That's right, I just uploaded a picture then noticed someone already beat me to it I haven't seen a sign for them.
If I went to Hamerton and missed the last four species I'd be devastated, even though I was lucky enough to see the Twycross aardwolf many times. You bloody Hamerton regulars don't realise how good you have it!
I saw all of them on my 2 previous visits this year , so wasn't too bothered, it was the Wombat & Quoll I was there for!
You're not helping your case,you are lucky enough to be a regular. Doesn't matter what you miss, you always get to go back! I've missed two chances to visit Hamerton now, and the chances don't come very often. You have managed 3 visits this year alone... As TLD would say, you lucky bastard!
When I visited around a week ago the pair of aardwolves, rusty spotted cats, oncillas, lynx and tiger quolls were all being fed from around 4:30-5ish. Tiger quoll was the one needing most patience but we had a good view of one individual between 5 and 5:30. Saw a single swamp wallaby in a paddock that I couldn’t remember where it was but reading about the wattles crane paddock I think it was in there and it was labelled.
Thanks everybody for recommendations. I'll keep a look out for the "pademelons" with the wattled cranes, and try to stay as late as possible.
I'm delighted to report that Hamerton was amazing! I saw most of my top priority species, only missing out on the northern swamp wallaby (supposedly sharing the wattled crane enclosure but nowhere in sight), and the brush-tailed possum. Otherwise, I got good to great views of everything else. I arrived at 3 pm and stayed til closing time, so got to see many of the carnivores being fed, including the eastern aardwolves and small cats. I want to post pictures eventually (I have a large backlog of zoo visits to process), but highlights were: Very friendly Javan binturong Both southern and eastern aardwolves, but especially the latter What looked like a newly-emerged-from-pouch parma wallaby running around its mother Teeny-tiny scarlet ibis chick (couldn't photograph as it was in incubator), hatched 5th September Potoroos and brush-turkeys, the latter of which were busy adding to their dirt mounds Hula the giant anteater displayed very well Common wombats in the indoor part of their exhibit, not seen in the main part Friendly and very active grison - I did see two but one was more active than the other Friendly and inquisitive black pademelon, and one other that was very quick to hop away Spotted-tailed quoll! Showed itself very nicely Raccoons were very photogenic, especially the blond individual Corsac foxes very active Oncilla carrying its prey around Tayras hyperactive as usual Red phase jaguarundi pacing around its enclosure frantically Great views of wild red kites Does anybody know whether the chipmunks on display are Siberian (as the signage indicates) or eastern (as on ZTL)? And also, I know it's probably unlikely, but does anybody know the geographic origin of the oncilla? I have seen the southern species at Parc des Félins, but is the origin of the Hamerton one(s) known?
Hamerton have released a news article about the new developments, which should be completed by summer 2019 - the animals moving into these new developments have not yet been announced. During the autumn, keepers will be visiting other zoos in the UK and Europe to research management techniques and meet some of the animals that will be coming to the zoo. The article does also state that between now and the end of October no fewer than ten new species will be arriving at the zoo. The full article is included below: Hamerton Zoo Park - Animal Park Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Another new reptile species has been announced at Hamerton - a pair of emperor flat rock lizards. Once their acclimatisation period is over, they will be moving into a mixed-species exhibit with other species of African reptile. More information is included below: Hamerton Zoo Park - Animal Park Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
I'll just make this brief... But I had an awesome time at Hamerton! I was able to see all the "important species", other than the Greater Grison and the Jackal. So for me, I would consider that a sucessful day. One of the wombats was very active and digging throughout its enclosure. The one Tiger Quoll I could see was alseep, but a friend of mine saw it active later in the day. There is lots of work going on at the moment, I'll upload photos soon... I know what a few bits are for, but not others. Sadly they were out of guidebooks... So I'll have to take another trip there soon! Overall, great day!
Don't worry about the Guidebook Tom, it's rather outdated now, so suspect they are creating a new one.
