Australian Animals in UK Zoo's - via Zootierliste

[Eric]

I've been compiling a loose,rough list of AUSTRALIAN (and Papua NG/New Guinea) animals held in UK Zoo's ,which are listed on zootierlieste website.. Although i will be aware that the site is not always correct or up to date,that it differentiates between the same species,or different species in collections,ie Western/Eastern Grey Kangaroo ,and as such,other members can update with any new additions.

Koala - Edinburgh, Longleat
Common Wombat - Hamerton Southerm Hairy-nosed Wombat - Longleat
Short-beaked Echidna - Hamerton,Paignton,Hemsley
Tasmanian Brushtail Possum - Hamerton
Common Brushtail Possum - Hamerton,Chew Valley,Hoo,Berkshire College
Dingo - Hamerton,Cassiobury,Exmoor
Eastern Quoll - Linton
Dusky Pademelon - Chester,Folly Farm,Exmoor,Flamingo Land,Drayton Manor,Newquay
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo - Chester,Belfast
New Guinea Ground Cuscus - Hamerton,Blackpool,Cotswold,Edinburgh,Hemsley,Beale,Kirkley Hall
Common Ringtail Possum - Hamerton
Squirrel Glider - Hamerton
Rufous Bettong - Hamerton,Berkshire College
Woylie/Brushtail Bettong - Exmoor,Longleat,Birminghsm CC,Shaldon,South Lakes
Spinifex Hopping Mouse - Hamerton,Cotswold
Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Exmoor
Western Grey Kangaroo - Exmoor,Blackpool,South Lakes,Edinburgh,Flamingo Land,Paignton,
Longleat,Cassiobury
Red Kangaroo - Banham,Blackpool,Exmoor,Cassiobury,South Lakes,All Things Wild,Amazing Animals,Flamingo Land

Sugar Glider - Askham Bryan,Cannon Hall,Barleylands,Capel Manor,Paradise,Ponderosa,
Williamson Park Butterfly House,Get to Know Animals,Lakeland,Ark Open,C&J's Animals,
Reaseheath,Paulton's,Dartmoor,Exotic Animals,Thrigby Hall,Tropiquaria,Woodlands Family Theme

Long-nosed Potoroo - Hamerton (Kerr's sp),Drusillas,Axe Valley,Curragh's,Cannon Hall,Blackpool,Exmoor,Cotswold,Auchingarrich,Tilgate,Camperdown,Capel Manor,Lakeland,Newquay,Dartmoor,Longleat,Tropiquaria,Marwell

Bennett's/Red-necked Wallaby are very popular in too many zoos to list.92 plus others,aside from Hamerton
Same with Parma Wallaby, Hamerton inclusive.

...So, you call tell which zoo leads the way...!

And i've yet included Fruit Bats or other naimals..!.

 

[Jambi]

Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Exmoor
Western Grey Kangaroo - Exmoor,Blackpool,South Lakes,Edinburgh,Flamingo Land,Paignton,
Longleat,Cassiobury
Red Kangaroo - Banham,Blackpool,Exmoor,Cassiobury,South Lakes,All Things Wild,Amazing Animals,Flamingo Land

I would've thought kangaroos would be more widespread, it's always felt to me like an animal a lot of zoos would have, so less than ten locations each is surprising to me. In regards to reds at Blackpool, the last time I was there in June they were gone from the wallaby walkthrough, and a keeper I asked said they don't have them anymore, but I may have misunderstood.

 

[Kalaw]

Can anyone confirm that Exmoor does indeed house three species of kangaroo, as I only recall ever seeing Reds - having said that, there may be some in the Wallaby Walkthrough, which I haven't entered since my first visit?

 

[Eric]

Can anyone confirm that Exmoor does indeed house three species of kangaroo, as I only recall ever seeing Reds - having said that, there may be some in the Wallaby Walkthrough, which I haven't entered since my first visit?

According a visitor review Exmoor Zoo (zootrips.co.uk) At least from their visit back in December 2022,and again in March this year,Exmoor held Eastern Grey Kangaroo's as well as the Reds that arrived that August. As for the Western Greys,i'd assume Zootierliste confused them with Easterns..?

 

[Alwaysevergreen]

Common Brush Tailed Possum are not held at BCA, Hoo or Chew Valley anymore. Only Hamerton and Merris Wood College in the Uk have them.

Hamerton no longer have Ground Cus Cus on show.

 

[Lafone]

Linton zoo has red kangaroo.

 

[TriUK]

I’d love to see a UK zoo do a dedicated Australasian zone’, with all the above mammals, plus birds & reptiles. I haven’t been to Hamerton yet, but are the majority of their Australasian animals spread out around the park?

 

[ZooNut23]

Northumberland Zoo has Sugar Gliders and Long Nosed Potoroo. Kirkley Hall (now going under Northumberland College Zoo) no longer has New Guinea Ground Cuscus unless they are off show.

 

[Max Blundell]

Hamerton no longer have Ground Cus Cus on show.

That's a shame... does Hamerton still have them off show or gone out of the species?

 

[Alwaysevergreen]

That's a shame... does Hamerton still have them off show or gone out of the species?

Not entirely sure tbh. Was told they would be moving on in the future and there are now Ring Tailed Possum and Echidna in that exhibit, not Cuscus.

 

[Lafone]

I’d love to see a UK zoo do a dedicated Australasian zone’, with all the above mammals, plus birds & reptiles. I haven’t been to Hamerton yet, but are the majority of their Australasian animals spread out around the park?

The animals are in a few locations, but the Outback aviary (nicely) themed exhibit has free-flying zebra finches, budgerigars and masked lapwings and then views of the brushtail possum enclosure and the enclosure for the wombats as well as a window view of the cassowary enclosure behind the storks.

 

[Eric]

Hi folks. i've not been regularly active here in zoochat for ages for personal reasons so will not have followed much on the zoo arrival,departure,holdings updates since i had a last nose around zootierliste.

Heres (some of) the Aussie birds

Emu was listed at 73 UK collections
Galah was listed 20 collections
Rainbow Lorikeet was listed at 40 collections.Chessington being a not sure?

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo was listed at 13 collections,albeit includes Gibraltar Alameda

Citron-crested Cockatoo was listed at Lake District,Belfast,Tropical Birdland,Birdworld,
Lincolnshire,Paradise WP,Porfell,Paignton & North Anston Butterfly/Birds

Australian Magpie was listed at Birdworld
(Lesser) Palm Cockatoo was listed at Paradise Park and Drayton Manor

Magpie Goose was listed at the 6 WWT centres,Hamerton,Whipsnade,Cotswold,
Curraghs & Scoulton Melsop Farm

Plumed Whistling Duck - Birdworld,Oxton Bird Gardens
Australian Shelduck - Slimbridge WWT
Freckled Duck - SLimbridge WWT,Oxton Bird

Tawny Frogmouth listed at 17 collections

King Parrot - Axe Valley,Call of the Wild,All Things Wild,Kirkleatham and Hoo

Gouldian Finch - Filey,Paradise,Leeds Tropical W,Rhodbaston,Skegness Natureland,
Drayton Manor & Lackham College

Diamond Firetail Finch - Barleylands,Tropical Birdland

The Budgie was listed at 58 collections.

Laughing Kookaburra - 71 collections
Blue-winged Kookaburra - Exmoor,Kirkleatham,Calderglen,Oxton,Hawk Conservancy,
Raptor Foundation, and a couple wild ones living quite well in the wild in Suffolk and Edinburgh

Australian White Ibis was held at Chessington

Zebra Finch - Birdworld and Hamerton

Australian Scrub Turkey - Hamerton

Boobook Owl listed at 42 collections

Australian Hardhead Duck - London,Slimbridge and Llanelli WWT
Cape Barren Goose - Axeminster,Oxton,Martin Mere WWT,Llanelli WWT,
Scoulton Melsop

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Tropical Birdland,Paradise,Tropiquaria,Lincolnshire & Wingham

Black Swan - 29

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - London,Exmoor,Belfast,Call of the Wild,Paradise

Litte/Blue Penguin - Weymouth Sea Life

Double wattled Cassowary - Chester,Birdland,Cotswold,Dudley,Hamerton,
Edinburgh,Paignton

Brahminy Kite - National Centre Birds of Prey,Kirkleatham,Wild Zoo Bobbington,
Gauntlet BofP,Cotswold Falconry,Raptor Foundation,Noah's Ark


I'M SURE ZOOCHAT USERS CAN UPDATE THESE?

 

[Daubentoniidae]

Drusillas no longer has any long-nosed potoroos unfortunately, or wallabies either.

 

[Lafone]

Magpie Goose was listed at the 6 WWT centres,Hamerton,Whipsnade,Cotswold,
Curraghs & Scoulton Melsop Farm

While I know Slimbridge has Magpie goose as I’ve seen one recently I’m surprised it’s listed as kept at all the WWT sites - can’t think where one would be at Welney for example unless it’s away from public view of course and not sure why they’d have exotics like that there but very happy to be corrected.

Black swan are also living wild in various locations in the U.K.

 

[Ratty]

Edinburgh also has Swamp wallabies.

 

[Prochilodus246]

Lesser palm cockatoo are now displayed at Newquay Zoo after arriving on loan from Paradise Park.

Newquay Zoo now exhibit Brush-tailed bettong in the nocturnal house.

 

[TriUK]

Paignton have Magpie Goose.

 

[tennisfan]

Australian White Ibis and Rainbow Lorikeets were on display in Chessington in April. (Location Lorikeet Lagoon)

 

[Tim May]

Magpie Goose was listed at the 6 WWT centres,Hamerton,Whipsnade,Cotswold,
Curraghs & Scoulton Melsop Farm

While I know Slimbridge has Magpie goose as I’ve seen one recently I’m surprised it’s listed as kept at all the WWT sites - can’t think where one would be at Welney for example unless it’s away from public view of course and not sure why they’d have exotics like that there but very happy to be corrected.

I was at WWT's London Wetland Centre this afternoon and can confirm there is a trio of magpie geese there. Whilst on the topic of Australian waterfowl, I also saw a cereopsis goose there today too.

 

[Lafone]

I was at WWT's London Wetland Centre this afternoon and can confirm there is a trio of magpie goose there. Whilst on the topic of Australian waterfowl, I also saw a cereopsis goose there today too.

Good to know. I didn't see one at Welney. Be good to know if that's the only one that doesn't have it. I haven't been to the London one...is it good?