My zoo list #2

Talli

Talli

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I added about 30 more places to my UK list last month (not bad, I think for 3 weeks in the country which also included a conference and visiting a few friends). So, here is my UK list:
Whipsnade Zoo Dunstable Bedfordshire
Durrell (Jersey) Zoo Jersey Channel Islands
South Lakes Wild Animal Park Dalton-in-Furness Cumbria
Trotters World of Animals Keswick Cumbria
Lakeland Aquarium Lakeside Cumbria
Lake District Coast Aquarium Maryport Cumbria
Buckfast Butterflies & Otter Sanctuary Buckfastleigh Devon
Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park Combe Martin Devon
Ilfracombe Aquarium Ilfracombe Devon
Paignton Zoo Paignton Devon
National Marine Aquarium Plymouth Devon
Shaldon Zoo Shaldon Devon
Exmoor Zoo South Stowford Devon
Dartmoor Zoo Sparkwell Devon
Living Coasts Torquay Devon
Bournemouth Oceanarium Bournemouth Dorset
Monkey World Wareham Dorset
Weymouth Sea Life Centre Weymouth Dorset
Colchester Zoo Colchester Essex
Blue Reef Aquarium - Bristol Bristol Gloucestershire
Bristol Zoo Bristol Gloucestershire
Noahs Ark Zoo Farm Wraxall Gloucestershire
New Forest Wildlife Park Ashurst Hampshire
New Forest Reptile Centre Lyndhurst Hampshire
Blue Reef Aquarium - Portsmouth Portsmouth Hampshire
Liberty's Owl Raptor & Reptile Centre Ringwood Hampshire
Paultons Park Romsey Hampshire
Marwell Wildlife Winchester Hampshire
Paradise Wildlife Park Broxbourne Hertsfordshire
Amazon World Zoo Park Arreton Ilse of Wight
Isle of Wight Zoo Sandown Isle of Wight
Seaview Wildlife Encounter Seaview Isle of Wight
Howletts Wild Animal Park Canturbury Kent
Tropical Birdland Desford Leicsestershire
Twycross Zoo Twycross Leicsestershire
Horniman Museum Forest Hill London
London Sea Life Centre London London
London Zoo London London
Cotswold Wildlife Park Burford Oxfordshire
Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Scotland
Blair Drummond Safari Park Stirling Scotland
Tropiquaria Watchet Somerset
Weston-Super-Mare Seaquarium Weston-Super-Mare Somerset
Birdworld Farnham Surrey
Drusillas Park Alfriston Sussex
Brighton Sea Life Center Brighton Sussex
Manor House Wildlife Park Tenby Wales
Birmingham Nature Centre Birmingham West Midlands
National Sea Life Centre Birmingham West Midlands
Dudley Zoo Dudley West Midlands
Longleat Safari Park Warminster Wiltshire
Yorkshire Wildlife Park Doncaster Yorkshire
Tropical Butterfly House Sheffield Yorkshire
 
Talli said:
I added about 30 more places to my UK list last month (not bad, I think for 3 weeks in the country which also included a conference and visiting a few friends). So, here is my UK list:
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That's some pretty impressive zoo-ing! Would love to hear your thoughts on some of them.
 
Back from a profitable week-and-a-bit in the Czech Republic - photos from the green collections below and my second visits to Prague, Brno and Olomouc to follow. ;)

(also, the observant will notice I've slipped in Schoenbrunn Desert House after a debate during the trip about whether it counted separately to the main zoo concluded it did)

New additions
** denotes closed collections.

Austria
Alpenzoo Innsbruck
Safaripark Gänserndorf**
Haus der Natur (Salzburg NHM)
Haus des Meeres, Vienna
Salzburg Zoo
Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna
Wüstenhaus (Desert House) Schönbrunn, Vienna


Belgium
Antwerp Zoo
Aquatopia
Planckendael

Czech Rep.
Akva-Tera, Plzen
Brno Zoo
Brno Aquarium
Crocodile Zoo, Protivín
Dvůr Králové Zoo
Hodonín Zoo
Jihlava Zoo
Zoo Ohrada
Olomouc Zoo
Ostrava Zoo
Plzen Zoo
Prague Zoo
Zoo Park Vyškov
Zoo Zlin


Denmark
Copenhagen Zoo
Givskud Zoo

France
Champrepus Zoo
Lyon Zoo
Menez-Meur Animal Park
Océanopolis
Mulhouse Zoo
Paris, Jardin des Plantes
Paris, Vincennes** (closed for now, anyway)

Germany
Augsburg Zoo
Berlin Tierpark
Berlin Zoo
Dortmund Zoo
Aquazoo Düsseldorf
Duisburg Zoo
Gelsenkirchen (visited first as Ruhr-Zoo and then as ZOOM)
Tierpark Gettorf
Hagenbecks Tiergarten, Hamburg
Hannover Zoo
Serengetipark Hodenhagen
Köln Zoo
Krefeld Zoo
Leipzig Zoo
Lübeck Tierpark
Lüneburger Heide Wildpark
Magdeburg Zoo
Allwetterzoo Münster
Munich Zoo
Neumünster Tierpark
Nordhorn Zoo
Nuremberg Zoo
Osnabrück Zoo
NiederRheinPark Plantaria**
Poing Wildpark
Rheine Zoo
Rostock Zoo
Schwarze Berge Wildpark
Schwerin Zoo
SeaLife Centre Berlin
SeaLife Centre Munich
SeaLife Centre Timmendorfer Strand
Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart
Niendorf-Timmendorfer Strand Bird Park
Walsrode Bird Park
Wuppertal Zoo

Hungary
Budapest Zoo
Győr Zoo

Rep. of Ireland
Dublin Zoo

Italy
Bioparco Roma

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park
Zoo Negara

Netherlands
Amersfoort Zoo
Apenheul
Burgers Zoo Arnhem
Artis
Avifauna
BestZoo
Rotterdam Zoo, Blijdorp
Emmen Zoo
Wissel Zoo, Epe
Harderwijk Dolphinarium
Overloon Zoo
Ouwehands Zoo, Rhenen
Papagaaienpark/NOP, Veldhoven

Poland
Katowice Zoo
Kraków Zoo
Łódź Zoo
Opole Zoo
Poznań New Zoo
Poznań Old Zoo
Warsaw Zoo
Wrocław Zoo

Portugal
ZooMarine

Slovakia
Bratislava Zoo

Spain
Barcelona Aquarium
Barcelona Zoo
Empordá Zoo
Sobrestany Animal Park

Sweden
Malmöhus Museum Aquarium and Terrarium

Switzerland
Basel Zoo
Tierpark Lange Erlen
Zürich Zoo

United Kingdom
Amazon World
Amazonia (Motherwell)
Anglesey Bird World
Anglesey SeaZoo
Arundel Wildfowl and Wetland Centre
Banham Zoo
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
Birdland
Birdworld
Birmingham Nature Centre
Blackbrook Zoo
Blackpool Tower Aquarium
Blackpool Zoo
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Blue Planet Aquarium
Blue Reef Aquarium (Bristol)
Blue Reef Aquarium (Newquay)
Bodafon Farm Park and Bird of Prey Centre
Bristol Zoo
British Wildlife Centre
Camperdown Wildlife Centre
Cardigan Island Farm Park (just about enough exotics to count)
Cheshire Waterlife and Falconry Centre
Chessington Zoo (World of Adventures if you insist)
Chester Zoo
Chestnut Centre
Colchester Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay
Cotswold Falconry Centre
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
Amazona Zoo, Cromer
The Deep
Tropical Butterfly House, Dinnington
Drayton Manor Park
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Fife Animal Park
Five Sisters Zoo Park
Flamingoland
Gauntlet Falconry Centre
Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
Grangewood Zoo**
Hamerton Zoo Park
Harewood House Bird Garden
Heythrop Zoo
Highland Wildlife Park
Hoo Farm
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Isle of Wight Butterfly Centre
Jersey Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Lakemore Country Park Animal Kingdom**
Lakes Aquarium
Linton Zoo
Liverpool Museum Aquarium and Bug House
Living Coasts
Loch Lomond Falconry Centre
London Zoo
London Aquarium
Longleat Safari Park
Lotherton Hall Bird Garden
Mablethorpe Animal Gardens
Manor House Wildlife Park
Marwell Zoo Park
Matlock Bath Aquarium
Natureland Skegness
National Bird of Prey Centre, Newent
Newquay Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
St David's Oceanarium**
Paignton Zoo
Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne)
Paradise Park (Hayle)
Paultons Park
Pili Palas
Port Lympne Zoo Park
Rays Farm
Rhyl SeaQuarium
Riber Castle Wildlife Park**
Sandown Zoo, Isle of Wight
Rare Species Conservation Centre, Sandwich
Seaview Wildlife Encounter (Flamingo Park)
Shaldon Zoo
SeaLife Centre Birmingham
SeaLife Centre Blackpool
SeaLife Centre Brighton
SeaLife Centre Gt. Yarmouth
SeaLife Centre Loch Lomond
Shepreth Wildlife Park
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre
National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
Palms Tropical Oasis, Stapeley
Stepaside Wildlife Park**
Stonham Barns Falconry Centre
Suffolk Wildlife Park ('Africa Alive')
Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Tilgate Nature Centre
Tropical Wings Zoo
Tropical World, Leeds
Twycross Zoo
Waddesdon Manor Aviary
West Midlands Safari Park
Wetlands Wildlife Park
Whipsnade Zoo
Wildwalk@Bristol**
Wildwood Trust
Windsor Safari Park**
Wingham Wildlife Park
Woburn Safari Park
Yorkshire Wildlife Park

United States
Grand Canyon Deer Park
Living Desert
Oakland Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego Zoo
SeaWorld CA
 
Maguari said:
That's some pretty impressive zoo-ing! Would love to hear your thoughts on some of them.
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Well, this might not be the right thread, but let's see,

Dartmoor Zoo - as I drove in, I realized I had been there before under the old ownership. I read the book about it last year, so wanted to see it this trip. My scooter wouldn't climb parts of it, but other than that, I liked the changes. I happened to go by Ben, the owner and asked him about accessibility - he said the quote he got was over 100,000 pounds to put down tarmac! I can see why he couldn't do it first. He also mentioned that the TV series is going to Australia, so I hope it'll get to the US, and that there's going to be a movie made from the book.

Shaldon Wildlife Trust - I'm pretty impressed at what's been done in such a small space. The new part has a great feel with a sense of discovering new treasures around every corner. Unfortunately, the old part has quite a few stairs. I can do stairs, but my knees don't appreciate it! I don't see them being able to change it, though. I got my first good look at a gentle lemur - I know zoo people aren't supposed to be affected by cute, but they really are!

Exmoor Zoo - I really enjoyed this zoo - I don't know if it was just my timing, but I got some great looks at the maned wolf. Could use some more graphics, though, since they aren't true wolves, and I don't recall seeing anything mentioning that. I feel like it was the first time I've seen a tayra. They have lots of cranes, which I enjoy, also loved feeding the wallabies. I got to meet a very young meerkat who had been rejected (not an offspring of the alpha), so was being hand raised. Her name was Simples, which those in the UK will understand.

Ilfracombe Aquarium - this place is tiny, but I like that it has a complete story showing the native fish from the river to the Lundy preserve. It was worth the crazy tiny windy roads to get there!

Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park - is weird. I'm not into dinosaurs, but I enjoyed the zoo part. It's not at all accessible for a scooter - I didn't try since I wouldn't have even been able to get it down to the park from the parking lot. The red-ruffed lemurs are free-roaming and the keeper let me feed one a hand full of raisins, so that made the place worth it for me. It's a nice collection of animals, decent displays, it's just topographically a nightmare!

Paulton's Park - since this is billed more as a theme park than a zoo, I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. They have quite a collection of birds - I've never seen that many species of thrush, and there are several hornbills, etc. The sign said there were pink pigeons, but I couldn't find them, or anyone to ask. I did speak to one gardener - their gardens are amazing, and he said they only have 7 gardeners, and 6 animal people in the over 200 employees for the place.

Colchester Zoo - unfortunately by the time I got there I wasn't able to use my scooter, so this one was difficult for me. It has a lot of ups and downs, even if you follow the "easier" yellow route. I loved being in with the sloths and having them go right over my head. I thought the tunnel through the sea lions was interesting. Also, the way they do the penguin feeding allows you to really see them up close. You could easily spend several days at this zoo since they have so many keeper talks, etc. I wish it had been a little easier to see that I was headed into dead ends, since I only had so much walking I could do. I never saw the aardvarks, for example, and I really would have liked to.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park - does anyone else display racoon dogs? I don't think I've seen them before, and they're cool! I enjoyed the lemur walk through and the flight demo. I believe the current owners have only been there a year, but seem to be on the right track. Someone said they've be getting some of the other big African animals next - rhinos?

Tropical Butterfly House - this place was worth it for the leaf cutter ants exhibit alone. It goes over the ponds, over your head, onto a couple of platforms, and then into the fungus gardens. Also got a good view of the bats, and I love how the marmosets can go from their outside exhibit to an inside one through an overhead tunnel. Then, I also loved how you could feed them from the little feeding station. It was so funny - first I gave the monkey a grape. After that was gone, I reached for some tomato, and the monkey just looked away, so I reached for some broccoli, same reaction. I reached for another grape, and suddenly he was interested again! There was also a feeding station for the red squirrel/jackdaw. I didn't see the squirrel, but the jackdaw took everything I handed him, and quickly dropped it. I also purchased a cup of mealworms to feed the meerkats with which was fun. I really enjoy the interactions when they're safe for the animals.

Liberty's Raptor and Reptile Centre - this place has species of raptors I've never heard of, and I've been to hundreds of zoos. If you're into birds of prey, you need to check this place out. I was too late in the day for the flight demos, but it looks like they fly several birds. They also do a lot of rescue work.

I can't say there was anyplace I went this time that I didn't like. I thought National Sea Life Centre was too expensive, although the movie is an experience - complete with squirting effects. The movie at Blue Reef in Bristol was amazing - they had a shot of a fin whale eating a bait ball. Wow.
 
Talli said:
Well, this might not be the right thread, but let's see,
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Thanks for that - very interesting!


Talli said:
Yorkshire Wildlife Park - does anyone else display racoon dogs? I don't think I've seen them before, and they're cool!
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They're one of my favourites too. They are quite widely kept in Europe, though very rare in the UK. For a list of European collections keeping the species, see: ZootierlisteHomepage

Talli said:
I believe the current owners have only been there a year, but seem to be on the right track.
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It's not just the current owners, but the site as a wildlife park that's only a year old. It was a shire horse centre previously, with very few wild species (I understand the Raccoon Dogs, Red Deer hind and Emu were hand-me-downs from the shire horse days).

Talli said:
I can't say there was anyplace I went this time that I didn't like. I thought National Sea Life Centre was too expensive, although the movie is an experience - complete with squirting effects. The movie at Blue Reef in Bristol was amazing - they had a shot of a fin whale eating a bait ball. Wow.
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The Sea Life Centres are generally very expensive, but fairly regularly make 2-for-1 vouchers and suchlike available. I have to say I have never sat and watched a film for more than 2 or 3 minutes in a zoo - I'd much rather be looking at the real animals!

Actually, I have a similar aversion to keeper talks - they tend to be very repetitive (between zoos I mean - there's only a limited number of accessible things to say about Humboldt Penguins). I'm always very glad to speak with staff at zoos in small groups but formal talks and demonstrations I tend to avoid (unless they're the only way of seeing certain species, of course!).

Did you do the Tropical House tour at Twycross? It's ghastly - enough to scar the very depths of your soul. Too much talking, not enough time to see the animals, overrehearsed and delivered by people who clearly don't want to be doing it. And completely pointless.


I don't like it very much. ;)
 
Twycross was a few years ago - I don't remember doing the Tropical House tour.
 
Talli said:
Twycross was a few years ago - I don't remember doing the Tropical House tour.
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You might have been there before it opened - a lucky escape! :D

It's the only way of seeing the Tropical House and really not worth the effort.

Anywho, I'll let this thread get back to long lists of zoos!
 
My list isn't that extensive...yet! - there is only one zoo in my country!

Belfast Zoo
Dublin Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
Jersey Zoo

Zoo de Pont-Scorff
Planete Sauvage
Zoo Frejus

Barcelona Zoo

Vancouver Aquarium
 
CZECH REPUBLIC:

Praha Zoo
Dvur Kralove Zoo
Zlin Zoo
Brno Zoo
Ostrava Zoo
Jihlava Zoo
Olomouc Zoo
Plzen Zoo
Akva Tera Plzen
Chomutov Zoo
Liberec Zoo
Hodonin Zoo
Usti nad Labem Zoo
Decin Zoo

SLOVAKIA:
Bratislava Zoo
Bojnice Zoo

GERMANY:
Berlin Zoo
Berlin Tierpark
Leipzig Zoo
Hannover Zoo
Hamburg Zoo
Frankfurt Zoo
Nürnberg Tierpark
Munich Zoo
Köln Zoo
Krefeld Zoo
Wuppertal Zoo
Duisburg Zoo
Dortmund Zoo (July)
ZOOM Gelsenkirchen (July)
Allwetterzoo Münster ( July)

AUSTRIA:

Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna
Wüstenhaus (Desert House) Schönbrunn, Vienna
Reptilienzoo Happ

POLAND:

Poznan, Nowe Zoo

NETHERLANDS:

Artis
Blijdorp Zoo
Burgers Zoo
Dolphinarium Harderwijk

BELGIUM:

Antwerp Zoo

FRANCE:

Mulhouse Zoo

SWITZERLAND:

Basel Zoo
Zürich Zoo
 
Maguari said:
Back from a profitable week-and-a-bit in the Czech Republic - photos from the green collections below and my second visits to Prague, Brno and Olomouc to follow. ;)

Czech Rep.
Akva-Tera, Plzen
Brno Zoo
Brno Aquarium
Crocodile Zoo, Protivín
Dvůr Králové Zoo
Hodonín Zoo
Jihlava Zoo
Zoo Ohrada
Olomouc Zoo
Ostrava Zoo
Plzen Zoo
Prague Zoo
Zoo Park Vyškov
Zoo Zlin
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Maguari, I was thinking about why didnt you visit Usti, Decin, Chomutov or Liberec zoo and prefered to go to the south and the east. I am almost sure you have a plan to visit them during your future trip .... the centre will be Dresden, from where it is near to the mentioned rest of Czech zoos you havent seen yet...also you have never been to Dresden and Chemnitz and you can visit Leipzg again.
Am I right? :)
 
cockroach said:
Maguari, I was thinking about why didnt you visit Usti, Decin, Chomutov or Liberec zoo and prefered to go to the south and the east. I am almost sure you have a plan to visit them during your future trip .... the centre will be Dresden, from where it is near to the mentioned rest of Czech zoos you havent seen yet...also you have never been to Dresden and Chemnitz and you can visit Leipzg again.
Am I right? :)
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Almost exactly right! :D


The friend I was travelling with had previously done the four 'north-west' Czech zoos, so we targeted the trip to areas where we both had zoos to gain. I do indeed intend another Czech trip in a year or two - probably repeating Prague, Plzen and Dvur Kralove alongside Usti, Decin, Chomutov, Liberec and (as you correctly surmise!) Dresden.


EDIT: I will be doing Leipzig with the Berlins and probably Halle at the time of the 2011 Zoo Collectors' Meeting, which Leipzig is hosting. :)
 
Here's my list:

USA
Dallas Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Fort Worth Zoo
Houston Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Austin Zoo
Fossil Rim
Arbuckle Wilderness
Memphis Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Denver Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Miami Metro Zoo
Monkey Jungle
Parrot Jungle
Snake Farm and Animal World
Moody Gardens
Gatorland
Aquarium of the Americas

Norway
Kristiansand Zoo

Qatar
Doha Zoo
 
siamang27 - where are you in TX? I just discovered noticed there's a Capital of Texas Zoo in addition to the Austin Zoo.
 
I actually just found out about that zoo a few days ago, so haven't visited it.
I'm between Dallas and Fort Worth.
 
I thought maybe Austin Zoo had changed their name, but I emailed them and they said no, and that they weren't very new, either, which surprised me. Guess I may have to drive to Houston next year instead of flying.
 
I'm hoping I can see the Capital of Texas Zoo as they apparently have some rare species. There really isn't much information on it though.
 
Mine isnt as long as some of the others but....

UK-

Highland Wildlife Park
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Edinburgh Zoo
Galloway Wildlife Park
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Chester Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Bug World (If counted)
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Borth Animalarium
West Midland Safari Park
Colchester Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL London Zoo
Hamerton Zoo
Exotic Pet Refuge (If counted)
Paignton Zoo
Newquay Zoo
Shaldon Wildlife Trust
And some Seal Place in Cornwall.

Other-

Loro Parque

Zoos planned over the next year-

UK-

Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Twycross Zoo
Dudley Zoo
Birmingham Nature Centre
Manor House Wildlife Park
Bristol Zoo
Noahs Ark Zoo Farm
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Longleat Safari

Other-

Burgers Zoo
Rotterdam Zoo
Apenhaul Primate Park
Dolphinarium Harderwijk
And a few others, I havent decided yet!
 
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