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[Gigit]

Does Chester keep Himalayan Monals? If so, where would I find them?

 

[Komodo99]

Does Chester keep Himalayan Monals? If so, where would I find them?

They are in a small aviary just outside of the Tropical Realm.They don't make for good viewing though.

 

[Swampy]

Aren't they in the pheasant aviaries by Realm of the Red Ape now?

 

[Charlie Simmomds]

Aren't they in the pheasant aviaries by Realm of the Red Ape now?

Yea see earlier in the thread they are in the new rainbow aviaries.

 

[Gigit]

Thanks for the Himalayan Monal replies.

 

[Water Dragon]

Aren't they in the pheasant aviaries by Realm of the Red Ape now?

Wasn't it in the rainbow aviaries before they got refurbished?

 

[bongorob]

Yes

 

[SMR]

Bit of a slow news week for Chester here on ZooChat, so I thought I might share one (or two) high-res 360° images.

Oakfield House, Chester Zoo from Upton, Chester CH2, UK

 

[SMR]

It sounds ... grim!

Well, the zoo may be partially reddening itself as it's a lovely evening and currently they're taking small escorted groups into the zoo itself. Hopefully further than the cafe.

 

[jde7582]

A planning application has now been placed on the local councils website for the walk through, also details what parts of the zoo will be in each area, includes a lot of the land originally marked down for the bio dome.

 

[Charlie Simmomds]

A planning application has now been placed on the local councils website for the walk through, also details what parts of the zoo will be in each area, includes a lot of the land originally marked down for the bio dome.

Would you mind linking it?

 

[jde7582]

17/03921/FUL | Visitor walk through Lemur exhibit based on a Madagascan theme | Chester Zoo Caughall Road Upton Chester CH2 1LH

Hopefully this works, if not google

Chester simple planning and in the search box type in Chester zoo

 

[wayne4swfc]

A planning application has now been placed on the local councils website for the walk through, also details what parts of the zoo will be in each area, includes a lot of the land originally marked down for the bio dome.

I'm more excited at the mentioning of Fossa.

 

[Charlie Simmomds]

This looks very good, three brand new enclosures including a fossa! I hope that the development goes along as planned.

 

[jde7582]

The plans show, an area that Is currently the quarantine area and barn, being used for conservation in action, and was mentioned as being used to hold species whilst the zoo is developed. I wonder how this part will be accessed once it's open to the public.

 

[14556]

Are they going to demolish the old polar bear wall from the aviary?

 

[gentle lemur]

The plans show, an area that Is currently the quarantine area and barn, being used for conservation in action, and was mentioned as being used to hold species whilst the zoo is developed. I wonder how this part will be accessed once it's open to the public.

Don't take that part of the plan without the biggest grain of salt imaginable. It may happen exactly like that, but I'd lay a pound to a penny that it won't. And even if it does, the phrase 'conservation in action' is pretty vague: it might mean 'not on show' or CCTV only, like the Scottish wild cats used to be.

 

[gentle lemur]

Are they going to demolish the old polar bear wall from the aviary?

At first glance it looks to me as if that will go. That area looks to be close to the path between the fossa enclosure and the first lemur enclosure, which leads to and from the lemur walk-through, so I don't think that a wall would be appropriate there.

 

[bongorob]

The plans show, an area that Is currently the quarantine area and barn, being used for conservation in action, and was mentioned as being used to hold species whilst the zoo is developed. I wonder how this part will be accessed once it's open to the public.

The impression given at the AGM was that it will be open to the public in the long term.

 

[SHAVINGTONZOO]

Fossa!

(I'll even forgive them for writing "more unique" in the application.)