ZooChat Challenge UK 2018

[Shorts]

sorry, one more question- which Gyps species are eligible for the challenge?

I know why you're asking that. , good spot (I'm going to have to deputise you).

Only the Griffon Vulture is allowed, not Rupell's Griffon Vulture (different species) .

So Pipaluk, please amend your list next time you post, thank you -I understand the confusion given this year's list is a bit of a mixed bag of specific species and generic ones.

 

[pipaluk]

I know why you're asking that. , good spot (I'm going to have to deputise you).

Only the Griffon Vulture is allowed, not Rupell's Griffon Vulture (different species) .

So Pipaluk, please amend your list next time you post, thank you -I understand the confusion given this year's list is a bit of a mixed bag of specific species and generic ones.

Done! Could it please be specified which scientific name counts though please, as I know very little about birds of prey species / sub-species

 

[Swampy]

Done! Could it please be specified which scientific name counts though please, as I know very little about birds of prey species / sub-species

I'm sure @Shorts will correct me if i'm wrong, but I interpreted it as only the proper (for want of a better word) griffon vulture, sometimes referred to as the Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus, counts.

 

[Shorts]

I'm sure @Shorts will correct me if i'm wrong, but I interpreted it as only the proper (for want of a better word) griffon vulture, sometimes referred to as the Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus, counts.

Indeed -spot on.

Done! Could it please be specified which scientific name counts though please, as I know very little about birds of prey species / sub-species

I'll look at clarifying the more confusing ones at the weekend (gonna be head down at work till then now following the end of Christmas break).

 

[ShonenJake13]

London Zoo

1. Lowland Gorilla
2. Squirrel Monkey
3. Ring-tailed Lemur
4. Two-toed Sloth
5. Giant Anteater
6. Chapman's Zebra
7. Malayan Tapir
8. Pygmy Hippopotamus
9. Bactrian Camel
10. Llama
11. Giraffe
12. Okapi
13. Reindeer
14. Reeve's Muntjac
15. Red Kangaroo
16. Black-tailed Prairie Dog
17. African Hunting Dog
18. Ring-tailed Coati
19. Meerkat
20. Serval
21. Lion
22. Tiger
23. Emu
24. Greater Flamingo
25. Mandarin Duck
26. Scarlet Ibis
27. European White Pelican
28. Indian Peafowl
29. Spectacled Owl
30. Eurasian Eagle Owl
31. Crested Caracara
32. Blue-crowned Pigeon
33. Purple Glossy Starling
34. Anaconda
35. Carpet Python
36. Puff Adder
37. Common Iguana
38. Giant Tortoise
39. Naked Mole Rat
40. Hyacinth Macaw

 

[14556]

Where did you see the serval at London? @ShonenJake13

 

[pipaluk]

Ruppells Griffon Vulture doesn't count, but
Somehow managed to miss one off Shepreth so

32 Red Panda

Can't have been awake last night! Forgot another at Linton!

33 Kookaburra

 

[cliffxdavis]

I am taking this UK challenge but as the list copied and pasted so nicely into Excel I wondered if anyone have produced a list like this from Zootierliste (or similar) as I am a great fan of tick lists and that would be very useful to me.

 

[ShonenJake13]

Where did you see the serval at London? @ShonenJake13

Being trained on the display lawn by a keeper only for around five minutes or so, in the early afternoon. I've seen her being trained there before.

 

[FunkyGibbon]

Being trained on the display lawn by a keeper only for around five minutes or so, in the early afternoon. I've seen her being trained there before.

I thought she left the collection when they built the gibbon exhibit?

 

[ShonenJake13]

I thought she left the collection when they built the gibbon exhibit?

Nope! She’s been moved yes, as her former enclosure was indeed where the gibbons are now. She’s now in one of their offshow enclosures for their show animals surrounding the display lawn, I just got lucky she was being trained when I passed by.

If anyone needs witnesses to prove she’s still there, @Giant Panda and @Crowthorne were with me a previous time that she was being trained on the lawn

 

[Quincey]

1st zoo visit of the year today to Camperdown Wildlife Centre, managed to see all but 2 species in the collection (Bears and Ocelot evaded me) which was incredibly pleasing considering it was -2 all day!

Camperdown Wildlife Centre – 07/01/18

1. Lar Gibbon
2. Common Marmoset
3. Black and White Ruffed Lemur
4. Ring-tailed Lemur
5. Grey Wolf
6. Meerkat
7. Wild Cat
8. Northern Lynx
9. Indian Peafowl
10. Snowy Owl
11. European Golden Eagle
12. Lilac-Breasted Roller
13. Hyacinth Macaw

 

[Crowthorne]

Bristol Zoo Gardens 07/01/2018

1. Lowland Gorilla
2. Squirrel Monkey
3. Ring-tailed Lemur
4. Two-toed Sloth
5. Pygmy Hippopotamus
6. Mara
7. Meerkat
8. Canadian (North American) Otter
9. Red Panda
10. Lion
11. African Penguin
12. Blue & Yellow Macaw
13. Scarlet Macaw
14. Rainbow Lorikeet
15. Blue-crowned Pigeon
16. Common Chameleon
17. Giant Tortoise
18. Naked Mole Rat
19. Eastern Quoll
20. Golden Lion Tamarin

 

[ShonenJake13]

London Zoo

1. Lowland Gorilla
2. Squirrel Monkey
3. Ring-tailed Lemur
4. Two-toed Sloth
5. Giant Anteater
6. Chapman's Zebra
7. Malayan Tapir
8. Pygmy Hippopotamus
9. Bactrian Camel
10. Llama
11. Giraffe
12. Okapi
13. Reindeer
14. Reeve's Muntjac
15. Red Kangaroo
16. Black-tailed Prairie Dog
17. African Hunting Dog
18. Ring-tailed Coati
19. Meerkat
20. Serval
21. Lion
22. Tiger
23. Emu
24. Greater Flamingo
25. Mandarin Duck
26. Scarlet Ibis
27. European White Pelican
28. Indian Peafowl
29. Spectacled Owl
30. Eurasian Eagle Owl
31. Crested Caracara
32. Blue-crowned Pigeon
33. Purple Glossy Starling
34. Anaconda
35. Carpet Python
36. Puff Adder
37. Common Iguana
38. Giant Tortoise
39. Naked Mole Rat
40. Hyacinth Macaw

Hamerton Zoo

41. Lar gibbon
42. Ruffed lemur
43. Grant's zebra
44. Long-nosed potoroo
45. Siberian chipmunk
46. Black-backed jackal
47. Cheetah
48. Cassowary
49. Crowned crane
50. Marabou stork
51. Snowy owl
52. Blue and yellow macaw
53. White-cheeked turaco
54. Lilac-breasted roller
55. Kookaburra
56. Common boa
57. Raccoon
58. Striped skunk

 

[pipaluk]

Can't have been awake last night! Forgot another at Linton!

33 Kookaburra

A few from Colchester (2 missed!)

34 Orang
35 Gelada
36 Mandrill
37 Patas Monkey
38 Squirrel Monkey
39 Two toed Sloth
40 Giant Anteater
41 African Elephant
42 White Rhino
43 Pygmy Hippo
44 Llama
45 Giraffe
46 Blue Duiker
47 Greater Kudu
48 Grey Wolf
49 African Hunting Dog
50 Spotted Hyaena
51 Sun Bear
52 Leopard
53 Cheetah
54 Ostrich
55 Chilean Flamingo
56 Eurasian Griffon Vulture
57 King Vulture
58 Andean Condor
59 Rainbow Lorikeet
60 Black Headed Weaver
61 Anaconda
62 African Rock Python
63 Green Iguana
64 Fennec Fox
65 Aardvark
66 Golden Lion Tamarin

 

[Crowthorne]

Ok so I know I've asked this a previous year, but no harm (?!) in asking again. Does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew count towards this challenge? I know it's not a zoo, but it does house a small collection of captive animals (fish, free-roaming waterfowl, and some free-roaming pest-control lizards in the conservatories), and does have a category on Zoochat.

Sorry if that's a cheeky question, but I saw an Indian Peafowl the other lunchtime, and every critter counts

 

[Shorts]

Ok so I know I've asked this a previous year, but no harm (?!) in asking again. Does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew count towards this challenge? I know it's not a zoo, but it does house a small collection of captive animals (fish, free-roaming waterfowl, and some free-roaming pest-control lizards in the conservatories), and does have a category on Zoochat.

Sorry if that's a cheeky question, but I saw an Indian Peafowl the other lunchtime, and every critter counts

Oi! Crowthorne I've warned you before.

No, you can't have it as Kew is not primarily a zoo/animal attraction.

I'm sure there's plenty of proper zoos you can seem an Indian Peafowl at without lowering yourself to Royal Botanic Gardens.

 

[Chlidonias]

Unless you elect to count Belanger's Tree Shrew this one would also require a * as there are no Common in the UK.

Asterisk now added, just before the "edit time out" I think.

Just in case this has any bearing, at the time the book was originally published belangeri was normally still included in glis (it had been separated by some authors at the end of the 1960s but the split didn't really take hold until much later).

 

[Chlidonias]

Tarsier (I hope to remedy this with a trip to Rhenen later this year, fingers crossed it hangs on in there)

I'll cross my fingers for you if you cross yours for me; I'm visiting Rhenen at the start of February

The last one has just died, has it not?

 

[Shorts]

Just in case this has any bearing, at the time the book was originally published belangeri was normally still included in glis (it had been separated by some authors at the end of the 1960s but the split didn't really take hold until much later).

Blimey, I remember when these challenges were low maintenance.

Good point and, in an arguable abuse of my arbitrator role, I'm going to allow Belanger's -basically because I like a tree shrew.