Which mammals brought you here?
(Impressive stats and collections visited, it should go without saying
)How many zoos did you visit 2022?
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Which mammals brought you here?
(Impressive stats and collections visited, it should go without saying
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That’s an impressive list! What was the Weizmann Institute of Science like? I hadn’t heard of it before and it is difficult to find details about their animal collection online.
Average year in terms of zoos I've visited, but I've finally visited my first non-Hungarian collection in 11 years!
Budapest Zoo (10+ times)
Sóstó Zoo Nyíregyháza
Debrecen Zoo
Monster Fish Private Zoo, Budapest
Körösvölgyi Állatpark, Szarvas
Dublin Zoo
Budapest Zoo (10+ times)
Sóstó Zoo Nyíregyháza
Debrecen Zoo
Monster Fish Private Zoo, Budapest
Körösvölgyi Állatpark, Szarvas
Dublin Zoo
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I only visited 6 zoos this year- too few for my liking, but as I don’t live near any major cities with zoos, visiting one is a special treat that doesn’t happen often.
First-time visits are highlighted in bold.
1. North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
2. National Aquarium In Baltimore
3. North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
4. San Diego Zoo
5. San Diego Zoo Safari Park
6. Maui Ocean Center
This year, I plan to visit the two North Carolina Aquariums near me again at some point, as well as Sylvan Heights Bird Park. Also, my trip to Singapore is on the horizon, but the date is not confirmed.
First-time visits are highlighted in bold.
1. North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
2. National Aquarium In Baltimore
3. North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
4. San Diego Zoo
5. San Diego Zoo Safari Park
6. Maui Ocean Center
This year, I plan to visit the two North Carolina Aquariums near me again at some point, as well as Sylvan Heights Bird Park. Also, my trip to Singapore is on the horizon, but the date is not confirmed.
My zoo visits in 2022:
Linton (25)
Hamerton (11)
Colchester (4)
Barleylands 1
Shepreth 2
Johnsons of Old Hurst 1
Whipsnade 4
Yorkshire WP 1
Wildwood 1
Howletts 2
Cotswold WP 1
Crocodiles of the world 1
British Wildlife Centre 2
Bristol Zoo 1
Noah's Ark 1
Exmoor 2
Shaldon 1
Dartmoor 1
Axe Valley 1
Cedars Nature Centre 1
Capel Manor 1
Southend Sealife Adventure 1
Call of the Wild Zoo 1
The Ark 1
Port Lympne 1
Thrigby 1
Banham 1
Newquay 1
Paradise park Hayle 1
Tropiquaria 1
Longleat 1
London Zoo 1
Tilgate Nature Centre 1
33 zoos 77 visits, not the best year but not bad considering everything
Linton (25)
Hamerton (11)
Colchester (4)
Barleylands 1
Shepreth 2
Johnsons of Old Hurst 1
Whipsnade 4
Yorkshire WP 1
Wildwood 1
Howletts 2
Cotswold WP 1
Crocodiles of the world 1
British Wildlife Centre 2
Bristol Zoo 1
Noah's Ark 1
Exmoor 2
Shaldon 1
Dartmoor 1
Axe Valley 1
Cedars Nature Centre 1
Capel Manor 1
Southend Sealife Adventure 1
Call of the Wild Zoo 1
The Ark 1
Port Lympne 1
Thrigby 1
Banham 1
Newquay 1
Paradise park Hayle 1
Tropiquaria 1
Longleat 1
London Zoo 1
Tilgate Nature Centre 1
33 zoos 77 visits, not the best year but not bad considering everything
Only five, but it's probably been my favorite year for zoo visiting so far, visiting three facilities that were on my zoo bucket list.
Detroit Zoo (4)
Zoo Atlanta (1)
Georgia Aquarium (1)
Greater Cleveland Aquarium (1)
Newport Aquarium (1)
This year I plan on visiting the Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium at the beginning of March.
Detroit Zoo (4)
Zoo Atlanta (1)
Georgia Aquarium (1)
Greater Cleveland Aquarium (1)
Newport Aquarium (1)
This year I plan on visiting the Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium at the beginning of March.
My list; bold means new lifer park.
USA
1. Bronx Zoo
2. Central Park Zoo
3. Queens Zoo
4. Prospect Park Zoo
5. New York Aquarium
6. Bergen County Zoo
7. Turtle Back Zoo
8. Catoctin Wildlife Preserve
9. ZooAmerica
10. Lehigh Valley Zoo
11. Pennsylvania Bat Rescue
12. Trailside Museums and Zoo
13. Staten Island Zoo
14. Jenkinson's Aquarium
Japan
15. Inokashira Park Zoo
16. Sunshine Aquarium
17. Tama Zoo
18. Adachi Park of Living Things
19. Aquamarine Fukushima
20. Ueno Zoo
21. Aqua World Ibaraki Oarai Aquarium
22. Enoshima Aquarium
23. Nogeyama Zoo
24. Kawasui Kawasaki Aquarium
25. Yokohama Zoorasia
26. Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
27. Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai)
28. Shinagawa Aquarium
29. Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
30. Itabashi Botanical Garden
31. Saitama Children's Zoo
32. KawaZoo
33. iZoo
34. Shimoda Floating Aquarium
35. Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden
36. Mito Sea Paradise
37. Awashima Marine Park
38. Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
39. Tokai University Marine Science Museum
40. Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium
41. SEA LIFE Nagoya
42. Toyohashi Zoo
43. Hekinan Seaside Aquarium
44. Takeshima Aquarium
45. Higashiyama Zoo
46. World Freshwater Aquarium Aqua Totto Gifu
47. Toba Aquarium
48. Ise Sea Paradise
49. Kushimoto Marine Park
50. Lake Biwa Museum
51. Osaka Kaiyukan Aquarium
52. Kobe Animal Kingdom
53. Kobe Oji Zoo
54. Asa Zoo
55. Shimane Aquarium Aquas
56. Marine Palace Oita Umitamago
57. Kumamoto City Zoo
58. Hirakawa Zoo
59. Kagoshima Aquarium
60. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
61. Neo Park Okinawa
62. Okinawa Rail Learning Center
63. Okinawa Children's Zoo and Museum
64. Okinawa World
65. DMM Kariyushi Aquarium
USA
1. Bronx Zoo
2. Central Park Zoo
3. Queens Zoo
4. Prospect Park Zoo
5. New York Aquarium
6. Bergen County Zoo
7. Turtle Back Zoo
8. Catoctin Wildlife Preserve
9. ZooAmerica
10. Lehigh Valley Zoo
11. Pennsylvania Bat Rescue
12. Trailside Museums and Zoo
13. Staten Island Zoo
14. Jenkinson's Aquarium
Japan
15. Inokashira Park Zoo
16. Sunshine Aquarium
17. Tama Zoo
18. Adachi Park of Living Things
19. Aquamarine Fukushima
20. Ueno Zoo
21. Aqua World Ibaraki Oarai Aquarium
22. Enoshima Aquarium
23. Nogeyama Zoo
24. Kawasui Kawasaki Aquarium
25. Yokohama Zoorasia
26. Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
27. Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai)
28. Shinagawa Aquarium
29. Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
30. Itabashi Botanical Garden
31. Saitama Children's Zoo
32. KawaZoo
33. iZoo
34. Shimoda Floating Aquarium
35. Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden
36. Mito Sea Paradise
37. Awashima Marine Park
38. Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
39. Tokai University Marine Science Museum
40. Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium
41. SEA LIFE Nagoya
42. Toyohashi Zoo
43. Hekinan Seaside Aquarium
44. Takeshima Aquarium
45. Higashiyama Zoo
46. World Freshwater Aquarium Aqua Totto Gifu
47. Toba Aquarium
48. Ise Sea Paradise
49. Kushimoto Marine Park
50. Lake Biwa Museum
51. Osaka Kaiyukan Aquarium
52. Kobe Animal Kingdom
53. Kobe Oji Zoo
54. Asa Zoo
55. Shimane Aquarium Aquas
56. Marine Palace Oita Umitamago
57. Kumamoto City Zoo
58. Hirakawa Zoo
59. Kagoshima Aquarium
60. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
61. Neo Park Okinawa
62. Okinawa Rail Learning Center
63. Okinawa Children's Zoo and Museum
64. Okinawa World
65. DMM Kariyushi Aquarium
Which mammals brought you here?
(Impressive stats and collections visited, it should go without saying
Thanks for the kind words @ChunkyMunky pengopus !
Jenkinson's was for a potential Brown-mantled tamarin, (Leontocebus fuscicollis), which we determined later was instead Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) which I had already seen.
Oakland was just to visit a new zoo. While I historically would only go to zoos that held new mammals for me, lately I've been visiting zoos just for the sake of the visit.
Thank you @ZooElephantsMan! I went here to photograph Middle East blind mole-rat. They also kept fruit bats (which I didn't see) and house mice.
Zoos i have been to in 2022
1. Bad Mergentheim Wildlifepark 2 Visits
2. Wilhelma Zoo
3. Pfauengarten
4. Augsburg Zoo
5. Reptilienzoo Oberammergau
6. Ulm Zoo
7. Karlsruhe Zoo
8. Zurich Aviary
9. Wildlifepark Zurich
10. Zurich Zoo
11.Öhringen Tiergehege
12. Göppingen Zoo
1. Bad Mergentheim Wildlifepark 2 Visits
2. Wilhelma Zoo
3. Pfauengarten
4. Augsburg Zoo
5. Reptilienzoo Oberammergau
6. Ulm Zoo
7. Karlsruhe Zoo
8. Zurich Aviary
9. Wildlifepark Zurich
10. Zurich Zoo
11.Öhringen Tiergehege
12. Göppingen Zoo
I visited a total of 16 different facilities this year, making it my most productive year yet. This included 8 entirely new facilities (in bold), 4 that I last visited over 14 years ago, when I was younger and before I really got into this hobby (in italic), and 4 within my state that I visit with some regularity.
Facilities are listed in the order I have visited them.
Facilities are listed in the order I have visited them.
- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (Jacksonville, FL)
- Sea Life Orlando (Orlando, FL)
- Disney's Animal Kingdom (Bay Lake, FL)
- The Florida Aquarium (Tampa, FL)
- Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park (Tampa, FL)
- SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, FL)
- Gatorland USA (Orlando, FL)
- Lazy 5 Ranch (Mooresville, NC)
- Sea Life Charlotte-Concord (Concord, NC)
- Greenville Zoo (Greenville, SC)
- Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, GA)
- Zoo Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
- Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, TN)
- North Carolina Zoological Park (Asheboro, NC)
- Greensboro Science Center (Greensboro, NC)
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh, NC)
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1. Frankfurt Zoo
2. Darmstadt Vivarium and Zoo
3. Heidelberg Zoo
4. Opel Zoo Kronberg
5. Tiergarten Nürnberg
6. Tiergarten Straubing
7. Hellbrun's Zoo Salzburg
8. Tierpark Hellabrunn Munchen (2x)
9. Augsburg Zoo
10. Tiergarten Ulm
11. Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart
12. Karlsruhe Zoo
13. Landau Zoo
14. Tiergarten Wörms
15. Tierpark Donnersberg
16. Zoo Kaiserslautern
17. Neunkircker Zoo
18. Zoologischer Garten Saarbrücken
19. Pairi Daiza
20. Parc à gibier, La-Rocke-en-Ardenne
2. Darmstadt Vivarium and Zoo
3. Heidelberg Zoo
4. Opel Zoo Kronberg
5. Tiergarten Nürnberg
6. Tiergarten Straubing
7. Hellbrun's Zoo Salzburg
8. Tierpark Hellabrunn Munchen (2x)
9. Augsburg Zoo
10. Tiergarten Ulm
11. Wilhelma Zoo Stuttgart
12. Karlsruhe Zoo
13. Landau Zoo
14. Tiergarten Wörms
15. Tierpark Donnersberg
16. Zoo Kaiserslautern
17. Neunkircker Zoo
18. Zoologischer Garten Saarbrücken
19. Pairi Daiza
20. Parc à gibier, La-Rocke-en-Ardenne
- London
- Cassiobury Farm
- Barleylands Farm Park
- Call Of The Wild (South Woodham Ferrers)
- Copenhagen Zoo
- Jardin des Plantes
- Parc Zoologique de Paris
- St Louis Zoo
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Shedd Aquarium
- Brookfield Zoo
- Burgers Zoo
- Ouwehands Zoo
- Krefeld Zoo
- Wuppertal Zoo
- Cologne Zoo
- Zoo Lourosa
- Zoo Santo Inácio
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1. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (x8)
2. Paradise Wildlife Park (x5)
3. ZSL London Zoo (x3)
4. Anglesey Sea Zoo
5. Shepreth Wildlife Park
6. The Brocket Arms (a pub with meerkats, tortoises and a few birds)
7. Waddesdon Manor Aviary
7 zoos & 20 visits - An average year for me, staying quite local.
However, I hope to have a big year in 2023, once I can drive, and hopefully triple this years tally!
2. Paradise Wildlife Park (x5)
3. ZSL London Zoo (x3)
4. Anglesey Sea Zoo
5. Shepreth Wildlife Park
6. The Brocket Arms (a pub with meerkats, tortoises and a few birds)
7. Waddesdon Manor Aviary
7 zoos & 20 visits - An average year for me, staying quite local.
However, I hope to have a big year in 2023, once I can drive, and hopefully triple this years tally!
New zoos for me :
Givskud zoo (Denmark)
Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark)
Odense Zoo (Denmark)
Den blå Planet (Denmark)
Servion Zoo (Switserland)
Zürich Zoo (Switserland)
ZOO Basel (Switserland)
AQUATIS aquarium &vivarium (Switserland)
Oceanarium Lisboa (Portugal)
It's been some years since i visited this many new zoos or aquariums
Givskud zoo (Denmark)
Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark)
Odense Zoo (Denmark)
Den blå Planet (Denmark)
Servion Zoo (Switserland)
Zürich Zoo (Switserland)
ZOO Basel (Switserland)
AQUATIS aquarium &vivarium (Switserland)
Oceanarium Lisboa (Portugal)
It's been some years since i visited this many new zoos or aquariums
Amazingly, you're incorrect - both Cedar's Nature Centre (c. 920 m²) and the vivarium within Manchester Museum are a) significantly smaller and b) hold full zoo licences. Unfortunately, the latter has been closed for some time whilst the Museum is renovated - although it is due to reopen in a month or two. It contains a significant number of unusual amphibian species, some unknown to science before being described at the museum.
Shaldon is also excellent, of course - and punches well above its weight.