Births and hatchings New Year, new baby! 1 Jan 20242 Jan 2024 Happy New Year, everyone! Did you have fun celebrating last night? We’re still celebrating at the Nature Centre today, but for a different reason…we’re welcoming a baby potoroo! Mum Moira…
Insects… *New* – Scales and Shells Experience! 15 Dec 20232 Jan 2024 Do you treasure tortoises? Do you have a soft spot for snakes? Are you in love with invertebrates? Do we have the experience for you! You can get up close…
Holidays Pigs and Pumpkins 3 Nov 20232 Jan 2024 Oh, hey there, pumpkin! Did you have a nice Halloween? We had a great time! But now it's time to tidy it all up - luckily we have Mabel the…
Births… Capy Halloween! 31 Oct 20232 Jan 2024 Alf and the capybaras are proud to announce that our baby capybara’s name is now Clara! After an extremely close public competition throughout with only around five votes between them…
New arrivals Armadillos Arrive! 24 Oct 20232 Jan 2024 *NEW SPECIES*: Armadillos arrive at Tilgate! Our latest arrival is a bundle of energy - Milo the six-banded armadillo! Did you work it out from the hint over on our…
Enrichment Leaf-ing summer behind! 17 Oct 20232 Jan 2024 Brrrr! It’s definitely autumn now! Our dwarf mongooses had the time of their leaves… We mean ‘lives’… with their autumnal enrichment, sniffing all the wonderful smells, feeling the crunch underfoot…
Enrichment Rugby League or Rugby Lemur? 7 Oct 20232 Jan 2024 Who is going to be watching the rugby this evening? It looks like everyone’s getting into the spirit! Rambony and Sadika the ring-tailed lemurs had a lot of fun with…
Staff Happy International Zookeeper Day! 4 Oct 20232 Jan 2024 It’s International Zookeeper Day! Notoriously camera-shy (for the most part), the lesser spotted Crawley keeper works tirelessly to provide the best care to the animals at Tilgate Nature Centre! It…
Mammals Awfully Awesome Antlers 18 Sep 20232 Jan 2024 ‘Oh no! What happened to the reindeer!?’ Don’t panic! It might look awful, but this is a perfectly natural process. Antlers grow and fall off every year. As they grow…
Mammals… Dip in the pool? 10 Sep 20232 Jan 2024 Just missing a cocktail there Clarence! Cooling down over the last week has been so tricky… Oh to be a capybara chillaxing in the pool! How have you stayed cool…