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1/ in the Frog House the Borneo Eared Frog has formed a foam nest.
2/in the Siamang House there are Yellow Striped Box Turtles at the end of the corridor.
3/ in the Bat House ,which I haven't been in for a while they now have African Dwarf Dormouse and Mongolian Jird.
4/ as you enter the park on the right they are building a wetland area and planting bamboos for forage for the lemur . However this area will not be open to the public.
 
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The Great Indian Hornbill (Buddy) Aviary in the walled garden is now occupied by a new Wrinkled Hornbill . A mate is being sought
 
Visited last week to photograph the Mangrove Kingfisher, to hear it has recently died. The curator I spoke to mentioned Blue Crowned Pigeons to shortly go into the tropical house and eventually the two Blue Bellied Rollers will too.
 
I visited at the weekend, my first since the back end of 2017.

The new tamandua and armadillo exhibit is now built. The tamanduas are apparently in (but couldn't see them), but the armadillos are off show whilst the tamanduas settle in.

One slightly worrying things is that there are several empty enclosures around the park, a number of which can be explained by this thread, but I hope they aren't going all Marwell.
 
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I visited at the weekend, my first since the back end of 2017.

The new tamandua and armadillo exhibit is now built. The tamanduas are apparently in (but couldn't see them), but the armadillos are off show whilst the tamanduas settle in.

One slightly worrying things is that there are several empty enclosures around the park, a number of which can be explained by this thread, but I hope they aren't going all Marwell.
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1/There is a female southern tamandua in the new exhibit in the walled garden. They are awaiting a male from a zoo in Europe.The best time to see her is four onwards. She is very friendly and inquisitive.However the glass is very reflective and makes photography difficult.
2/ The old Armadillo exhibit is being modified to house the Crocodile Monitor.
3/The old Crocodile Monitors enclosure will house the Straw coloured and Hammerhead Fruit bats from Little Africa exhibit.
 
How is the hand-reared white rhino girl "Belle" (*2017) doing?
 
Visited today. There are 2 southern tamandua and 2 6-banded amadillo in the new exhibit in the walled garden. They were kept indoors, but I saw the last wire panel being attached in the outdoor run, so I trust they will have access to it soon. I didn't manage to spot the hammer-headed bats :( but I did see a very cute gundi infant and 2 very young hyrax in the restaurant :)
 
gentle lemur said:
Visited today. There are 2 southern tamandua and 2 6-banded amadillo in the new exhibit in the walled garden. They were kept indoors, but I saw the last wire panel being attached in the outdoor run, so I trust they will have access to it soon. I didn't manage to spot the hammer-headed bats :( but I did see a very cute gundi infant and 2 very young hyrax in the restaurant :)
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Not on the menu-card I hope !!! ;)
 
Hi,
I'll be doing a trip throughout England in the next few weeks and will be visiting Cotswold too. May I know where in the park are the Hammer-head Bats to be found ? Does Cotswold still have Broad-nosed Lemurs ? Any response will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jakub
 
As I posted yesterday, I didn't see the hammer-headed bats so I can't help with those. But there are 3 broad-nosed gentle lemurs in the Madagascar walk-through exhibit: like the belted ruffed lemurs they are kept in separate enclosures inside this exhibit, so they are not mixed with the ring-tailed and crowned lemurs, the sifaka and various birds in the walk-through area. Note that this part of the zoo is only open from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm each day.
 
@gentle lemur
many thanks for your reply. I'll contact the park to get any info about them as they're the only mammal species in Park I have never seen before.
 
The hammer-head bats were in the area called "Little Africa" which is basically a long building near the camels / clouded leopards. I don't know if they're still there.
 
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The hammer-head bats were in the area called "Little Africa" which is basically long building near the camels / clouded leopards. I don't know if they're still there.
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That's where they were last time we visited.
 
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