ELEPHANTS Elephants have long been a feature at Colchester Zoo, with the first animal arriving in the year after opening. Both of the...
The nearest urban peregrines to me are, I believe, in Colchester. They have nested every year since 2016 on the Jumbo Water Tower just beyond the...
This is just a bit of fun to judge the general consensus on the best enclosure for African Elephants in the UK. I have added a few photos from the...
SNAKES As with the lizards, snakes at Colchester Zoo have been hampered by the lack of a large reptile house and there has never been a...
ODD-TOED UNGULATES This fairly small group of ungulates, containing the equids, rhinos and tapirs, has a long and colourful history at Colchester...
Colchester have released an overview of the past year - not much of note to report on, with all of the animal news being things already reported...
I have seen three out of the five (Colchester, Howletts and Noah's Ark), and although Howletts deserves credit for maintaining such a large herd...
While some zoos have similar numbers of species, they vary in the number of species in each order: Carnivores: Exmoor 30; Axe Valley 25; Five...
Personally, I thought the indoors was the weakest area of Colchester’s exhibit, with its very shallow substrate, dark lighting, and small size of...
Although there is nothing much wrong with it in particular, especially given the current number of individuals, it could definitely be better as...
Do the capuchins even have an outdoor area as it stands? If not, hopefully the developments alluded to above will include one!
As someone who works at WMSP, I have to agree regarding the fences It is an improvement from their last paddock (now called the Borderlands...
PALEOGNATHS Apart from the kiwis, every branch of this group of flightless (or nearly flightless, in the case of the tinamous) has been kept at...
That list is brilliant, thanks for providing this!
I’ll try and remember a few species that were at Colchester Zoo in the 1960s…… Striped Hyena, Tayra, Grison, Demoiselle Crane, Sarus Crane, Lesser...
LANDFOWL A large group of impressive, often colourful and easily-kept birds, it is perhaps of little surprise that landfowl, or galliforms, have...
So, with my final zoo visit of the year (most likely), here's a recap of ALL the animals I've seen and where. HABITAT ANIMALS [SPOILER] EXHIBIT...
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES Many zoos have to make a choice on what they specialise on – Colchester has very much gone down the route of primates and...
I think the overarching point to be made by this thread is how underrepresented African elephants are in the UK. I admit I haven't visited any of...
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