Port Lympne's herd is surely the largest in the country. A great sight and probably my highlight of the park now - certainly the best bit of the African Experience.
Port Lympne\'s herd is surely the largest in the country. A great sight and probably my highlight of the park now - certainly the best bit of the African Experience.
Port Lympne\'s herd is surely the largest in the country. A great sight and probably my highlight of the park now - certainly the best bit of the African Experience.
I count about 18 in this photo- is that their current herd size? I really hope they carry on breeding them so eventually they have a 'sea' of Wildebeest! Then I'd pay the extra money to go and view them!
There are at least half a dozen out of shot, from memory. It's a fantastic herd, and there were a few youngsters of various sizes, so breeding definitely seems to be continuing.
As you say, the bigger the herd the better! It'd certainly help with their 'African Experience' angle.
EDIT: ISIS lists a total of 29 animals, so this shot shows about two-thirds of the herd.
That's certainly beginning to become impressive. If they continue breeding them up, together with the other Antelope/Zebra herds then it really could start to be a real spectacle.
Like to think Port Lympne are setting higher standards for your typical african paddock; love to see scenes like these in Marwell's valley and Edinburgh's plain in the future. 8)
Like to think Port Lympne are setting higher standards for your typical african paddock; love to see scenes like these in Marwell's valley and Edinburgh's plain in the future. 8)
The hedgerow running along diagonally across the picture (not the one with the roof visible in it, but the one above) is continuous with the lower boundary of the park below the water buffalo paddocks. I can't quite decide whether what you see there is the Przewalski's Horse paddock or if that is hidden in a valley and the visible paddock is the buffalo one.
The paddock at the right with the tree in it is either one of the on-show deer/antelope paddocks or possibly the European Bison paddock. There's a slope down to the main park from here that I think is hiding quite a bit.
