Those four enormous walk-thru aviaries look promising.
WRS Mandai expansion plans
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Those four enormous walk-thru aviaries look promising.
i believe the aviary on the bottom right is supposed to be separated down the middle but the render is missing the net.
The largest aviary on the top right will be African-themed, and the second largest on the bottom left will be South American wetlands-themed.
I didn’t realise that was an aviary. Perhaps that means the flamingoes et al will be given the chance to fly (assuming they are currently clipped, rather than pinioned)?
Edit -looking again I’m not sure why I didn’t notice the nets surrounding them. I guess sometimes the eye only sees what it’s expected to see.
Because the park's new site is right next to a nature reserve, all the birds on display, and even the show amphitheatre have to be within enclosed aviaries to prevent escapes and for bio-security. So in theory all the birds in the new park will be able to fly if they haven't been pinioned.
FunkyGibbon
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The bottom left corner, with all those little aviaries, looks particularly promising, but is it onshow?
FunkyGibbon
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It's worth comparing the plan to the diorama that was on display, just for names if nothing else.
Mandai Development Diorama - New Bird Park | ZooChat
FunkyGibbon
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Actually into three parts I think.
When you say on the left, am I looking at the map upside down? Because I appear to be viewing it from the opposite perspective to both you and Zooish.
Anyway, on the substantive point the shape and layout of the aviaries gives me some confidence that they’ll be on-show. I think an off show complex would be more utilitarian in its use of space.
FunkyGibbon
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I meant bottom right of course. When Zooish talks about one being divided I believe he is referring to the one adjacent to those little aviaries, not the one with the pools.
It's a very good point about the shape of the little 'uns. My concern came from the lack of clear pathway structures that seem to characterise the rest of the park.
There is a path that winds through them, though it’s rendered in white probably to avoid over-cluttering the image in what is already the densest part, visually.
What clinches the deal for me is that on the aviaries right at the bottom you can see they’ve rendered the doors to the aviary, and they are on the opposite side to that white path, which effectively rules out it being for keeper use.
Although if those doors are to scale it means those aviaries are *very* tall. Which wouldn’t exactly lend itself to quality viewing from ground level.
The bottom left (to the left of the South American wetlands) actually does seem to have a few buildings lined with small utilitarian aviaries though... And those definitely do look like they're off-show.
I wonder what the plan is for many birds currently in the bird park? The only aviary that currently looks like it will have enough water to hold pelicans and flamingoes is the South American one, but that doesn't offer a solution for the very large amount of water birds not from that continent... Unless the other aviaries' interiors are unfinished in this render.
The aviaries on the bottom right struck me as being fairly good to house the park's current good collection of hornbills, toucans, parrots and birds-of-paradise? Those do well in large, tall aviaries, and the larger species wouldn't be great in mixed enclosures so wouldn't fit in very easily elsewhere.
I wonder what the plan is for many birds currently in the bird park? The only aviary that currently looks like it will have enough water to hold pelicans and flamingoes is the South American one, but that doesn't offer a solution for the very large amount of water birds not from that continent... Unless the other aviaries' interiors are unfinished in this render.
The aviaries on the bottom right struck me as being fairly good to house the park's current good collection of hornbills, toucans, parrots and birds-of-paradise? Those do well in large, tall aviaries, and the larger species wouldn't be great in mixed enclosures so wouldn't fit in very easily elsewhere.
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I suspect there’ll be side aviaries within the big walk-throughs, as in the current Asian aviary. That’s pure speculation, of course.
I think it’s a safe bet that the collection will thin out. I don’t imagine them holding onto eight species of pelican in a zoogeographic layout, for example.
The new park's collection will expand on softbills while water birds (the non-South American species at least) and birds of prey will be reduced. The African flamingo population at Jurong is already being thinned out and some of the pelicans are being dispersed to the other WRS parks.
Emperor Penguin
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Enormous ! That's seems very impressive and modern !
I think the aviary with a lot of water supplies is the great aviary for flamingos that's we have seen in the video below. The great building would be the cliff with waterfalls.
If I continue my suppositions, I would say that the aviary at the left of the pink building, with a treetops trail would be the forest aviary with especially great blue turacos. However, I wonder what is this pink building ?
Finally, I am wondering where the Spix's macaws will live. Maybe in the "others aviaries" ?
I think the aviary with a lot of water supplies is the great aviary for flamingos that's we have seen in the video below. The great building would be the cliff with waterfalls.
If I continue my suppositions, I would say that the aviary at the left of the pink building, with a treetops trail would be the forest aviary with especially great blue turacos. However, I wonder what is this pink building ?
Finally, I am wondering where the Spix's macaws will live. Maybe in the "others aviaries" ?
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The pink building is the park's entrance plaza that will house ticketing, restaurants and shops. You're right, the aviary next to it is the African-themed Tropical Valley.
Mandai Park Holdings (the parent company of Wildlife Reserves Singapore) has released its annual report for the period of April 2017 to March 2018. Some interesting tidbits below:
https://www.wrs.com.sg/content/dam/wrs/documents/yearbooks/yrbk1718.pdf
The animal collection of the 4 parks (zoo, river safari, night safari, bird park) stands at over 980 species, with close to 16,000 specimens. New to the collection are a pair of fossa from Tayto Park and Marwell. They are currently off show but will be taking over the puma (phase out species) exhibit at the Zoo in the coming months.
New developments in the coming years:
The Zoo will build a new 2-hectare Asian elephant exhibit at the current Kidzworld site. A replacement kids zone will be built at a smaller adjacent site that is currently not in use.
Night Safari will also have an expanded Asian elephant exhibit called "Giants of Asia" that will be mixed-species with various hoofstock (deer, maybe banteng?). Fishing Cat Trail will have a new interactive ranger station. The amphitheatre will double its seating capacity to 1,000.
The Amazon River Quest boat ride at River Safari will be slowed down for better viewing of the animals. The stork / jewel tanks exhibits at the Mekong River zone will be revamped. There will be enhancements to the Amazon Flooded Forest, possibly redeveloping the top level to allow natural light and upgrading of the small aquariums.
https://www.wrs.com.sg/content/dam/wrs/documents/yearbooks/yrbk1718.pdf
The animal collection of the 4 parks (zoo, river safari, night safari, bird park) stands at over 980 species, with close to 16,000 specimens. New to the collection are a pair of fossa from Tayto Park and Marwell. They are currently off show but will be taking over the puma (phase out species) exhibit at the Zoo in the coming months.
New developments in the coming years:
The Zoo will build a new 2-hectare Asian elephant exhibit at the current Kidzworld site. A replacement kids zone will be built at a smaller adjacent site that is currently not in use.
Night Safari will also have an expanded Asian elephant exhibit called "Giants of Asia" that will be mixed-species with various hoofstock (deer, maybe banteng?). Fishing Cat Trail will have a new interactive ranger station. The amphitheatre will double its seating capacity to 1,000.
The Amazon River Quest boat ride at River Safari will be slowed down for better viewing of the animals. The stork / jewel tanks exhibits at the Mekong River zone will be revamped. There will be enhancements to the Amazon Flooded Forest, possibly redeveloping the top level to allow natural light and upgrading of the small aquariums.
From the reviews of the ride on Zoochat it sounds like this would be a very welcome change.
FunkyGibbon
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I find it depressingly refreshing to see a zoo I am fond of taking such competant steps.