Burgers Woods V2
The other side of the new Congo version!
The new European area is two-tiered. The top tier, with the Alpine enclosures on top. And the lower tier with most of the other enclosures. The main feature of this is of course the cliff that provides extra height for some of the other enclosures.
You enter at the otters, which have a few waterfalls that stream in from the fallow deer enclosure. Two enclosures for European mink are also slightly hidden away, as well as a smaller path that provides a smaller viewing window into the red fox enclosure (The main viewing window is on the other side). There's also a small, wooded aviary for European red squirrels and wild hamsters.
The Alpine aviary has free-roaming Marmots, vultures and smaller birds. As well as a separated enclosure for Alpine ibex. The enclosure is decorated with rocky cliffs and has mainly lower shrubbery as foliage.
After that is an enclosure for European Wildcat, which is wooded again
The forest aviary holds mainly smaller birds, as well as an enclosure for Western roe deer, and two side aviaries for Great Bustard and Western Capercailies. The smaller birds can get into these, but the larger birds can't get out. This enclosure slowly slopes down to bring you back to the lower level.
There's a larger marsh for European pond turtles, as well as a grouping of outside "terrariums" for Fire salamanders, Natterjack toads and Common adders. Similar to the one in Terrazoo Rheinberg (Though on a much smaller scale)
European Adder Exhibit (fantastic!) - ZooChat
After this, the path splits into two routes:
The wader aviary, with a separated enclosure for European beavers
The Lynx enclosure and the Badger dens
The wader aviary is a bit of a mixture between Limburg-like swamps and Texel and Frysian wetlands. The beaver enclosure and first area is wooded, with many trees and dead logs, while the second area, with a shallow marsh, has mostly tall grass, cattails and reeds. It holds a mixture of wading birds and shorebirds.
The lynx enclosure is held against the cliffside, to provide them with some rock-climbing space (along with their regular climbing structures).
The badger den is partially decorated like a large fallen log. On the sides there are outside enclosures for West European hedgehogs and European garden dormice. Inside there are nocturnal indoor enclosures for the Hedgehogs, Dormice and Badgers, as well as terrariums for various Reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates
The indoor enclosures for Hedgehogs and Dormice are decorated as regular forests at night (With soft blue lighting). While the indoor badger enclosures are decorated as true dens, with mainly mock dirt and rockwork. The Dormice and Badgers are fully enclosed with glass, while the hedgehogs are partially open
The terrariums for Natterjack toads, Fire salamanders and Grass snakes are decorated with smaller plants and fake grass. The wall lizard and Slowworm enclosure also features some rockwork.
The newt vivarium has a lot of underwater plants, and small bushes on the land area.
The rest of the enclosures are fairly simple. The birds of prey aviaries have smaller viewing huts, and are build against the cliff. Some include smaller waterfalls, originating from the Alpine aviary.
The wild boar enclosure is heavily forested, to prevent it turning into a giant mudpit (as other wild boar enclosures sometimes do).
The two polecat enclosures are raised, to provide better viewing for the visitors
