009

I notice a few new photos of construction work in the gallery, any word on what these are all for?

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19-04-2009

Hi All,

I've just discovered this site, and have spent the last 2 hours reading all your posts!! Lol.

Just thought I'd mention that having been to Blackbrook about 7 times (and absolutely love the place, by the way!) I notice that no-one seems to have mentioned the Scaly-sided Mergansers. I saw at least 4 there in October last year. I'm not sure whether any other zoo has them but I've certainly not seem them in any other collection before!

Looking through the list of birds kept, it really is an impressive list and testament to the good husbandry and knowledge of the keepers etc (and the money pumped into the zoo!) that such a huge number of species is kept. I'm thinking particularly about the wildfowl section, nearly every species is present, and most of the recognised subspecies too!

Me and my son come on an annual basis and every time there is new stuff to see, I think the best additions so far are the lemurs and the penguin enclosure.