Births… Easter Ducklings 16 Apr 2020 We were overjoyed this Easter holiday to welcome the perfect Easter treat! No, not chicks but ducklings! Our wader aviary grew by nine this week, as we welcomed a whole…
Births… Piglets Snout & About! 27 Mar 2019 On 16th March 2019, Matilda and Boris became proud parents to 4 adorable piglets! His festive romancing certainly did the trick! Matilda was pregnant for just over 3 months and…
Births… Summer Babies 26 Aug 201826 Aug 2018 With the summer heat has come a baby boom! From piglets to pups and some very fluffy Kookaburra chicks there’s loads of new arrivals to meet! Our male Mangalitza pig,…
Birds… Introducing Scrooge! 13 Jun 201813 Jun 2018 Check out this handsome chap! We recently welcomed Scrooge the Bengal Eagle Owl to the Nature Centre! Hi, Scrooge! Scrooge hatched on 1st March 2018. He was hand-reared by Holly, one of…
Birds… Baby Boom at Tilgate Nature Centre 23 Jun 2016 Summer seems to have reached Tilgate Nature Centre and even if the weather doesn’t know it, the animals certainly do! There’s a baby boom down at the centre with a…
Birds… Fezziwig: From Owlet to Adult! 13 Jan 201626 Jan 2016 Barn owls are beautiful birds, aren’t they? This is Fezziwig (named after the Charles Dickens character in A Christmas Carol). She is a 4 month old, European barn owl.…
Births and hatchings… Giant stick insect baby 7 Dec 20157 Dec 2015 This newly hatched stick insect has the scientfic name Phryganistria heusii yentuensis, which is a bit of a mouthful, so it is often referred to as the giant Vietnamese stick…
Birds… January babies 31 Jan 2014 Despite the seemingly never ending rain, the last few days have been brightened by some births and hatchings. Early in the week the Swainson’s lorikeets hatched one of their eggs.…
Birds… Chick Pics 11 Jun 2013 Here are a few of our chicks from this year, all are about a week old in the pictures. Azure-winged magpie Little owl Blue-headed pionus
Birds… Bird update 12 May 2013 After a slow start the bird breeding season is well underway. Several species already have chicks, including kookaburras, spreo starlings and bald ibis. I am especially pleased to have ibis chicks as…
