Reaseheath Mini Zoo Reaseheath Zoo news

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.
 
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:

 
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.
 
marthasten said:
Opening still going ahead on 31st, was delayed due to building works.
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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
 
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