ZooChat Challenge UK 2018

It's half term. I crammed in another zoo. Drayton Manor Park zoo, which I have not visited since I was a teenager (and back then I was more interested in the meagre offering of thrill rides than the zoo, I am ashamed to say.) I was quite amazed with the number of animals from the list found there, and just annoyed to miss the ostrich.

Drayton Manor Park Zoo
58. White-handed gibbon
59. Pig-tailed macaque
60. Reindeer
61. Red kangaroo
62. Northern lynx
63. Ne ne (new arrivals!)
64. Crowned crane
65. African grey parrot
66. Blue and yellow macaw
67. Scarlet macaw
68. Anaconda
 
This has been an excellent half term (it will be followed by weeks of quiet as I am back at work on Monday, boo). Bristol Zoo today. Gutted that the flamingos were being kept inside - I heard them, does that count?! ;)

Bristol Zoo
69. Pygmy hippopotamus
70. Mara
71. Canadian otter (I am assuming this means North American river otter? If it's not, I will remove it)
72. African penguin
73. Common chameleon
74. Eastern quoll
75. Golden lion tamarin
 
Chester Zoo

60) Orang-Utan
61) Chimpanzee
62) Mandrill
63) White-faced Saki
64) Belanger’s Tree Shrew
65) Indian Elephant
66) Grevy's Zebra
67) Indian Rhinoceros
68) Black Rhinoceros
69) Sun Bear
70) Red Panda
71) Jaguar
72) Chilean Flamingo
73) Caribbean Flamingo
74) Lady Amherst's Pheasant
75) Yellow-backed Lory
76) Great Indian Hornbill
77) Village Weaver
78) Reticulated Python
79) Gaboon Viper
80) Aardvark

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

81) Californian Sea Lion
82) Przewalski’s Horse
83) White Rhinoceros
84) Hippopotamus
85) Pere David’s Deer
86) Gemsbok
87) Scimitar-horned Oryx
88) Blackbuck
89) Greater Kudu
90) American Bison
91) Mara
92) Brown Bear
93) Northern Lynx
94) Ostrich
95) African Penguin
96) Rockhopper Penguin
 
The Exotic Zoo Telford- 24/02/2018
52) Common Marmoset
53) Patagonian Mara
54) Fennec Fox
55) Striped Skunk

I'd never heard of this place before (or if I had, I'd forgot) -it looks a nice little "zoo hit" at a very reasonable price, plus who doesn't love two species of armadillo? I'll be trying to double this up with somewhere (Hoo Farm, Dudley) in the future. Thanks.
 
I don't think I had heard of it either, but it is within daytrip reach of me, and will mean I can add fennec fox considerably cheaper than going to All Things Wild.
 
I'd never heard of this place before (or if I had, I'd forgot) -it looks a nice little "zoo hit" at a very reasonable price, plus who doesn't love two species of armadillo? I'll be trying to double this up with somewhere (Hoo Farm, Dudley) in the future. Thanks.
I first heard about the Exotic Zoo when it opened at it's new site last year although it was only when I read on there website they had a couple of species I haven't seen before that I decided to visit, although of them species I only saw one (that being the Thick-tailed Bushbaby). It is quite a small zoo which is clearly aimed at children and has many animals which were being handled by visitors but the staff were very friendly and I still enjoyed my visit :)
 
71. Andean condor

72. Crested caracara [from ICBP seeing as I cocked up the one from Cotswold]

Marwell Zoo
17.2.18


73. White-faced Saki
74. Black-headed Weaver
75. Mountain Zebra
76. Pygmy Hippopotamus
77. Collared Peccary
78. Scimitar-horned Oryx
79. Snow Leopard
80. Leopard
81. Ostrich
82. Marabou Stork

Port Lympne
24.2.18


83. Lowland gorilla
84. Black & white colobus (Colobus guereza)
85. Chapman's zebra
86. Przewalski's Horse
87. Blue Wildebeest
88. Blackbuck
89. American Bison
90. Ocelot
91. Northern Lynx
92. Wild cat
 
All I can say is I hope the weather improves soon! My total isn't looking so good now and I've done all the local zoos , don't fancy the bobsleigh run round the m25 at the moment!
 
72. Crested caracara [from ICBP seeing as I cocked up the one from Cotswold]

Marwell Zoo
17.2.18


73. White-faced Saki
74. Black-headed Weaver
75. Mountain Zebra
76. Pygmy Hippopotamus
77. Collared Peccary
78. Scimitar-horned Oryx
79. Snow Leopard
80. Leopard
81. Ostrich
82. Marabou Stork

Port Lympne
24.2.18


83. Lowland gorilla
84. Black & white colobus (Colobus guereza)
85. Chapman's zebra
86. Przewalski's Horse
87. Blue Wildebeest
88. Blackbuck
89. American Bison
90. Ocelot
91. Northern Lynx
92. Wild cat
How long have Port Lympne had American Bison?
 
92. Wild cat

Wingham Wildlife Park
25.2.18

93. Vervet Monkey
94. Common Marmoset
95. Reeve's Muntjac
96. Asiatic Black Bear
97. Puma
98. Caracal
99. White-cheeked Turaco
100. Royal Python
101. Leopard Gecko
102. Nile Monitor
103. Nile Crocodile
104. Giant Tortoise
105. North American Raccoon
106. Ring-tailed Coati

Wildwood
26.2.18

107. Arctic Fox
108. Brown Bear

Howlett's
26.2.18

109. Gelada
110. African elephant
111. Greater kudu
112. Serval

I assume that if ZTL lists an institution as housing a domestic form of a species, we can't include it? Wingham had helmeted guinea fowl of the (to my eyes!) wild type, but ZTL has them down as being domestics.
 
London Zoo 11/2/18
104 Crested Caracara
105 Purple Glossy Starling
106 Indian Peafowl
107 Malayan Tapir
108 Reeves Muntjac
109 Chapman's Zebra
110 Okapi
111 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
112 Puff Adder
113 Gorilla
114 Hyacinth Macaw

The thaw allowed me to make a couple of visits today 4/3/18

Wingham

115 Asiatic Black Bear
116 Puma
117 Caracal
118 Golden Pheasant
119 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
120 White-cheeked Turaco
121 Nile Monitor
122 Nile Crocodile

Howletts

123 Black Rhino
124 Clouded Leopard
 
Surprised how many I ticked off on a trip to Dudley on Tuesday, and their are still more to go back and see once it warms up.

Dudley Zoo 06.03.2018

1. Orang-Utan
2. Lar Gibbon
3. Gelada
4. Ruffed Lemur (any species)
5. Ring-tailed Lemur
6. Giant Anteater
7. Bactrian Camel
8. Giraffe
9. Reindeer
10. Barbary Sheep
11. Western Grey Kangaroo
12. Mara
13. African Hunting Dog
14. Meerkat
15. Red Panda
16. Northern Lynx
17. Snow Leopard
18. Lion
19. Tiger
20. Chilean Flamingo
21. Caribbean Flamingo
22. Golden Pheasant
23. Lady Amherst's Pheasant
24. Snowy Owl
25. Common Boa
26. Nile Monitor
27. Naked Mole (rat?)

Orang-Utan
Lowland Gorilla
Chimpanzee
Lar Gibbon
Pig-tailed Macaque
Gelada
Mandrill
Vervet Monkey
Patas Monkey
Black & White (Western) Colobus
Probocis Monkey*
Squirrel Monkey
Humboldt's Woolly Monkey (I'll let you have the impure one's)
White-faced Saki
Common Marmoset
Ruffed Lemur (any species)
Ring-tailed Lemur

Common Tree Shrew*
Two-toed Sloth (any species)
Giant Anteater
Indian Elephant
African Elephant
Bottle-nosed Dolphin*
Californian Sea Lion
Grey Seal
Grant's Zebra
Mountain Zebra
Grevy's Zebra
Chapman's Zebra
Przewalski's Horse
Malayan Tapir
Indian Rhinoceros
Black Rhinoceros
White Rhinoceros
Hippopotamus
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Peccary (Collared, as that's the picture)
Bactrian Camel
Llama
Giraffe
Okapi
Pere David's Deer
Reindeer
Reeve's Muntjac
Gemsbok
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Blue/Brindled Wildebeest
Blackbuck
Blue Duiker
Greater Kudu
American Bison
Musk Ox
Saiga*
Barbary Sheep
Markhor
Long-nosed Potoroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Red Kangaroo
Common Wombat*
Canadian (North American) Beaver
Mara
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Siberian Chipmunk
Grey Wolf
Black-backed Jackal
African Hunting Dog
Arctic Fox
Spotted Hyena
Ring-tailed Coati
Meerkat
Canadian (North American) Otter
Asiatic Black Bear
Brown Bear
Polar Bear
Sun Bear
Giant Panda
Red Panda
Serval
Wild Cat
Ocelot
Jungle Cat*
Puma
Northern Lynx
Caracal
Clouded Leopard
Snow Leopard
Leopard
Jaguar
Lion
Tiger

Cheetah
Emu
Ostrich
Cassowary
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Chilean Flamingo
Caribbean Flamingo
Hawaiian Goose

King Penguin
African Penguin
Rockhopper Penguin
Mandarin Duck
Scarlet Ibis
Crowned Crane
Maribou Stork
European White Pelican
Indian Peafowl
Golden Pheasant
Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Snowy Owl
Spectacled Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Caracara (Crested, as that's the picture)
Golden Eagle
African Fish Eagle
Bateleur Eagle
Griffon Vulture
King Vulture
Andean Condor
Sulpur-crested Cockatoo
African Grey Parrot
Blue & Yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Yellow-backed Lory
Rainbow Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella
Fischer's Lovebird
Ariel Toucan*
Sulphur-breasted (Keel-billed) Toucan
White-cheeked Turaco
Great Indian Hornbill
Hill Mynah
Lilac Breasted Roller
Blue-crowned Pigeon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Kookaburra
Paradise Whydah*
Purple Glossy Starling
Gouldian Finch
Black-headed Weaver
Anaconda
Common Boa
Indian Python
African Python
Royal Python
Reticulated Python
Carpet Python
Green Mamba
Indian Cobra
Puff Adder
Gaboon Viper
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Common Iguana
Common Chameleon
Shingleback Skink*
Leopard Gecko
Nile Monitor
Nile Crocodile
American Alligator
Hawksbill Turtle*
Giant Tortoise
Senegal Galago
Tarsier*
Colugo*
Large Flying Fox*
Naked Mole
Jerboa
Kangaroo Rat*
North American (Tree) Porcupine
Fennec Fox
Dingo*
North American Raccoon
Striped Skunk
Indian Mongoose*
Aardvark
Pangolin*
Echidna
Koala
Boodie*
Brown Kiwi
Spotted Linsang*
Eastern Quoll
Bilby*
Giant Armadillo*
Caribbean Manatee*
Golden Lion Tamarin
Hyacinth Macaw
Kakapo*
 
The Exotic Zoo Telford- 24/02/2018
52) Common Marmoset
53) Patagonian Mara
54) Fennec Fox
55) Striped Skunk
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom- 10/03/2018
56) Ruffed Lemur
57) Llama
58) Reindeer
59) Reeve's Muntjac
60) Blackbuck
61) Arctic Fox
62) Ring-tailed Coati
63) Serval
64) Caracal
65) Indian Peafowl
66) Snowy Owl
67) Eurasian Eagle-Owl
68) Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
69) Crimson Rosella
70) Anaconda
71) Common Boa
72) African Python
73) Carpet Python
74) Green Iguana
75) Racoon
 
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom- 10/03/2018
56) Ruffed Lemur
57) Llama
58) Reindeer
59) Reeve's Muntjac
60) Blackbuck
61) Arctic Fox
62) Ring-tailed Coati
63) Serval
64) Caracal
65) Indian Peafowl
66) Snowy Owl
67) Eurasian Eagle-Owl
68) Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
69) Crimson Rosella
70) Anaconda
71) Common Boa
72) African Python
73) Carpet Python
74) Green Iguana
75) Racoon
Chester Zoo- 19/03/2018
76) African Hunting Dog
 
The thaw allowed me to make a couple of visits today 4/3/18

Wingham

115 Asiatic Black Bear
116 Puma
117 Caracal
118 Golden Pheasant
119 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
120 White-cheeked Turaco
121 Nile Monitor
122 Nile Crocodile

Howletts

123 Black Rhino
124 Clouded Leopard

Just the one to add from today.

Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary

125 Grey Seal
 
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