Which zoos to visit?

Yes. Ciconia species are relativly easy to breed. most zoos will keep a pair of white storks and use them as a practise species for other species, storm's and oriental white spring to mind.

Mycertia species seem to fare quite well in captivity, San diego zoo has on average a young milky stork every year.
 
Wow, you've given me so many good leads, I'm going to have to stay in Britain longer than originally planned!

"So many zoos, so little time".

Thanks also, Gentle Lemur, for advising me which are the physically tough ones to get around. (After a lifetime traipsing around Taronga zoo here in Sydney, I'm aware that I'm slowing down a bit -- Taronga has a 1 in 6 slope down to the harbour. The tough bit is walking UP again.)

Thank you all !
 
UK Zoos that are physically tough

Yes, that's an issue not often mentioned. I'd rate the following in UK as physically tough, in descending order.

1. Port Lympne( very large and hilly- they do have a 'lift' system.)

2. Whipsnade(if you don't take a car in- flat but very big.)

3 & 4. Edinburgh and Dudley- both steep hill sites.
 
ok whats zoos to visit, as an aussie, we love to travel, and next year i hope to travel (finace to decide how elaborate and extensive lol), but whats the best zoos to visit, national aprks, in europe, and is it easy to just hope across boarders in europe? also, and one got a spare bed!
 
grantsmb said:
Yes, that's an issue not often mentioned. I'd rate the following in UK as physically tough, in descending order.

1. Port Lympne( very large and hilly- they do have a 'lift' system.)

2. Whipsnade(if you don't take a car in- flat but very big.)

Your right about Port Lympne Grant many of the walk ways used to be just bush tracks not for the young or old, they also showed me the Combe farm just next door which they also own which they hold some animals, its also hilly.
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It is quite easy to get around Europe, you will need a passport, but that's only at certain country boundaries. You can get from england to Scotland or wales without a passport.

Austria is amazing. The views are spectacular and there are lots of wild marmots, alpine choghs and ibex. There are also a few zoos in Austria, Alpen zoo a very steep zoo and then there is vienna zoo. I have not visited it yet.

Switzerland also has a beautiful landscape, This is wher I saw a wild ibex, and nearly touched it. I have visited two zoos over here, basel a real city zoo and Zurich one of the best zoos I've been too. Their tropical madagascan house and their reptile/tapir/penguin house are magnificent.

France is a very nice country if you're a wine fan. Lot's of vinyards and lovely landscapes to sit and drink some wine. I've only been to two of the many french zoos. Lille and Paris zoo. I don't know which paris zoo it was, but it had okapi, Bontebok(or blesbok) and a herd of gazelle. Lille is a free zoo and is not brilliant.

In Belgium there is a wonderful town called bruges that I've visited lots of times, and if you stay here, I recommed the princenhof hotel (I do hope I've spelt this right.) There are lots of wonderful chocolate shops here, and there is a very nice shop that sells lots of the schleich animal range. There is a train station that can take you to Antwerp zoo which is a very nice place, but to get to what I think is one of the best bird parks in the world, Parc paradisio, you will have to rent a car and take it up to the park itself. There are lots of hornbills and Parrots and Storks, Shoebills It's a beautiful place.

In England there are a lot of options, there may be a spare oom at my house zooboy, but we may have to dicuss it!! There is Jersey zoo which is a nice small zoo on Jersey. I recoomend the Meron hotel in Jersey. A nice swimming pool here. Chester and all the other zoos are explained above. I have only stayed in Scotland once, but I can't remeber the name of the hotel.
 
Marwell Zoo has it's own hotel and the Holiday Inn in Edinburgh is next door to the zoo.
 
Zoo_Boy said:
thanks horn bill, thats sounds great! thanks for the offer, closer to date i may just give u a pm!
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I think for anyone coming from abroad I would definitely recommend London, not just the zoo, but definitely worth visiting the city as a whole. Its a fantastic place.

Also, if you, or the family, like to go walking/hiking, and those kind of outdoor pursuits the Lake District is great. Its not even that far a drive (not in Aussie terms) to get to Chester Zoo from there.

Scotland is really nice also- and Edinburgh Zoo's got an interesting specie list.
 
does anyone have a comprehensive lists of zoos in the uk, or even europe.

is there lots of small fauna parks in the uk?
 
There are so many zoos in Europe, that it's difficult to find them all. I'd say Walsrode would be good and Due la fontaine ( I hope that's right) is supposed to be something different. It's built in an old quarry.
 
Hi everyone, haven't been on zoo chat long and have just begun to catch up on all the posts going to try get a good background. I'd love to know if Ara and Zooboy made their trips and if so how did they get on?

If this is in more recent threads pls ignore me, I'll get to them at some point. Can't quite believe how many threads there are and on how many diverse subjects! Could take me a while.....
 
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