There has been a lot of excitement here at Living Coasts. The keepers have been talking about new animals arriving. I am a little worried about where we are going to put them as I have heard there will be lions, tigers, rhinoceros and baboons just to name a few! I shall investigate.
It’s May again and as I’m sure you know, its Macaroni breeding season. This is always an important time of year, but this year even more so.
Over the last few years our adult Macaroni’s have been breeding very well. Our first two hatched were Waddle in May 2005 and the following year his little brother Babe.
A few months ago I told you how some of my friends had yellow bracelets on their flippers…well they are starting to appear again. The keepers have been catching up some more of my friends putting yellow bracelets on which must mean some more are moving soon.
Over the last few days the keepers have been catching some of us. I wonder why?
The keepers have been catching a few of us African penguins and putting them in the hut on the beach for a few minutes. When they come back out they are wearing new yellow bracelets!READ MORE
I have been hearing quite a few of our visitors saying that the Macaroni penguins look “grumpy” or “scruffy” over the last couple of weeks. As Living Coasts Spokespenguin I feel I should explain. (Click title to read link)
Over the last seven weeks we have had three baby Macaroni penguins hatch making the total 26. Now there seem to be even more! (Click the title to read more)
You should all know by now that African penguins come from the coast of South Africa and Namibia, and one of my Penguin Patrollers (Jane) has just been to visit my relatives and has come back with lots of news! READ MORE
I have heard that one of our Penguin Patrollers, Jane, is off to South Africa to see some African penguins. Why she needs to go all that way when she spends so much time with me and the other African penguins I don’t know. (Click the title to read more)
As I said in my last blog, Corin and Blue the Macaroni penguins’ egg had started to hatch. The hole had been getting bigger. The baby penguin even stuck it’s flipper out of the hole and waved at me. But then... Crack! (Click title to read more)
