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coffeepheasant said:
The one thing i do think living coasts should do is add the grey gulls and the lapwings from paignton to it's collection they would be much happier there!!!
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They did have the Grey Gull's when it first opened they were moved,out due to problems with the other birds in the Aviary!In fact I have posted this atleast once before in a Living Coast thread when another user,asked the same question about the Grey Gull's.In fact I even saw them in their when it first opened,when I went back about 18 months later they had been returned to Paignton.
 
Yeah the grey gulls would eat everything they could and even lapwing could cause problems for the other breeding waders sadly
 
Also getting true seals would be very exciting, its been talked of off and on for a while, but a big problem there is that there's currently only 1 indoor pool and not much spare space to build another and if you permanently separate the outdoor pools, the first one is quite small. I can't really decide what I would personally prefer them to do there-have both and keep one species in a small pool, stick with the fur seals or switch to a true seal species-any thoughts out there?
 
Native seahorses for Living Coasts | Living Coasts

Living Coasts has got some native short snouted seahorses from London Zoo.

I know it has taken a long time for them to be able to hold one of the native species so congratulations, definitely fits into the local coasts theme in that area a bit better than the australian big bellied seahorses they have had in the meantime.
 
For future development......, what about Marine Iguana - would they not make an amazing display and they're surely in need of a captive breeding programme. The Torbay weather should work for them? Sea Otters really should be the aim here as mentioned lots of times before - it's just too small for seals.
 
Marine iguanas would be really cool but no zoo has then and they would be extremely difficult to obtain .also only males dive for food so the enclosure wouldn't be as entertaining as the seals. Also there would have to be some sort of bio dome if they were to stay out over winter !! or they would have to be moved off exhibt ! but still an awesome idea

For a time they thought about getting manatees :D AWESOME. To compliment their mangrove exhibit. But once agian getting them would be difficult and a bio dome would have to constructed along with heating the water coming in from torbay!!

There are just too many difficulties with these animals :(

I think the idea of having both true and eared seals would be very cool!!!
As the fur seals only stay in the small section of their pool because they don't like the under water tunnel!!! so another animal to use this section would be a good idea i think !
 
Underwater tunnel and new bird species?

Are there any plans to sort the issue of the Fur Seals not using the 'big' pool i.e. the ex macaroni pool?
Each time I go the staff say there are plans for new bird species - does anyone know what these might be?
I was recently lucky enough to go to the Seychelles and I was blown away by the Fairy Terns and Tropic Birds - They would look great with the backdrop of the Torbay Palms and Gulf Stream, or, what about a net over the Aldabra Tortoises at Paignton?
I've always thought that Living Coasts is a very good experience but there are areas alongside the walkways from the estuary down to the seals that could exhibit British reptiles and small mammals like Lemmings.
 
A new thread for 2013.
Some good news in terms of penguin hatchings (see website) and the birth of a blue spotted ribbontail ray pup.
Be good to know if they have sourced a male otter for 2013 and have any plans to collect more Bank Cormorant eggs/juveniles from South Africa?
 
My visit on 30th January 2013, which was combined with a visit to Shaldon Wildlife Park, was very enjoyable - considering I am usually a carnivore man, a collection full of rare to unique seabirds was a very nice change indeed!

Photographs are now uploading in the gallery.
 
Spring 2013

The Waders Estuary has been landscaped with 2-3 tons of new sand whilst the reeds, much of the gorse and some of the fast growing vegetation has been removed and replaced with lawned grass. It looks very good and it's much easier to spot the Ruffs, sand tern and oyster catchers.
Tamara the female European otter will be sent to Cologne imminently to be replaced with a compatible male. The otters are out between 10 and 4 and very active.
 
Waders is landscaped yearly I think to keep it maintained or it was back when I worked there anyway. Always looks so nice after but never lasts long! Are the other waders still there? Any pics of the sand tern-i've never heard of/seen one
 
Tunanta said:
Waders is landscaped yearly I think to keep it maintained or it was back when I worked there anyway. Always looks so nice after but never lasts long! Are the other waders still there? Any pics of the sand tern-i've never heard of/seen one
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No, the land area of the Waders Estuary has not just had its yearly 'tidy up', it's actually been re-landscaped with new turf and new sand etc.
It looks totally different.
 
TriDV said:
No, the land area of the Waders Estuary has not just had its yearly 'tidy up', it's actually been re-landscaped with new turf and new sand etc.
It looks totally different.
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New turf and sand used to be part of that-they used to get a whole work team in to do it, but things change of course so maybe that stopped being so regular with the current economic climate and its been a couple of years since I was last managed to get down there now. Tidying up of the estaury in terms of cutting back vegetation etc was more of a seasonal thing.
 
TriDV said:
No, the land area of the Waders Estuary has not just had its yearly 'tidy up', it's actually been re-landscaped with new turf and new sand etc.
It looks totally different.
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It's been re-landscaped to provide increased 'lekking' grounds for the ruffs.

The whole site is looking great due to a massive clearance by staff and volunteers.
 
1.0 Fur Seal is due to arrive on Wednesday (24th April) from Halle. Named "Karel" he will become the new breeding male at Living Coasts if everything goes to plan
 
Nisha said:
1.0 Fur Seal is due to arrive on Wednesday (24th April) from Halle. Named "Karel" he will become the new breeding male at Living Coasts if everything goes to plan
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The male seal has arrived as planned whilst the eldest of the two otter females has left.

I hope the new Fur Seal uses the pool with the acrylic tunnel?
 
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