Ardmore Open Farm and Mini Zoo News

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cornu aspersum

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This isn't a very well documented zoo here, but it was quite a pleasant place from what I remember of it, three years ago. These news articles are not recent but they should provide a good starting point (I apologise if any of the information is incorrect):
•Ring tailed lemur baby announced on the 30th of April
•Asian small-clawed otters have been given a renovated enclosure which was referenced on the 16th of June.
Source: Ardmore Open Farm & Mini Zoo on Instagram: "Beautiful sunny morning here in Ardmore. Treat yourself and the little ones to a fun day out before midterm finishes ☀️☀️☀️"
 
I went to this zoo a few months ago. This is what I thought of it:

When you walked out, there were two enclosures of marmoset monkeys and a barn owl enclosure, then when you walked further there were raccoons and prevost's Squirrels (which I love!). Then, you followed a path where there was a mini go karting track in a circular circuit and a few domestic animals such as donkeys and emus. There was a nice and spacious ring tailed Lemur enclosure. There were a few mixed exhibits including a cuvier's Dwarf Caiman in with a yellow bellied terrapin donkeys in with emus red footed tortoises in with a green iguana. And even scimitar Horned Oryxes in with highland cows and Clydesdale horses (very random). There were these lovely donkeys, from a region in France, which were huge (in height), well over 8ft AT MINIMUM. There was a tapir enclosure, which was pretty good and a huge sheep enclosure which was nice. There was an adorable baby alpaca that was only a few weeks/months old, but there were these plastic pieces of fidget toys or something that got thrown into the enclosure, and the alpaca was trying to put it in their mouth. I notified a member of the zoo's staff and they sorted it out. The Eurasian lynx exhibit there was very mid, and wasn't really natural at all, unlike the one in Wild Ireland. It was a manmade box thnig-y that it was asleep on. The bush dogs were cute following each other around, but their enclosure was very small, the oryx enclosure (previously mentioned) wasn't really natural bc of its other inhabitants. We did an animal encounters thing too, with rabbits and guinea pigs. There was lovely turacos which I liked.

To sum it all up, it wasn't the best zoo in Ireland, but there was some funny moments in my time there. When the black and white ruffed lemurs started randomly barking (I think) at us, when the red footed tortoise kept following the iguana around, and much more. But, as said, some of the enclosures were very mid at best. It was quite a scattered layout as one moment u could be looking at a crocodilian, move a few meters and you're looking at a sheep paddock, turn around, there's a monkey enclosure. If was worth the visit, I'd maybe go back in a few years again, hopefully they make some enclosure upgrades tho. I'd give it maybe a 5/10 tbh.
 
abese penguin said:
I went to this zoo a few months ago. This is what I thought of it:

When you walked out, there were two enclosures of marmoset monkeys and a barn owl enclosure, then when you walked further there were raccoons and prevost's Squirrels (which I love!). Then, you followed a path where there was a mini go karting track in a circular circuit and a few domestic animals such as donkeys and emus. There was a nice and spacious ring tailed Lemur enclosure. There were a few mixed exhibits including a cuvier's Dwarf Caiman in with a yellow bellied terrapin donkeys in with emus red footed tortoises in with a green iguana. And even scimitar Horned Oryxes in with highland cows and Clydesdale horses (very random). There were these lovely donkeys, from a region in France, which were huge (in height), well over 8ft AT MINIMUM. There was a tapir enclosure, which was pretty good and a huge sheep enclosure which was nice. There was an adorable baby alpaca that was only a few weeks/months old, but there were these plastic pieces of fidget toys or something that got thrown into the enclosure, and the alpaca was trying to put it in their mouth. I notified a member of the zoo's staff and they sorted it out. The Eurasian lynx exhibit there was very mid, and wasn't really natural at all, unlike the one in Wild Ireland. It was a manmade box thnig-y that it was asleep on. The bush dogs were cute following each other around, but their enclosure was very small, the oryx enclosure (previously mentioned) wasn't really natural bc of its other inhabitants. We did an animal encounters thing too, with rabbits and guinea pigs. There was lovely turacos which I liked.

To sum it all up, it wasn't the best zoo in Ireland, but there was some funny moments in my time there. When the black and white ruffed lemurs started randomly barking (I think) at us, when the red footed tortoise kept following the iguana around, and much more. But, as said, some of the enclosures were very mid at best. It was quite a scattered layout as one moment u could be looking at a crocodilian, move a few meters and you're looking at a sheep paddock, turn around, there's a monkey enclosure. If was worth the visit, I'd maybe go back in a few years again, hopefully they make some enclosure upgrades tho. I'd give it maybe a 5/10 tbh.
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Are the birds of prey aviaries still there? From memory they were near a sheep enclosure. I also remember a sort of Small Animal House with snakes and chipmunks and things, near the restaurant. Is that where the Prevost's squirrels are?
 
Rohin said:
Are the birds of prey aviaries still there? From memory they were near a sheep enclosure. I also remember a sort of Small Animal House with snakes and chipmunks and things, near the restaurant. Is that where the Prevost's squirrels are?
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The prevost's Squirrels were outside, there was still birds of prey, such as Harris's hawks etc. and there was a small animal house with chipmunks, snakes, exotic birds, small domestics etc.
 
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