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Category: Meerkats

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…
Birds…

Merry Christmas!

21 Dec 20169 Mar 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbY_ZoRaVvM Wishing all our visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here's a music video of our animals receiving their Christmas presents.
Births…

Everybody Loves Meerkats!

7 Sep 20169 Mar 2017
Now the summer holidays have come to an end the meerkats will be missing their hoards of admirers! Every day the meerkat enclosure has been surrounded by visitors hoping to get a glimpse of our cheeky…
Birds…

Animals beating the heat!

20 Jul 20169 Mar 2017
Yesterday was very hot, reaching over 30C in many parts of the country. We were all feeling the heat down at the Nature Centre, with most of the animals seeking shelter in…
Enrichment…

It’s Christmas!

23 Dec 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biTelTIkIQ Christmas is here at last! Father Christmas has been and treated the animals to some Christmas presents. We are open tomorrow so come and see the animals as they play with…
Births…

Meerkat Mayhem Days

1 Aug 2014
Our meerkats have recently moved into their new enclosure. To celebrate the move we are holding special meerkat themed events on the 7th, 14th and 21st of August. You will…
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.…
Meerkats

Meerkat baby pictures

10 Jun 2013
Here are some pictures of our three baby meerkats when they were about a month old. Now aged seven weeks they look very much like small versions of their parents.…
Births…

An update featuring meerkats

3 May 2013
Apologies for the long gap between posts, things were hectic in the build up to the Easter holidays and we have been extremely busy even after the children have gone…
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