visited 03.01.22.
Prebooked the tickets before remembering it was a bank holiday! Doh!
It was of course heaving with people and although entirely outdoors with the exception of the giraffe house and meerkat greenhouse the narrow paths around much of the site do not lend themselves well to social distancing.
Same as Jake above no dik diks seen and all signage for the cranes was removed from that exhibit.
Bear woods had no bears on show (Bare woods?) though doors to housing were open. However I think the exhibit is still outstanding, one of the lynx had climbed one of the trees to a height of perhaps 20 or so feet and was eye level with the upper deck, the wolverines were active and a sparrow hawk took something in the bear/wolf enclosure which the wolves then tried to snatch away.
did not see any reindeer on the visit, presumably they are resting after their busy Christmas.
No red river hogs either though it was a cold day so maybe sheltering.
Gelada's fencing near the house feels very low to me?
No sign of any developments, publicity or ground-breaking going on in the preparation of Bristol Zoo closing, though there is clearly lots of space at the site.
Let's hope the exhibits continue in the vein of bear woods and gelada rocks as much of the remainder of the site from its opening iteration is rather uninspiring... it also seems there is quite a lot of infrastructure needed if they are hoping to capture even a small percentage of the city footfall as there are temporary portaloos utilised in many areas, there doesn't seem to be enough covered areas, picnic areas and the giftshop couldnt cope with todays influx let alone when they have moved the gorillas etc. *fingers crossed*
Prebooked the tickets before remembering it was a bank holiday! Doh!
It was of course heaving with people and although entirely outdoors with the exception of the giraffe house and meerkat greenhouse the narrow paths around much of the site do not lend themselves well to social distancing.
Same as Jake above no dik diks seen and all signage for the cranes was removed from that exhibit.
Bear woods had no bears on show (Bare woods?) though doors to housing were open. However I think the exhibit is still outstanding, one of the lynx had climbed one of the trees to a height of perhaps 20 or so feet and was eye level with the upper deck, the wolverines were active and a sparrow hawk took something in the bear/wolf enclosure which the wolves then tried to snatch away.
did not see any reindeer on the visit, presumably they are resting after their busy Christmas.
No red river hogs either though it was a cold day so maybe sheltering.
Gelada's fencing near the house feels very low to me?
No sign of any developments, publicity or ground-breaking going on in the preparation of Bristol Zoo closing, though there is clearly lots of space at the site.
Let's hope the exhibits continue in the vein of bear woods and gelada rocks as much of the remainder of the site from its opening iteration is rather uninspiring... it also seems there is quite a lot of infrastructure needed if they are hoping to capture even a small percentage of the city footfall as there are temporary portaloos utilised in many areas, there doesn't seem to be enough covered areas, picnic areas and the giftshop couldnt cope with todays influx let alone when they have moved the gorillas etc. *fingers crossed*
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