Chester Zoo News at Chester

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The Black-cheeked Lovebird is back on show, after an absence of about 11 years. It is in the aviary by the otters with Diamond Doves, Java Sparrows and Village Weavers.
 
Visited yesterday just a few things of note the young Taritic Hornbills are out of the nest and doing well they both look like been males.The female Rhinoceros Hornbill was having a very seriou,,s inspection of one of the nest boxes in the enclosure so fingers crossed they bred again soon,the old Pere Davids Deer paddock has at the moment got a Emu in it but this will be moved so they Lechwe can move into here.As far as i could find out the Przewalski Horses are not moving from where they are at the moment,everything is ready in Tasavo for the young Black Rhino to be born.The Buttterfly House is still on course for opening round October November.The Chilean Flamingos have laid eggs in the last few weeks but as of yet none from the Caribbean Flamingos,and lastly but by no means least the long awaited Giraffe swap with Blair Drummond happened last week so all of Chester Giraffes are Rothschilds now.
 
Sorry forgot to say a big HELLO to all the staff in the Education Department at Chester Zoo and keep guessing as to who some of us are!!!!!!!!!
 
had a quick visit to the zoo today.

- Chester has a new 85 page guide book which can be bought in the visitor service hut near the entrance for £5.00. It is a quality book and has information about the zoo's history, conservation projects, the major exhibits and other notable species. It's not child-orientated either (unlike the maps). It's one of the best guidebooks that I own.

- There was a crate at the doorway to Quinto's paddock in Tsavo 2. I think it was Qunito's paddock anyway (the first one you see as you drive to the zoo).

- Realm of the Red Ape looks to have been replanted.

- In the Tropical realm, the section of pathway from the writhed hornbills to the Indian hornbills had been fenced off for maintenance.

- The philippine crocodiles are good climbers! One had climbed up to a point just below the "aztec" sculpture.

- Either the bengal tigers are still at the zoo or a mate has arrived for Kepala as there were two tigers in the enclosure, I didn't stay long enough to see if they were Sumatran or Bengal though...

- The Indian hornbill in the elephant house was visible to me for the first time in a few months.

- The cheetahs seem to enjoy staying by the new glass windows.

- Some construction workers were on the butterfly house site.
 
Does the new guide book have any of the future plans for the zoo?
 
They are playing their cards very close to their chest regarding "superzoo"
 
kiang said:
They are playing their cards very close to their chest regarding "superzoo"
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In the current economic climate, massive developments at zoos may need to be frozen for a while. Zoos will start to feel the pinch if people have less money to spend on entertainment. I sometimes feel sorry for families when they visit a zoo- they can't see much change out of £100 or so, what with admission, food & drink and the souvenir shop at the end.
 
The rhino paddock nearest to when you enter the zoo is Rosie's, well it was this time last year, and I can't see them swapping Rosie and Quinto round. Quinto's paddock is the one nearest to Tsavo 1 (furthest away as you enter the zoo)
 
I was there on friday and I'm sure the sign in the house said thorn, faye, kelly and molly. they didn't have a sign for margaret yet but she was there and obvious from the rest. samara i think is the one that recently left the collection to go to, blair drummond was it? But thinking about it the zoo said margaret is the 1st female rothschild they've had born so molly can't have been born at chester, i think she was born in 2004 though, she looked smaller than the other 2 females but not as small as margaret, unless i'm confused :s
 
I gather Molly is a new pure bred then and the one that has just be moved in, hoping to visit this week, but am sure someone will be able to confirm this before then?
 
I'm sure molly has been there for a while though (there are drawings of a giraffe called molly for sale in the shop and they have been there for a while, also her picture on the sign is at a young age) Wasn't the calf that DNS called niamh or naomi or something beginning with N?
 
mjmorg89 said:
I'm sure molly has been there for a while though (there are drawings of a giraffe called molly for sale in the shop and they have been there for a while, also her picture on the sign is at a young age) Wasn't the calf that DNS called niamh or naomi or something beginning with N?
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Yep sorry, getting myself confused. Just got back from hols so my minds not working right.

So chester did not recieve any new females??
 
Unless they are off show it would appear not, maybe they are due to arrive shortly, or maybe they are waiting until they have built there new african plains exhibit on the site of the zebra now, then move in more animals. My knowledge is limited so best to ask a keeper. Do you know where molly was born? if Chester say their 1st female rothschild was margaret, unless molly is a hybrid as well?
 
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