How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

Just pulled this list out of my head, so there may be ommissions, and some places I visited as a child, so can't really remember (I wish I could remember more of Windsor Safari Park in general, but I can still clearly and fondly remember Winnie the Orca). 36 isn't a bad total, considering I'm more likely to re-visit a few favourite home-zoos of a weekend than seek out new places. I'm unsure about putting the Portsmouth Victoria Park Aviary on the list, I can only remember general pet bird species being kept there (but as someone who has been owned by several budgies through my life, I do love stumbling across a place with budgies!)

1. ZSL London Zoo
2. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
3. Woburn Safari Park
4. Winsdor Safari Park
5. Twycross Zoo
6. Tropical Birdland, Desford
7. Shepreth Wildlife Park
8. Paradise Wildlife Park
9. Howletts Wild Animal Park
10. Paignton Zoo
11. Shaldon Zoo
12. Living Coasts
13. Rare Species Conservation Centre
14. Chessington World of Adventures (Zoo)
15. Battersea Park Children’s Zoo
16. Brighton SeaLife Centre
17. London Aquarium (SeaLife Centre)
18. Bristol Zoo Gardens
19. Edinburgh Zoo
20. Dublin Zoo
21. Birdland, Bourton-on-the-Water
22. Blackpool Zoo
23. Ventura Zoo
24. The old Van Hage’s Garden Centre animal collection
25. Colchester Zoo
26. Cotswold Wildlife Park
27. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
28. Horniman Museum Aquarium
29. Hunstanton SeaLife and Seal Sanctuary
30. Great Yarmouth SeaLife
31. The Living Rainforest
32. Wingham
33. Dubai Aquarium (well, the big tank visible from the mall)
34. Combe Martin Wildlife Park
35. Oxford University Museum of Natural History
36. Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park

 

The first chunk of these aforesaid trips has now taken place - the second to follow in April - leaving me with a little updating to do:

Collections visited as of 13/02/2018: 119

Austria: 1 collection

Innsbruck Alpenzoo (first visited 2015)

Belgium: 1 collection

Antwerp Zoo (first visited 2018)

Czech Republic: 6 collections

AkvaTera Plzen (first visited 2017)
Krokodýlí Zoo Praha (first visited 2017)
Prague Zoo (first visited 2017)
Zoo Jihlava (first visited 2017)
Zoo Plzen (first visited 2017)
Zoopark Chomutov (first visited 2017)

Germany: 22 collections

Erlenbis-Zoo Hannover (first visited 2016)
Klimahaus Bremerhavn (first visited 2016)
Planten un Blomen (first visited 2016)
Tiergarten Nurnberg (first visited 2015)
Tierpark Berlin (first visited 2014)
Tierpark Hagenbeck (first visited 2016)
Tierpark Hellabrunn (first visited 2015)
Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck (first visited 2016)
Vogelpark Niendorf (first visited 2016)
Vogelpark Olching (first visited 2015)
Weltvogelpark Walsrode (first visited 2016)
Wildgehege Klovensteen (first visited 2016)
Wildpark Schwartze-Berge (first visited 2016)
Wilhelma (first visited 2015)
Zoo am Meer (first visited 2016)
Zoo-Aquarium Berlin (first visited 2014)
Zoo Augsburg (first visited 2015)
Zoo Berlin (first visited 2014)
Zoo Duisburg (first visited 2018)
Zoo Krefeld (first visited 2018)
Zoo Leipzig (first visited 2014)
Zoo Magdeburg (first visited 2014)

Netherlands: 6 collections

BestZoo (first visited 2018)
Burger's Zoo (first visited 2018)
Dierenpark Amersfoort (first visited 2018)
Dierenpark Zie-Zoo (first visited 2018)
Diergaarde Blijdorp (first visited 2018)
Natura Artis Magistra (first visited 2018)

United Kingdom: 83 collections

Amazon World Zoo Park (first visited 2013)
Aquarium of the Lakes (first visited 2015)
Battersea Park Children's Zoo (first visited 2017)
Birdland Park and Gardens (first visited 2013)
Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (first visited 2011)
Blackbrook Zoo (first visited 2013)
Blackpool Zoo (first visited 2011)
Bluereef Tynemouth (first visited 2009)
Bristol Zoo (first visited 2011)
Butterfly World Stockton (first visited c.1999)
Cedars Nature Centre (first visited 2017)
Chester Cathedral Falconry (first visited 2017)
Chester Zoo (first visited 2010)
Chestnut Centre Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park (first visited 2011)
Colchester Zoo (first visited 2013)
Cotswold Falconry Centre (first visited 2014)
Cotswold Wildlife Park (first visited 2013)
Crocodiles of the World - original site (first visited 2013)
Crocodiles of the World - new site (first visited 2014)
Dudley Zoo (first visited 2011)
East Park Animal Centre (first visited 2017)
Edinburgh Zoo (first visited 2010)
Exmoor Zoo (first visited 2013)
Falconry Days (first visited 2013)
Five Sisters Zoo Park (first visited 2012)
Flamingo Land (first visited c.1992)
Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park (first visited 2012)
Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre (first visited 2013)
Hagley Falconry Centre (first visited 2015)
Hamerton Zoo (first visited 2011)
Hawk Conservancy Trust (first visited 2015)
Heythrop Zoo (first visited 2014)
Highland Wildlife Park (first visited 1989)
Howletts Wild Animal Park (first visited 2012)
ICBP Duncombe Park (first visited 2015)
Jesmond Dene Pets Corner (first visited 2015)
Kew Gardens (first visited 2009)
Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens (first visited 2013)
Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2012)
Kirkleatham Owl Centre (first visited 2015)
Lake District Wildlife Park (first visited 2015)
Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2015)
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (first visited 2015)
Libertys Raptor and Reptile Centre (first visited 2006)
Linton Zoo (first visited 2014)
Living Coasts (first visited 2013)
Manchester Museum Vivarium (first visited 2011)
Marwell Zoo (first visited 2013)
Monkey Haven (first visited 2013)
Newquay Zoo (first visited 2013)
North Anston Tropical House (first visited 2014)
Paignton Zoo (first visited 2013)
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park (first visited 2013)
Reaseheath Zoo (first visited 2015)
Regent's Park Waterfowl Collection (first visited 2017)
Scottish Owl Centre (first visited 2015)
SEALIFE Blackpool (first visited 2015)
SEALIFE Manchester (first visited 2016)
SEALIFE Oban (first visited 1994)
SEALIFE Scarborough (first visited c.1992)
Shaldon Wildlife Trust (first visited 2013)
Shepreth Wildlife Park (first visited 2014)
Skye Serpentarium (first visited 1998)
South Lakes Wild Animal Park (first visited 2012)
The Deep (first visited 2017)
Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2015)
Thorp Perrow Arboretum (first visited 2013)
Tropical World Leeds (first visited 2013)
Twycross Zoo (first visited 2011)
Welsh Mountain Zoo (first visited 2012)
West Midland Safari Park (first visited 2015)
Wingham Wildlife Park (first visited 2017)
Wild Animal Adventures (first visited 2014)
Wild Place (first visited 2013)
Wildwood Trust (first visited 2017)
Woburn Safari Park (first visited 2013)
World Owl Trust Muncaster Castle (first visited 1990)
WWT Martin Mere (first visited 2013)
WWT Slimbridge (first visited 2013)
WWT Washington (first visited 2004)
Yorkshire Wildlife Park (first visited 2014)
ZSL London Zoo (first visited 2012)
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (first visited 2013)

 

I love the place, personally, and have written a substantial review:

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