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  1. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Colchester Zoo 1/1/23

    1 Rosy Barb
    2 Tinfoil Barb
    3 Archer fish
    4 Redfin shark carp
    5 red line torpedo Barb
    6 common roach
    7 leopard
    8 wreathed hornbill
    9 red Panda
    10 pileated gibbon
    11 lion tailed macaque
    12 Burmese python
    13 great grey owl
    14 grey wolf
    15 tiger
    16 smooth coated otter
    17 binturong
    18 lion
    19 crested wood partridge
    20 sun bear
    21 Bony headed toad
    22 Spiny Turtle

    2/1/23 Linton Zoo

    23 European Wildcat
    24 Snow Leopard
    25 Temminck's Tragopan
    26 Barn Owl
    27 Turkmenian Eagle Owl
    28 European Turtle Dove
    29 Spur thighed tortoise
     
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  2. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    A point which probably is worth clarifying going forward - does this rule pertain to the first 25 fish and invertebrates combined, or the first 25 fish and the first 25 invertebrates?
     
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  3. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Good point, I had assumed this meant fish & invertebrates combined but it isn't obvious
     
  4. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My apologies for the lack of clarity regarding this, it is the latter, the first 25 fish and the first 25 invertebrates!
     
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  5. Haliaeetus

    Haliaeetus Well-Known Member

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    Is it possible to count the auditive contacts?
    (animals not seen, but heard distinctively)
     
  6. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I figured I would join in this year. This is what I have seen so far:

    Colchester Zoo (12th and 16th January)

    1. Tinfoil barb, Barbonymus schwanefeldii
    2. Banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix
    3. Rosy barb, Pethia conchonius
    4. Bony-headed toad, Ingerophrynus galeatus
    5. Sun bear, Helarctos malayanus
    6. Common roach, Rutilus rutilus
    7. Common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
    8. Crested wood partridge, Rollulus rouloul
    9. Lion, Panthera leo
    10. Cheetah, Acinonys jubatus
    11. Rock hyrax, Procavia capensis
    12. Tiger, Panthera tigris
    13. Grey wolf, Canis lupus
    14. Great grey owl, Strix nebulosa
    15. Red-lined torpedo barb, Dawkinsia denisonii
    16. Lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus
    17. Burmese rock python, Python bivittatus
    18. Pileated gibbon, Hylobates pileatus
    19. Wreathed hornbill, Rhyticeros undulatus
    20. Red panda, Ailurus fulgens
    21. Smooth-coated otter, Lutrogale perspicillata
    22. Leopard, Panthera pardus
    23. Spiny turtle, Heosemys spinosa

    Still missing a handful of species, as I haven't seen the binturong, Asian small-clawed otter or rainbow sharkminnow on my two visits.
     
  7. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    No, look at the rules - you need to see the animal for it to count.
     
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  8. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Hamerton 21/1/23

    30 Red breasted goose
    31 Demoiselle Crane
    32 Greater flamingo
    33 bar-headed goose
    34 Brown wood owl
    35 snowy owl
    36 Azure winged magpie
    37 Red billed blue magpie
    38 Himalayan monal
    39 Eurasian Jay
    40 little Bittern
    41 white stork
    42 Sarus crane
    43 Thai red mountain rat snake
    44 Mangrove snake
    45 Lar gibbon
    46 Manchurian crane
    47 cheetah
    48 corsac fox
    49 Asian small clawed otter
    50 Great Argus pheasant
    51 Rusty spotted cat
    52 Eurasian Harvest Mouse
     
  9. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Whipsnade 22/1/23

    53 Wolverine
    54 Common Eider
    55 Wisent
    56 Eurasian Lynx
    57 Ural owl
    58 omani blind cave fish
    59 Chinese crocodile lizard
    60 white cloud mountain minnow
    61 spotted hillstream loach
    62 red-cheeked goby
    63 Gaur
    64 Chinese water deer
    65 Hog deer
    66 Japanese Sika Deer
    67 Fallow Deer
    68 Pere Davids Deer
    69 Chinese Muntjac
    70 Blackbuck
    71 Prezwalskis Horse
    72 Indian Rhino
    73 Asian Elephant
     
  10. Haliaeetus

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    Zooparc de Beauval 22/01/2023 (I add the Latin names for the herps and amphibians) :

    1) Hog Deer
    2) Chinese Muntjac
    3) Mishmi Takin
    4) Indian Rhino
    5) Malayan Tapir
    6) Hanuman's Langur
    7) Fishing Cat
    8) Snow Leopard
    9) Clouded Leopard
    10) Tiger
    11) Leopard
    12) Red Panda
    13) Giant Panda
    14) Small-clawed Otter

    15) White-naped Crane
    16) Red-crowned Crane
    17) Demoiselle Crane
    18) Steller Sea Eagle
    19) Common Mallard
    20) White Stork
    21) Indian Peafowl

    22) Chinese Crocodile Lizard Shinisaurus crocodilurus
    23) Great Anglehead Lizard Gonocephalus grandis
    24) Green Pricklenape Acanthosaura capra
    25) Splendid Japalure Diploderma splendidum
    26) Red-tailed Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum

    27) Tonkin Bug-eyed Frog Theloderma corticale
     
  11. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Tilgate Nature Centre 25/1/23

    74 Thai Beauty stick insect
    75 Edwards pheasant
    76 Arabian rock hyrax
    77 Swan goose
    78 Marbled teal
    79 Little owl
    80 Bengal Eagle Owl
    81 Raccoon dog
    82 Tawny Owl
    83 Turkish spiny mouse
    84 Curlew
    85 Avocet
    86 Baers Pochard
    87 Mandarin duck
    88 little egret

    Drusilla's 25/1/23

    89 Cattle Egret
     
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  12. CrashMegaraptor

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    BANHAM ZOO, AGAIN - 25/1

    14. Common Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
     
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  13. Cassynatorium

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    Ouwehands Dierenpark (25-01)

    1. Eurasian carp (Cyprinus carpio)
    2. Common archerfish (Toxotes Chatareus)
    3. Bee shrimp (Caridina cantonensis)
    4. Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
    5. White-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
    6. Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
    7. Red kite (Milvus milvus)
    8. Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
    9. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
    10. Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
    11. Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
    12. Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
    13. Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
    14. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    15. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
    16. Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    17. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
    18. Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    19. Burmese python (Python bivittatus)
    20. Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
    21. Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    22. Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
    23. Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    24. Lion (Panthera leo)
    25. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
    26. Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)
    27. Pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)
    28. Wrinkled hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus)
    29. Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
    30. Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
    31. Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)
     
  14. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Colchester Zoo 26/1/23

    90 Giant Asian Pond Turtle
     
  15. Marhi

    Marhi Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Ekocentrum Huslík, Czech republic, 20/01/23

    Mammals

    11/ Eurasian Budger / Meles meles / jezevec lesní
    12/ Eurasian Red Squirrel / Sciurus vulgaris / veverka obecná

    Birds

    23/ Eurasian Eagle-owl / Bubo bubo / výr velký
    24/ White-tailed Sea-eagle / Haliaeetu albicilla / orel mořský
    25/ Caspian Gull / Larus cachinnans / racek bělohlavý
    26/ Grey Heron / Ardea cinerea / volavka popelavá
    27/ White Stork / Ciconia ciconia / čáp bílý
    28/ Common raven / Corvus corax / krkavec velký

    Total: 43
     
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  16. Keith

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    Diergaarde Blijdorp - (24-01) and (30-01)

    1. Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
    2. Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
    3. Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
    4. Asiatic lion (Panthera leo)
    5. Banteng (Bos javanicus)
    6. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
    7. Eurasian forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
    8. Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)
    9. Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
    10. Francois' leaf monkey (Trachypithecus francoisi)
    11. Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
    12. Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
    13. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
    14. Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri)
    15. Pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul)
    16. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    17. Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
    18. Tiger (Panthera tigris)
    19. Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)
    20. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

    21. Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
    22. Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus)
    23. Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
    24. Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    25. Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
    26. Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
    27. Common black kite (Milvus migrans)
    28. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
    29. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
    30. Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
    31. Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
    32. Edwards's pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)
    33. Eurasian great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    34. European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
    35. Fulvous whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    36. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
    37. Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    38. Grey-capped emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
    39. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
    40. Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
    41. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
    42. Pacific kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
    43. Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
    44. Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
    45. Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
    46. Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
    47. Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
    48. Rock eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis)
    49. Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
    50. White-naped crane (Grus vipio)
    51. White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
    52. Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)

    53. Annam leaf turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
    54. Burmuse rock python (Python bivittatus)
    55. McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi)
    56. Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)

    57. Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

    58. Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
    59. Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)
    60. Ocellated featherback (Chitala ornata)
    61. Rosy barb (Pethia conchonius)
    62. Tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii)
    63. Tricolor sharkminnow (Balantiocheilos melanopterus)

    64. Camponotus nicobarensis
     
  17. Mr. Zootycoon

    Mr. Zootycoon Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Got an almost complete set from Burgers' Zoo. No lion and cheetah yet, because I simply could not be bothered to go through the Safari. I was surprised to see still one dusky leaf monkey present in the indoor primate housing.

    Mammals
    7. Asiatic Elephant, Elephas maximus
    8. Leopard, Panthera pardus
    9. Sun Bear, Helarctos malayanus
    10. Binturong, Arctictis binturong
    11. Thamin, Rucervus eldii
    12. Banteng, Bos javanicus
    13. Chinese Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
    14. Indian Hog Deer, Axis porcinus
    15. Dusky Leaf Monkey, Trachypithecus obscurus
    16. Southern Pig-tailed Macaque, Macaca nemistrina
    17. Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus
    18. Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, Nomascus gabriellae
    19. Tiger, Panthera tigris
    20. Small-clawed Otter, Amblonyx cinerea

    Birds
    23. Cinereous Vulture, Aegypius monachus
    24. Waldrapp, Geronticus eremita
    25. Common Emerald Dove, Chalcophaps indica
    26. White-rumped Shama, Copsychus malabaricus
    27. Black Hornbill, Anthracoceros malayanus
    28. Satyr Tragopan, Tragopan satyrus
    29. Wrinkled Hornbill, Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
    30. Asian Fairy Bluebird, Irena puella
    31. Red-whiskered Bulbul, Picnonotus jocusus
    32. Crested Partridge, Rollulus roulroul
    33. Green Imperial Pigeon, Ducula aenea

    Reptiles
    1. Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator
    2. Reticulated Python, Malayopython reticulatus
     
  18. Rajang-GOAT

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    Has Scooter finally been spotted again?
     
  19. AlexanderTHG

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    Updated version of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (06/01/2023). I removed Visayan Warty Pig which I accidentally counted and added Spotted Hillstream Loach which I missed off previously.

    1) Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
    2) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
    3) European Bison (Bison bonasus)
    4) Gaur (Bos gaurus)
    5) Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
    6) Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
    7) Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
    8) Lion (Panthera leo)
    9) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
    10) Indian Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
    11) Pere David’s Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
    12) Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
    13) European Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
    14) Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
    15) Tiger (Panthera tigris)
    16) Przewalski’s Horse (Equus przewalskii)
    17) Indian Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)
    18) Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

    1) Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
    2) African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    3) Eastern White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    4) Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)

    1) Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

    1) Omani Blind Cavefish (Garra barreimiae)
    2) Spotted Hillstream Loach (Sewellia lineolate)

    TOTAL: 25


    ZSL London Zoo (27/01/2023):


    19) Grey Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus)
    20) Hanuman Langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
    21) Reeves’ Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

    5) Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
    6) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    7) Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
    8) Abdim’s Stork (Ciconia abdimii)
    9) Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
    10) Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi)
    11) White-Rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
    12) Collared Hill Partridge (Arborophila gingica)
    13) Red-Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
    14) Grey-Capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
    15) Silver-Eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
    16) Orange-Headed Ground-Thrush (Geokichla citrina)
    17) Wrinkled Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus)
    18) Mountain Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum)

    2) Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
    3) Annam Leaf Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
    4) Big-Headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
    5) Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)
    6) King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

    1) Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus)
    2) Emperor Spotted Newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

    TOTAL: 49
     
  20. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Yep! I hadn't seen him in December or on 1st January. He wasn't easy to spot, he was sitting on the bottom under a piece of log!
     
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