Whose visited what this year

TeaLovingDave said:
He visited the closed site to wander around the public portions of path and see what was still present/visible onsite; I believe this is to what he refers.
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That's a bit strained :D -by that logic if I drive past Twycross on the public highway it's a visit too :).
 
Shorts said:
That's a bit strained :D -by that logic if I drive past Twycross on the public highway it's a visit too :).
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I'd say that ZG's attempt to assess what was left of Blackbrook was a deliberate visit i.e. he went there specifically to look at the site. Driving past Twycross(without stopping) on the A444 wouldn't be the same thing, even if you did look through the hedge and see a couple of Giraffe....;)
 
Managed 85 different zoos this year..67 of them new,making a life list of 713,incidentally re. ZG`s list I DIDNT include the IZES meet at RSCC..because technically it was a closed collection.Oh,and with my typing speed I wont be typing a list...sorry folks!
 
Shepreth (January)
London (X2) (May and October)
Africa Alive (July)

But that is it.

This year or 2016, Hopefully I will be going back to Whipsnade zoo because
I haven't been there since February 2014 and I want to see how it has all changed.

I know there is a new Visitor centre and A butterfly house but does anyone know what new Enclosures or Buildings are coming in 2016?
 
64 visits to 60 collections for me: way down on my highest ever (134/107 in 2002), but remarkably consistent with the last few years. I was pleased to add 18 new collections to my list:

Tierpark Gotha
Tierpark Gera
Heimattiergarten Bierer Berg, Schönebeck
Tiergarten Staßfurt
Tiergarten Bernburg
Tierpark Köthen
Zoo Aschersleben
Palmen- und Vogelhaus, Bad Dürrenberg
Wildpark der Stadt Leipig
Tiergarten Delitzsch
Tierpark Dessau
Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno
Zoologico y Parque Cuaternario de Santillana del Mar
Peak Wildlife Park (on balance, I'm counting this as a new one)
Tierpark Nymphea
Tierpark Göppingen
Hemsley Conservation Centre
International Centre for Birds of Prey, Duncombe Park
 
Pertinax said:
I'd say that ZG's attempt to assess what was left of Blackbrook was a deliberate visit i.e. he went there specifically to look at the site. Driving past Twycross(without stopping) on the A444 wouldn't be the same thing, even if you did look through the hedge and see a couple of Giraffe....;)
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Oooh, good/fair point, but does this mean if I travel to a zoo, get stuck in traffic, and arrive after closing that's still classed as a visit? :D

I was going to add that this is all hypothetical and that's unlikely to really happen, then remembered that I drove to Birmingham Nature Centre (or whatever it's currently called) on Monday, 28th December only to find it closed :o (and then drove to Dudley instead:)).

Now I'm confused, was this a visit? :confused: It didn't feel like one. :)
 
Amerton Farm
Aquarium of the Lakes
Ark Open Farm, Newtownards
Beale
Beaver Hall, Bradnop
Belfast
Belfast Old Zoo CLOSED
Birmingham Nature Centre
Blackpool Sealife Centre
Blackpool Zoo
Bray Sealife Centre
Bristol Aquarium
Bristol Zoo
Castle Espie
Cheshire Falconry
Chessington
Chester Cathedral Falconry
Chester Zoo
Combe Martin
Dublin
Dudley
Duncomb Bird of Prey Centre
Exmoor
Flamingoland
Gentleshaw
Hagley Falconry Centre
Hamerton
Hemsley Conservation Centre
Heythrop
Hoo Farm
Howletts
Jungle World, Ballymena
Knowsley
Lake District Wildlife Park
Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Linton
London
Martin Mere
Matlock Farm Park
Matlock Bath Aquarium
Muncaster Castle (World Owl Centre) CLOSED
Newent
Noah's Ark Farm Park
Peak Wildlife Park (formerly Blackbrook)
Port Lympne
Raptor Foundation
Rare Species Conservation Centre CLOSED
Reaseheath
Rhyl Seaquarium
Rodbaston
Scarborough Sealife
Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre, Kington
Tayto Park
The Living Rainforest, Newbury
Tropical Butterfly House, North Anston
Tropiquaria
Twycross
Walton Hall Childrens Zoo
Welsh Mountain
West Midlands Safari Park
Whipsnade
Wild Place
Wildwood
Wingham
World of Owls, Randalstown
Yorkshire Wildlife Park

and one private collection


collections in bold were new for me.
 
Shorts said:
Oooh, good/fair point, but does this mean if I travel to a zoo, get stuck in traffic, and arrive after closing that's still classed as a visit? :D
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Yes, I'd class that situation as visiting- you were intending that as your destination and you arrived- 'you visited- but it was closed.' It was still a visit, albeit not a normal one. Whereas if you were just driving past a place with no intention of stopping then you weren't intending to visit so it wasn't one...:D
 
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Javan Rhino said:
Here is my list, with new collections marked in bold.

1. Chester Zoo
2. Flamingo Land
3. International Centre for Birds of Prey [Duncombe Park]
4. Scarborough SeaLife Sanctuary
5. Twycross Zoo
6. Weymouth SeaLife Adventure Park
7. Muncaster World Owl Trust*
8. South Lakes Safari Zoo
9. Belfast Zoo
10. Dolfinarium Harderwijk
11. Dierenpark Amersfoort
12. Burgers' Zoo, Arnhem
13. Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam
14. Apenheul Primate Park
15. Natura Artis Magistra, Amsterdam
16. Peak Wildlife Park**
17. Rodbaston College Animal Zone
18. Gentleshaw Wildlife Rescue
19. The Raptor Foundation
20. Hamerton Zoo Park
21. Bristol Zoo
22. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
23. Tropiquaria
24. Exmoor Zoo
25. Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park
26. Chester Cathedral Falconry and Nature Gardens
27. Mevagissey Marine Aquarium
28. Newquay Zoo*
29. Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium
30. Heythrop Zoo
31. Cotswold Falconry Centre
32. The Living Rainforest
33. Beale Park
34. Hemsley Conservation Centre
35. Howletts Wild Animal Park
36. Wingham Wildlife Park
37. Rare Species Conservation Centre
38. Wildwood Discovery Park
39. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
40. Chessington World of Adventure
41. Yorkshire Wildlife Park
42. North Anston Tropical Butterfly House
43. Manchester Museum Vivarium

There is also an outside chance I will be going to Manchester Museum on the 31st. I have matched my best year for zoo visiting at 42 collections, so it depends if I can be bothered to break my current record or not on the day.

*I have been told I have visited Muncaster Castle and Newquay Zoo when I was a lot younger, but I remember nothing about the visits. I haven't counted these as first visits this year, but both collections have felt like first visits.

**Many will be familiar that Peak Wildlife Park is the new collection on the site of Blackbrook Zoo. I visited Blackbrook a few times so I was familiar with the site and it didn't feel like a first visit, however as I am counting this as a separate collection I am treating this as a first visit.
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Just to update, I managed to do Manchester Museum so have added if to the list.
 
Very few this year:

Twycross
Chester
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Gentleshaw
I think Colchester at the beginning of the year
Monkeyworld
Woburn
Whipsnade
 
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Only four collections for me this year:-

The Jungle Zoo - one visit
Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park - 9 visits, maintaining my record of an extra visit each year
Flamingo Land - 13 visits, just boosted by three in eight days (23/12, 29/12, 31/12)
Sewerby Zoo - 179 "visits", meaning I set foot in the zoo on 179 days this year, including just to sweep the kitchen or even less (down from 188 days last year)

I did have a zoo-filled end to the year, as the last day I did not visit a zoo was 17th December (this includes social calls armed with Christmas crackers in the mornings and helping out in the afternoons at Sewerby on Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
 
Shorts said:
Is this a mistake? I'm sure Blackbrook ceased last year?
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Well almost but as Pertinax said it was a purpose visit,to see just what hadn't happened at the site,and we did get a pretty good wander round due to somebody,putting a public footpath right through the middle of the park!

Also it very much still looked like Blackbrook which it most certainly doesn't in many ways now!
 
A fairly quiet year of visits -
1. WWT Llanelli
2. Birdland , Bourton-on-Water
3. Stratford Butterfly Farm
4. Folly Farm
5. Manor House Wildlife Park
6. Belfast Zoo
7. Dublin Zoo
8. Newquay Zoo
9. Paradise Park , Cornwall
10. Borth Zoo
11. Wales Monkey and Ape Rescue Centre
12. Penycae Inn
13. Welsh Hawking Centre
14. Kew Gardens
15. WWT Slimbridge
16. Cotswold Falconry
17. Heythrop Zoo
18. Crocodiles of the World
19. Cotswold Wildlife Park
20. Bristol Zoo
21. Wildplace Project , Bristol
 
British Wildlife Centre
Wingham Wildlife Park
Howletts
Port Lympne
Birdworld
Highland Wildlife Park (x15)
Five Sisters Zoo
WWT Washington
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Lotherton Hall
Shorelands Wildlife Gardens
Africa Alive!
Colchester Zoo
Hamerton Zoo Park
Tropical Birdland
Chestnut Centre
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Scottish Owl Centre
 
I tend to make multiple visits to a smallish number of collections, hence:

  • Whipsnade (x21)
  • Hamerton (x17)
  • Cotswold WP (x9)
  • Bristol (x3)
  • Waddesdon (x3)
  • Port Lympne (x3)
  • Howletts (x2)
  • Exmoor (x2)
  • Twycross (x2)
  • RSCC
  • Colchester
  • Birdland
+ first visits to:
  • Linton
  • Paignton
  • Axe Valley
  • Living Coasts
  • Shaldon
  • Africa Alive!
 
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