I’m guessing they moved into the old brown lemur enclosure? This is a new species for the park.
Would they build a new enclosure for him or house him in a part of the exhibit for the other bears?
Excellent news! I've been meaning to visit Five Sisters for quite a long time now, the penguins are one of the things I've been waiting for. I'll still probably hold back until either A) Yampil arrives, I've donated £25 to the fundraiser but may give more soon, or B) next Spring when the brown bears have come out of topor so I have a better chance at seeing them.
. This was my first trip here in over a year.
I'm still planning to visit Five Sisters for the first time this Summer, and this post does help a lot with picturing what to expect. The Lost Kingdom, the Castle Zoo and Yampil are among the things I'm most keen on seeing, and this will also be my first time seeing brown bears if they're out.I visited today, second zoo trip this week
- Unfortunately I did not see Yampil as he appeared to be in the offshow indoor part. He is currently living in the usual lion holding area whilst the former tapir enclosure is being built for him, with boards up between his and the lion's enclosures.
- The fennec foxes have moved to the castle zoo, into the old raven enclosure, with the ravens having moved to the elevated aviaries and red footed tortoises occupying the foxes old enclosure.
- Barn owls also have a new aviary in the castle zoo, with the corsac foxes now occupying their old exhibit when it was demolished to make way for the education centre.
- I think the Ring-tailed coati may have left the collection, as their old enclosure, next to the corsac foxes, was also demolished to make way for the new education centre and I did not see them anywhere in the zoo.
- The Madagascan day geckos in the lost kingdom seem to be gone too, as their terrarium, the first one on the left going into the reptile terrariums, was empty.
- Saw the new penguin enclosure and it looks good. It's netted over, with plenty of land parts and a decent sized pool, with stepping stones for the keepers to get to a rock with a waterfall going down it so they can feed the penguins. The indoor areas originally used by meerkats and cranes are now keeper areas, but you can still look in.
- Saw the two black lemurs, although they are not signed, for whatever reason.
- The new tapir enclosure is done, though it is a downgrade from the original exhibit. Some of their paddock, originally used for the sheep, was closed off, maybe to let the grass grow? The part the tapir could use had a small pool and all the grass was completely gone, being very muddy. There is a new indoor part too, but you can't get right up to the glass, causing horrible glare.
- Some new paddocks for goats and sheep have been made on the hillside near to the tapir and cheetah enclosures.
- Saw both of the bears together in the holding section. One of the two females kept pacing along the border, but the other, presumably the younger and more playful one, kept intentionally getting in her way and annoying her. She joked with it for a bit, but eventually she got annoying and they had a brief tussle. The roars they make are pretty scary, even with a fence holding them from you.
- All the ring tailed lemurs today did a territorial call together, which was something I hadn't seen before, and was also pretty loud.
- The original entrance to lost kingdom doesn't seem to open at all anymore
- There seems to be another enclosure holding badgers down next to the corsac foxes, though I didn't see any in either one of the exhibits. The dwarf mongooses have also moved down to this part after the meerkats moved into their old enclosure.
- There were some new generators was had been built in between where the raccoon and fossa enclosures are, which are pretty loud. I thought it was a bit of disregard for the welfare of some of the animals who lived near it, since it would probably upset them.
- Sad to see the fossa Zazu pacing and doing laps around his enclosure constantly- he's done this nearly every time I've visited.
- Also a shame to see the Brown wood owls in the castle zoo in a very low and small cage, the same size as the one for the common marmosets.
I'm also not sure if anyone here has said, but the zoo has a new and much better map which can be seen online now.
BTW also need to add that the emu seem to be in the same enclosure as the wallabies according to the map, but I saw them in the enclosure next to Yampil's future enclosure, where they were signed. The capybara they used to share it with seemed to be gone.I visited today, second zoo trip this week
- Unfortunately I did not see Yampil as he appeared to be in the offshow indoor part. He is currently living in the usual lion holding area whilst the former tapir enclosure is being built for him, with boards up between his and the lion's enclosures.
- The fennec foxes have moved to the castle zoo, into the old raven enclosure, with the ravens having moved to the elevated aviaries and red footed tortoises occupying the foxes old enclosure.
- Barn owls also have a new aviary in the castle zoo, with the corsac foxes now occupying their old exhibit when it was demolished to make way for the education centre.
- I think the Ring-tailed coati may have left the collection, as their old enclosure, next to the corsac foxes, was also demolished to make way for the new education centre and I did not see them anywhere in the zoo.
- The Madagascan day geckos in the lost kingdom seem to be gone too, as their terrarium, the first one on the left going into the reptile terrariums, was empty.
- Saw the new penguin enclosure and it looks good. It's netted over, with plenty of land parts and a decent sized pool, with stepping stones for the keepers to get to a rock with a waterfall going down it so they can feed the penguins. The indoor areas originally used by meerkats and cranes are now keeper areas, but you can still look in.
- Saw the two black lemurs, although they are not signed, for whatever reason.
- The new tapir enclosure is done, though it is a downgrade from the original exhibit. Some of their paddock, originally used for the sheep, was closed off, maybe to let the grass grow? The part the tapir could use had a small pool and all the grass was completely gone, being very muddy. There is a new indoor part too, but you can't get right up to the glass, causing horrible glare.
- Some new paddocks for goats and sheep have been made on the hillside near to the tapir and cheetah enclosures.
- Saw both of the bears together in the holding section. One of the two females kept pacing along the border, but the other, presumably the younger and more playful one, kept intentionally getting in her way and annoying her. She joked with it for a bit, but eventually she got annoying and they had a brief tussle. The roars they make are pretty scary, even with a fence holding them from you.
- All the ring tailed lemurs today did a territorial call together, which was something I hadn't seen before, and was also pretty loud.
- The original entrance to lost kingdom doesn't seem to open at all anymore
- There seems to be another enclosure holding badgers down next to the corsac foxes, though I didn't see any in either one of the exhibits. The dwarf mongooses have also moved down to this part after the meerkats moved into their old enclosure.
- There were some new generators was had been built in between where the raccoon and fossa enclosures are, which are pretty loud. I thought it was a bit of disregard for the welfare of some of the animals who lived near it, since it would probably upset them.
- Sad to see the fossa Zazu pacing and doing laps around his enclosure constantly- he's done this nearly every time I've visited.
- Also a shame to see the Brown wood owls in the castle zoo in a very low and small cage, the same size as the one for the common marmosets.
I'm also not sure if anyone here has said, but the zoo has a new and much better map which can be seen online now.
