local wildlife

This thread is dedicated to the news from Naturoparc, a small wildlife park (but dedicated to local wildlife conservation for decades) in Alsace (North-Eastern France). Recently a webcam has been put in front of a White Stork nest. This bird species is a real icon in Alsace, where it has...

An offshoot from the post that wild Coypus live on the ponds of Dvur Kralove zoo. What wild animals live on the grounds of zoos? Please, don't list all rats and mice, ducks, crows, pigeons, gulls, small songbirds and such. Tell of larger and rarer species, especially ones which count as...

I could not find any other thread like this, so decided to create it. This thread is for discussing zoos which house only species native to the region they are located in. This includes domestics and exotic species used as representatives for local species which cannot be kept. Feel free to talk...

What types of local animals have you see in or near your local zoo? I don't mean native species on display in an exhibit, but wild animals roaming free on zoo grounds. I have personally seen the following at the North Carolina Zoo: White-tailed deer Eastern gray squirrel Raccoon Feral cat...

Seen at my local patch. Around 5 in the pool, and making a comeback due to the banning of pond dipping there. Was about 2.5 metres away.

Seen at my local patch. Bumblebee, not sure of the species.

Seen at my local patch. The lens was about 7 cm away from the dragonfly.

Seen in a local patch.

Seen in a local patch.