scotland

Arrival of... 2 Capybaras. The Scottish Deer Centre on Instagram: "“Knock knock”….”Who’s there?”…..”Capy”…..”Capy who?”….”Capybaras now at The Scottish Deer Centre & Wildlife Park” BIG NEWS — Get ready for them to capy-ture your hearts! Say hello to our brand-new residents — Harry and Millie...

Nearby the famous Loch Ness in Scotland is RSPB Corrimony nature reserve. It encompasses 1530 hectares of open moorland, conifer plantations, woodland, wetlands, and mountain habitats.

photo was taken in 2017

Though it's now only a small farm park for 'exotic breeds' of domestic animals, I've got very distinct memories of this place having some really cool animals, specifically small predators. I know for a fact they used to have snowy owls, Scottish wildcats (probably hybrids), either a least weasel...

Marketed as Europe's first catch and release aquarium, all specimens are kept for a maximum of 4 weeks. The seasonal displays are sourced by local fishermen and divers in Tobermory bay. Mull Aquarium Mull Aquarium - About us

A kinkajou has been born and is currently being hand reared. And i believe it has now been renamed Discover Amazonia.

A wildlife park in the Highlands is facing closure after a council inspection uncovered health and safety issues believed to relate to animal welfare. The Black Isle visitor attraction – home to zebras, goats and meerkats – has been shut for a week-and-a-half. Yesterday, it emerged that...

News from the centre includes the hatching of 3 Ashy faced owl. Burrowing Owls moved into their new aviary. A pair of American Barred Owls are the only ones of their species in Scotland, and the female is now sitting in the nestbox incubating a clutch of eggs. New arrivals include a pair of...

Visitor numbers for 3 of Scotland's zoos have been released and show numbers in all 3 up Edinburgh zoo - 2011 - 535'573 - 2012 - 810'937 Highland wildlife park - 2011 - 97'516 - 2012 - 121'382 Five Sisters zoo - only mentioned as up 60% to just under 100'000 No prizes as to the...

New arrivals:- Leopard Moray Eels, Zebra Moray Eels, Gurnards, Porcupine Puffer Fish along with a tank of Macropodia. A rarely seen blue lobster should arrive at the sanctuary, gifted by a local fisherman, chances are it will be forwarded to the centre at Loch Lomond. Tiree lobster is a ‘true...

A little update from this wildlife centre in Dundee: Recent hatchings and births include: 1 Red bellied lemur 1 European white stork Swinhoe's pheasant Rothschild's mynah have arrived and installed in a newly refurbished aviary.

Here's a link to the Panda adoption page - Adopt Online What does everyone think about the adoption of these animals? Considering what is offered in return for our money, how rewarding an experience is this for the adopter? Maybe there are ways to make adoption more valuable and exciting for...

Time to catch up Time to catch up indeed, what do i mean? Over the past few years we have seen the other 4 safari parks in the UK, go from strength to strength in terms of their collections and development at the parks. We have seen the arrival at other UK safari parks of such diverse...

Deep sea world has recorded the first British captive breeding for an Angel shark . BBC News - Rare shark born in Deep Sea World in UK first

A new series i came across on the BBC I-player, follows various vets across the north of Scotland, mainly in gaelic (Scottish native language), the programme features the vets attending the Highland wildlife park and Blair Drummond safari park. BBC iPlayer - Gach Creutair Beo: Series 1...

Only 2 days until the commencement of 'Exercise Tartan Cheetah' otherwise known as 'Karoocheetah heads north of the border' :D Road Trip 2011 will be underway as of Monday - the plan over the next 2 weeks is to visit several wildlife establishments in sunny (oh please let it be some of the...

A female Amur leopard cat has been donated to the park, from all places Battersea dogs home, the cat was handed into the centre by a member of the public and then rehomed at GWP.

Are koalas in the zoos masterplan and when i was there a keeper said that there was a 90% chance of the zoo getting pandas, is there any news on the arrival of pandas?

Taken at Edinburgh Zoo

Taken at Edinburgh Zoo