Enrichment Happy World Otter Day! 30 May 2020 Our otters enjoyed some fantastically fun enrichment on World Otter Day! It’s a very important day for some of our most popular residents and we wanted to give them a…
Enrichment Fire Hose Fun! 30 May 2020 Fire hose cubes are a great toy for animals; they can be used as fun enrichment and our animals love them! 'Team Building with BITE' ran a workshop for Nottingham…
Enrichment Raccoon Dog Fluffballs! 5 May 2020 Fluffball alert! Our raccoon dog family are embracing spring and shedding their thick winter coat! This coat keeps them toasty and warm in cold winters and is made of two…
Birds… The Great British Beak Off! 5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 https://www.facebook.com/tilgatepark/videos/693108334512617/?eid=ARBCj_MQ16D-YS__CCpUCVOYZVfBqVGPPePStbbl29FJa6qKAMVR0hdTqrGFQWgvsqazfF7ykNUBF0we Attention Bake Off fans! It's the final of the nation's favourite competition and we at the Nature Centre are all very excited! Have you seen our new 'wader aviary'…
Birds… Terry the ‘Two-Eyed Raven’ 15 May 201915 May 2019 https://www.facebook.com/tilgatepark/videos/387629788509095/ Calling all Game of Thrones fans! Don't worry, no spoilers here! To give Terry our 'two-eyed raven' a treat on his birthday, we asked him to predict who will…
Enrichment… Easter Egg Hunt! 24 Apr 201926 Apr 2019 Happy Easter everyone! It looks like someone special has visited the Nature Centre and left some eggs for our animals! Check out all the Easter fun in the video below!…
Enrichment… Christmas Day Pressies 25 Dec 201829 Dec 2018 It seems that Santa made a stop last night at the Nature Centre! The animals loved unwrapping all their presents! Happy Christmas everyone! https://www.facebook.com/tilgatepark/videos/584644571995941/ It's important to make sure that…
Enrichment… Autumn Fun for the piglets 3 Nov 2018 https://www.facebook.com/tilgatepark/videos/2244511459113571/ As autumn continues in earnest, Tilgate Nature Centre has become carpeted with thousands of leaves. But our keeper Sandra thought of a better use for them than just redecorating…
Birds… Petrie the One-Eyed Wonder! 11 Feb 20179 Mar 2017 Petrie the One-Eyed Wonder! Have you ever wondered why we have a magpie in an enclosure here at the Nature Centre? Why isn't she out in the forest with the…
Education… All About Reindeer! 24 Dec 20169 Mar 2017 We have someone very special who works with us here at Tilgate. His name is Paul, he’s one of the zookeepers…and he’s very good friends with Father Christmas! Paul looks…