Month: December 2023

We visit the zoo almost every week. It’s our thing. Over the past nine months, we’ve got to know the animals pretty well: where they like to hang out, their behaviours and quite a few names, too. But these tree-huggers had proved most elusive. We had only managed to catch glimpses here and there.

Only by a series of unfortunate events (not for us!) were we lucky enough to spend probably the best part of half an hour watching these stunning sisters interacting and feeding. Their usual keeper was off ill, leaving the keeper in charge of sea lions to do their morning feed. However, he happened to be running rather late (and we were quite early to the park that morning). This has got to be one of my favourite moments so far.

Okay, I know we go to the zoo to see all the unusual, exotic animals from all over the world. But somehow we always seem to return with just as many photos of squirrels, bunnies and birds. Native British wildlife is awesome!

This confident little chap was loving the camera. What a cutie!

PS. Yes, I understand that they like to damage trees and drove out the native red squirrels from many parts of Britain. However, we’re not exactly angels either!

Definitely the loudest and proudest of the residents at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

This year, we’ve been fortunate enough to watch two beautiful pups growing up and join the main colony.