Yes! You have reminded me of that
Marwell Wildlife Marwell 2022 News
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I believe the first Addax born at Marwell was in 1978,but they have been breeding on and of ever since.
On the BBC South local news this morning it was mentioned that Marwell have penguin chicks.
Penguins born ahead of Marwell Zoo's 50th birthday
Until I read it in that article, it hadn't occurred to me that this year is Marwell's 50th anniversary. Does anyone if if anything is planned for it?
Penguins born ahead of Marwell Zoo's 50th birthday
Until I read it in that article, it hadn't occurred to me that this year is Marwell's 50th anniversary. Does anyone if if anything is planned for it?
Nice, nice!
I just hope that the female Nyala that is at Marwell today won't be the last Nyala at Marwell, but seeing as she is in the Wetlands-esque area, and Nyala aren't particularly wetlands animals, it leads me to think that the animal was simply put there for the sake of putting it somewhere, and that the pessimism shouldn't be disregarded...
There has been no change to the fact that the proposed Wetlands project was put on-hold a long time ago so obviously this move is just coincidental. And no surprise why the lone Nyala is in the Sitatunga area as the Sitatunga and Nyala had been together in the enclosure at the Okapi house for a long time beforehand. There is no merit in keeping a solitary antelope that normally lives in herds if it can be accommodated with another similar compatible species.
How many Sitatunga did they have originally?
At the moment they have 1.4. but in past years be it a long time ago they had group of over twenty.
as of December 2021, Marwell had 4 sitatunga in all [1 male 3 female] though seeing as these three have arrived, I would imagine that there are now 7 or so; provided none have been lost since December 2021.
No meant 1.4. in total now with the new females,they lost some females who were old.
I recently picked up a 2nd hand copy like new from ebay for under a tenner.
Can confirm from a visit I am currently on at this moment, Clouded Leopards have taken over the old Amur leopard area. They arrived yesterday and we were told today by one of the educators, and seeing signs for them
Are you able to get any photos of the exhibit please?
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to. I’m with a school group so have to move quickly and have started to feel unwell so I didn’t get any, doesn’t seem to be any major modifications to the exhibit but old leopard signage is gone and a new ID plaque akin to others in the zoo is up for the clouded leopards
While no major modifications the enclosures have been re-landscaped with new planting and a water feature.