zoogiraffe
Well-Known Member
After leaving the Entrance building you walk up hill along a tree lined path towards the Seal Rescue Hospital,you can go inside the Hospital and see videos of a seal rescue and see some of the recued Seal pups on the day of my visit they had 3 or 4 already in the Hospital.On leaving you go down hill towards a pool with strange tent like net over it this pool which houses a group of Common Seals,carrying on down the hill you arrive next at the Nursery Pools one of which has under water viewing for the Grey Seals kept in these pools,some of these animals live here the rest will be released in due course,at this point the path levels out you walk along to the next pool which for the time been houses Gweeks highlight that ben Sahara the Hooded Seal who is about 18 months old and the size of a large Grey Seal already he`s starting to make the pool look a bit small but they are desperately trying to raise funds to build him a much large pool on the bank behind the Grey Seal Nursery pools,carrying on from here the next pool contains 2 male South African Fur Seals that original came from Coombe Martin Wildlife Park in the pool next door is another pool of resident Grey Seals,you then come to Sealion Cove which houses a male Cailornian Sealion and a female Patagonian Sealion which you can view from above the water and under it,just a short walk from here is the Cornish Coast Experience which is covered by another tent like roof cover,in this exhibit are kept native fish and Inverts found just off the coast and in the local rock pools,if you are not careful here you can get a bit wet from the wave making machine that keeps making the water break over the rocks of the exhibit now if you head towards the nature trail you are will walk through some lovely wood land until you reach the Asian Short-clawed Otter enclosure which has a nice stream running through it.If you carry on round on this path you go uphill and eventually come out near the Seal Rescue Hospital having completed your trip round Gweek.Finaly any questions i will do my best to answer them and when i get round to it will post some photos as well.
