Dudley Zoological Gardens First visit ever (photos)

Trugga

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Greetings all (first post)

I was invited to join my sister in a family visit to Dudley Zoo (ably represented here by Benosaurs) this morning - it was still frosty at 10:00, although the morning fog had lifted.

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I'll be honest here and admit my primary interest in visiting a zoo is for photo opportunity variation.

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I had anticipated it would be difficult to snap the animals through cage fencing, but on the odd occasion was pleased with the results...

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...although the condensation on the glass windows was another challenge (that I did not win).

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We were also lucky enough to catch a falconry display at the castle clearing:

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A few more photos from today can be found here: Dudley Zoo (23-11-2013) - a set on Flickr

It was a good (but chilly) day out - I hope to return in the Spring.

Cheers
Lawrence
 
Hmm, that didn't work too well - images were fine in the preview, now they're just black squares.

Lawrence :-(
 
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