Zoo days at Colchester » Colchester Zoo

12-06-2008

I can't make up my mind about this exhibit. It's not very big - a grass and concrete hill in an oval shape, right next to the children's play area. That sounds terrible: but it's almost surrounded by a high evergreen hedge, which is only open at one end and cut lower at the other, so it gives the animals a fair degree of privacy in a very airy and open exhibit. It's not pretty, but it does seem to suit them.

Alan

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12-06-2008

I have always like aardvarks but now I am totally smitten! The series is very repetitive like the previous ones but it does show a lot behind the scenes.

There are going to be two more series at Chester.

12-06-2008

Another good episode tonight. I do wish though we could have just one episode which does no have the elephants in it. Colchester has plenty of other animals aswell.

12-06-2008

Zola, is getting a lot of air time but then so many other drama queens do aswell

Am hoping to visit this summer, so am watching intently for things I know I will want to see. However they seem to be drawing out the stories there, much like they did with Chester.

12-06-2008

Remember it's Five we're talking about so production values are not going to be that good. If the endless trailing/recapping was edited out then they could have a weekly one hour show but that wouldn't fill the schedule. I don't think Zola is that much of a story but obviously they are trying to extract/inject drama into the situation. Don't blame her for the producers' anthropomorphism

12-06-2008

Channel 5 have grown up in the last few years, a couple of years ago you wouldn't of seen a nature program on it. (well except for the natural form of a women ).

Just watching these animals is entering for myself, but I can see why Channel 5 is using its current techniqiue to keep viewers glued to the screens

12-06-2008

I do hope that by the time Zoo Days is back at Chester, Konnie Huq will be gone. What is she doing there, go away!

13-06-2008

So far I've been really disapointed with this series. IMO, Colchester is probably the best zoo in the UK - that I've been to, at least - and this programme just isn't doing it justice. Far too much focus on the elephants, nowhere near enough variety of species shown, and all that repetition does my head in!!! Why do the programme makers assume that their viewers all have worse memories than goldfish?

Although I'm not the biggest Chester fan on this site by a long stretch, this series is so far a pale imitation of their shows. Mind you, Tejas did steal the show!

13-06-2008

Missed todays episode. Anything interesting happen.

13-06-2008

I thought cholchester to be up there along the best zoo's in the country (never visited) but after watching this program about it am now unsure. Partly I havn't seen a diverse collection that is shown on their website. Also the enclosures seems strange to me! Yes spacious but I dont think I like the idea of lots of viewing windows everywhere

13-06-2008

Yes Zola was not on it! but one of the younger elephants was. Meerkat introductions.
Owl with broken wing.

To be honest am struggling to remember, it wasn't that eventful

13-06-2008

Didnt miss much i gather then.

13-06-2008

In fact, as I remember when it first started Channel 5 had a regular format for each day's schedules (a film every day at 9, for example) that did indeed include a wildlife documentary every day of the week in the early evening. A bit of a strange way to run a TV channel, but it lasted for quite a while.

13-06-2008

Hand-rearing the aardvark. The adults had a visit from the vet.

I've been to Colchester 3 times and I think it is much better than it appears on the screen. I saw my first fossas, Slender-snouted crocodiles, hunting dogs, rocky mountain goats, fishing cats, Allen's swamp monkeys, black mangabeys and dik-dik at Colchester.

I just wisd they'd put the Iberian wolves and jackals on show. They are only visible from the railway.

13-06-2008

I am thinking of going this year, and even thou the TV series isn't doing it credit from what I've read about the place I still really want to visit.

I really what to see the african section of the zoo, seems all open and looks good on their map on their website