Thank you Rob. We went to Reaseheath on a school visit back in the last century and it's been high on my list ever since. Do you know (roughly) what non-domesticated species they currently hold?
Just to name a few... 2:0 Brazilian Tapir 1:0 Serval Cotton Top Tamarins Spider Monkey's 2:0 Red Handed Tamarin (out on loan to The Palms but will return once the building work is complete) Bennets Wallaby Macaw Various Snake's and reptiles Capybara Meerkats Ring Tailed Lemur Otters will be arriving soon and Reindeer are planned for the future.
on the actual zoo area there is: a serval ring tailed lemurs spider monkeys cotton top tamerins meerkats bat eared foxes tapir capybara mara porcipines
REASEHEATH Lake Zacapu Salamander Axolotl Tiger Salamander Blue Poison Dart Frog Phantasmal Pioson Dart Frog Climbing Toad Tree Frog (Trachycephalus) Orange-legged Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis) Mission Golden-eyed Tree Frog Golden bell Frog Bamboo Tree Frog Sambava Tomato Frog Rococo Toad Iberian Ribbed Newt Southern Crested Newt Emperor Newt (Tylotriton asperrimus) Emperor Newt (Tylotriton shanjing) Emperor Newt (Tylotriton verrucosus) Emperor Newt (Tylotriton wenxianensis) Taiwan Sword-tailed Newt Newt (Paramesotriton) Tam Dao Newt Hong Kong Newt Lesser Siren Mudpuppy Caecilian (Dermophis) Northern Leopard Tortoise Eastern Box Turtle Hermann's Tortoise Boettger's Tortoise Horsfield's Tortoise Red-footed Tortoise Common Snapping Turtle African Spurred Tortoise Leopard Gecko Tokay Gecko Southern Green Iguana Mexican Green Iguana Chameleon (Furcifer) Greater Plated Lizard Pygmy Spiny-tailed Monitor Inland Bearded Lizard New Guinea blue-tongued Skink Common Blue-tongued Skink Sunbeam Snake Madagascan Tree Boa Common Boa Reticulated Python Royal Python Yellow Anaconda Kingsnake (no species lsited) Californian Kingsnake sinaloan Milksnake Pine Snake Corn Snake hybrid Corn Snake Common Rhea Embden Goose Common Mallard Harris's Hawk Japanese Quail Domestic Fowl Red Jungle Fowl Blue Peafowl Moluccan Cockatoo Cockatiel Budgerigar Bourke's Parakeet Crimson Rosella Eastern Rosella Maroon-bellied Conure Zebra Finch Australian Red-necked Wallaby Rong-tailed Lemur Silvery Marmoset Cotton-topped Tamarin hybrid Geoffroy's Spider Monkey Bat-eared Fox Serval Meerkat Domestic Horse Shetland Pony South American Tapir Alpaca Reeves's Muntjac Domestic Goat West African Pygmy Goat Campbell's Dwarf Hamster Golden Hamster Water Vole Mongolian Gerbil House Mouse European Harvest Mouse Common Striped Grass Mouse Woodland Dormouse Domestic Guinea Pig Long-tailed Chinchilla Patagonian Cavy Capybara Degu South African Crested Porcupine Domestic Rabbit
The fishes and invertebrates FISHES Banded Archer Fish Banggai Cardinal Fish Black Tetra Black-banded Limia Blue Discus Blue-striped Pipefish Bronze Cory Cardinal Tetra Cobalt Zebra Mbuna Dusky Seahorse Firemouth Cichlid Goldfish Guppy Lake Kutubu Rainboww Fish Lake Malawi Synodontis Mexican Blind Cave Fish Oceanic Seahorse Royal Dottyback Siamese Fighting Fish Sterba's Cory Weatherfish White Cloud Mountain Minnow Yellowtail Clownfish Zebra Danio INSECTS African Cinereous Cockroach Coastal Earwig Flower Beetle (Chelorrhina) Giant Burrowing Cockroach Indian Stick Insect Jungle Nymph Madagascan Hissing Cockroach Madagascan Giant Cockroach New Zealand Smooth Stick Insect Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla) Sun Beetle Trinidad Cave Cockroach SNAILS Caracol Snail East African Giant Snail Palmerston Forest Snail ARACHNIDS Indian Ornamental Spider Scorpion (Haplopelma minax) Spider (Grammostola) OTHERS Mombassa Train Millipede Chocolate Chip Starfish
Crikey, that's an impressive list (a far greater holding than I realised). Thank you all, but Rob especially for the sterling work. As an OT aside, does anyone know when Chinchilla lanigera picked up the "Long-tailed" moniker? That must be a fairly recent addition to its name.
I've only ever known it as either Chinchilla or Long-tailed Chinchilla SMR. I can't tell you when I first heard the name long-tailed.
they have always been called long-tailed chinchillas in order to distinguish them from the other species, the short-tailed chinchilla C. brevicaudata (= C.chinchilla) although this has sometimes been considered a subspecies of the former. However in common parlance the name "chinchilla" is often used without a qualifier because only laniger is commonly kept as a farm or pet animal
ISIS calls Chinchilla laniger the long-tailed chinchilla, but uses the scientific name of Chinchilla chinchilla for the short-tailed chinchilla. C.chinchilla predates C.brevicaudata but it's a long time since I saw this name in use.
Reaseheath Zoo opens to the public on Saturday 17th July to Monday 6th September 10am to 4pm (last entry 3pm) according to an advertisement in the Going Places free magazine I picked up. There's a phone number too 01270 613222 and website Reaseheath College > Home. Can't wait!
Forgot to say it mentions 'Guess the weight of the tortoise', 'face your phobia' and 'Lemur and meerkat feeding', keeper talks, quizzes, face painting and raptor meet and greet. You can also visit the Maize Mazes.
I think it might be an idea to get a clarification on the days that the zoo is open before anyone goes along. In Zoogiraffe's photo, the banner says weekends only:
Hi SMR, So it does, maybe they're behind schedule? The advert definitely says daily from July 17 to Sept 6, but like you suggest best to check before setting off!!!
Some clarification thanks to Reaseheath's programme administrator at the animal management centre. The Reaseheath zoo will be open from 31st July to 30th August, 11am to 6pm. A joint ticket for the zoo and the Maize Maze will be available, and zoo visitors can use the Maize Maze car park.
Hi, just to point out that some stuff on the above list is incorrect, especially the birds in case anyone is interested. There is no macaw in the collecetion and as far as I am aware the quail are californian. The following also do not feature in the collection; Red Jungle Fowl Blue Peafowl Crimson Rosella Eastern Rosella Maroon-bellied Conure A couple of things not listed are a new African Eagle Owl and a European Buzzard. The rodents (rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice, degu, voles, chinchillas are not likely to be on show as they are housed in a different area of the college. Opening still going ahead on 31st, was delayed due to building works.
Do you mean an opening day, or the opening of this new entrance? As I am planning a visit and am unsure of when the collage is open? Any open days in August?
Recent arrivals 2:0 Ring Tailed Coati from The Palms (Stapely) 0:0:2 Cape porcupine from Jersey to join the current three 0:0:2 Small clawed otter from Belfast Departures 1:0 Capybara to Belfast 0:1 Silvery Marmoset