lechweoryx
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Cannon hall is expanding fast with the new round house, ryeland sheep, zwartable sheep, new ponies and new paddocks.
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lechweoryx
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Animal list
Llama
Alpaca
Mara
Albino Wallaby
Lavender Turkey
Cameroon sheep
Soay Sheep
Jacob Sheep
Ryeland Sheep
Zwartable Sheep
Nubian Goats
Pygmy Goats
Duroc Pigs
Large White Pigs
Highland Cattle
Commercial Cattle (cross breeds and continentals)
Shetland Ponies
Miniture Donkeys
Zebu Cattle
Chipmunks
Rabbits
Guinea Pigs
Rats
Mice
Chinchilla
Degu
Chinese Geese
Golden Pheasants
Lady Amherst's Pheasants
Swinhoe's Pheasants
Cockatiels
Budgerigars
Mangalitza Pigs
Kune Kune Pigs
Loads of Poultry Breeds
Llama
Alpaca
Mara
Albino Wallaby
Lavender Turkey
Cameroon sheep
Soay Sheep
Jacob Sheep
Ryeland Sheep
Zwartable Sheep
Nubian Goats
Pygmy Goats
Duroc Pigs
Large White Pigs
Highland Cattle
Commercial Cattle (cross breeds and continentals)
Shetland Ponies
Miniture Donkeys
Zebu Cattle
Chipmunks
Rabbits
Guinea Pigs
Rats
Mice
Chinchilla
Degu
Chinese Geese
Golden Pheasants
Lady Amherst's Pheasants
Swinhoe's Pheasants
Cockatiels
Budgerigars
Mangalitza Pigs
Kune Kune Pigs
Loads of Poultry Breeds
Visited Cannon Hall Farm today, and I must say I was not only shocked but very impressed.
The farm has opened a red squirrel walkthrough, which was unfortunately closed as i visited later but it looked very nice indeed. They also had banded mongoose near the entrance which I thought was very interesting as they seem few and far between in the UK.
The real show-stealer was the small mammal house. I had no idea that this existed and so it was an extremely good surprise to have today. It is a large nocturnal house that is mainly dedicated to small rodents - a group which is rather unrepresented nowadays in UK zoos.
The species list goes as follows:
Harvest mice
Sugar gliders
Large hairy armadillo
Lesser hedgehog tenrec
Long eared hedgehog
Persian jird
Brandt’s vole
Acacia rat
Black rat
Northern Luzon cloud rat
Northern treeshrew
Common yellow toothed cavy
Brazilian cavy
African woodland dormouse
African pygmy mouse
Cactus mouse
House mouse
Turkish spiny mouse
Guinea pig
Hermanns tortoise
Cichlid sp
Northern treeshrew
Barbary striped grass mouse
Overall, a mightily impressive collection, with a good few empty exhibits too that looked ready for new inhabitants in the near future, it looks exciting as to what could possibly fill those gaps
The farm has opened a red squirrel walkthrough, which was unfortunately closed as i visited later but it looked very nice indeed. They also had banded mongoose near the entrance which I thought was very interesting as they seem few and far between in the UK.
The real show-stealer was the small mammal house. I had no idea that this existed and so it was an extremely good surprise to have today. It is a large nocturnal house that is mainly dedicated to small rodents - a group which is rather unrepresented nowadays in UK zoos.
The species list goes as follows:
Harvest mice
Sugar gliders
Large hairy armadillo
Lesser hedgehog tenrec
Long eared hedgehog
Persian jird
Brandt’s vole
Acacia rat
Black rat
Northern Luzon cloud rat
Northern treeshrew
Common yellow toothed cavy
Brazilian cavy
African woodland dormouse
African pygmy mouse
Cactus mouse
House mouse
Turkish spiny mouse
Guinea pig
Hermanns tortoise
Cichlid sp
Northern treeshrew
Barbary striped grass mouse
Overall, a mightily impressive collection, with a good few empty exhibits too that looked ready for new inhabitants in the near future, it looks exciting as to what could possibly fill those gaps
Alwaysevergreen
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A Long-Nosed Potoroo has also now gone on show in the small mammal / nocturnal house.
Called in this afternoon as the farm posted this week that White-tailed Antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda) were now on show in the Mammal House - and they very much are, with three very active individuals seen.
All the species listed by @pangolin12 above are also still present, plus Northern Water Vole and there are still a number of unused displays to be filled - it's a great display.
All the species listed by @pangolin12 above are also still present, plus Northern Water Vole and there are still a number of unused displays to be filled - it's a great display.
The farm welcomed some spinifex hopping mice:
New arrivals in our Mammal House | Cannon Hall Farm
New arrivals in our Mammal House | Cannon Hall Farm