New arrivals Here be dragons! 24 Apr 201926 Apr 2019 Forget fire-breathing dragons on Game of Thrones, we've got some water dragons here at the Nature Centre! We want to wish a wonderful St. George's Day welcome... to Drogon and…
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… Say Hello to our New Baby Potoroo! 6 Feb 20199 Feb 2019 We have a new arrival! At Tilgate Nature Centre our female long-nosed potoroo has given birth to an adorable little joey, who has just started coming out of the pouch.…
Mammals… Getting to know: Alf 26 Aug 201826 Aug 2018 If you enter our new Americas zone you will get to see our friendly lowland tapir Alf! He’s normally found hanging out with his friends Clarence the capybara and the…
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… The Amazing Americas! 13 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 We were delighted to open our brand new Americas Zone at the Nature Centre on Saturday 7th April - have you been down to see it yet? Taking advantage of…
Education… Getting to know Daario! 12 Jan 2018 We have a few handsome reptiles in the Nature Centre, but none as impressive as Daario and his fellow panther chameleons! These amazing reptiles come from Madagascar and can be…
New arrivals… New Exhibit: Progress Report 26 Nov 201727 Nov 2017 On the 29th of August we announced that work had already begun on our new Americas exhibit. If you’ve visited the Nature Centre over the last few weeks you would…
Events… A New Exhibit… 29 Aug 201717 Sep 2017 Over the last couple of years we've added an Australia Zone and a Madagascar Zone to the collection and now it’s time to expand once again! But what continents or…
Mammals… Getting to know: Kenya 3 Apr 20173 Apr 2017 As part of our new Madagascar exhibit we have one of Africa’s beautiful cats; the serval. Even though they can’t be found on the island servals are widespread across the African continent and…
