🐘 Visit the Zoo this February Half Term and explore the wonders of wildlife 🐾 From 14th – 22nd February, enjoy a paw-some day out with the whole family! 👉 Pre-book now to save at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/february-half-term/ | Colchester Zoo
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🐘 Visit the Zoo this February Half Term and explore the wonders of wildlife 🐾 From 14th – 22nd February, enjoy a paw-some day out with the whole family! 👉 Pre-book now to save at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/february-half-term/ | Colchester Zoo
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Kora’s baby is nearly 1 month old! She still stays close to mum, but the Animal Care Team are pleased to see that she is growing bigger every day. | Colchester Zoo
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Kora’s baby is nearly 1 month old! She still stays close to mum, but the Animal Care Team are pleased to see that she is growing bigger every day. | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo has welcomed an endangered male pygmy hippo from the Czech Republic, isn't he adorable 😍 | Colchester Gazette
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Colchester Zoo has welcomed an endangered male pygmy hippo from the Czech Republic, isn't he adorable 😍 | Colchester Gazette
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🦒 Enjoy a wild adventure this summer at the Eastern region’s No. 1 Zoo, CZS! With a full day of entertainment including activities, animal encounters, parties & much more! 🐾 ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/summer-holidays/ | Colchester Zoo
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🦒 Enjoy a wild adventure this summer at the Eastern region’s No. 1 Zoo, CZS! With a full day of entertainment including activities, animal encounters, parties & much more! 🐾 ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/summer-holidays/ | Colchester Zoo
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💕 Gift more than just roses this Valentine’s Day with our cupid-approved gift guide! Choose from Annual Memberships, Experiences, Adoptions, Gift Cards and more! 🐾 👉 Shop today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/gifts-experiences/valentines-day-gift-guide/ | Colchester Zoo
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💕 Gift more than just roses this Valentine’s Day with our cupid-approved gift guide! Choose from Annual Memberships, Experiences, Adoptions, Gift Cards and more! 🐾 👉 Shop today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/gifts-experiences/valentines-day-gift-guide/ | Colchester Zoo
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Merry Christmas from all the staff and animals here at Colchester Zoological Society! | Colchester Zoo
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Happy World Giraffe Day! 🦒 Here at Colchester Zoo, we are home to four reticulated giraffes: Isha, Lili, Nzuri and Vera. | Colchester Zoo
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It’s World Hyena Day! Here at Colchester Zoo we have three Spotted Hyenas, Abu, Jasiri and Kivuli. Did you know, unlike most animals, Hyenas can digest carrion such as bones and skin due to special stomach acids which break down these body parts. | Colchester Zoo
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Bring your class on an enchanting educational Christmas Workshop at Colchester Zoological Society! 🎄 Your pupils will meet an elf and learn about the fascinating adaptations of reindeer. After journeying through a magical forest, your class will see our reindeer up-close. The session concludes with a special visit from Father Christmas, including a photo opportunity and a gift for each pupil. Perfect for EYFS, KS1, lower KS2, and SEND classes working at these levels. Find out more 👉 https://ow
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Here at Colchester Zoological Society, you can enjoy an immersive experience as you journey through Australian Rainbows, an exotic aviary home to our free-flying rainbow lorikeets, open daily from 10:30am to an hour before zoo closing! Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/HQlI50VGcN4 | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo is very excited to announce a tiny baby Coppery Titi monkey has been born!😍 Born on the 26th August this is the second successful birth for Mum, Whiskey and Dad, Colby here at Colchester Zoo after they welcomed their first offspring in April last year, a male named Pico. Find out more about the new arrival here> https://www.colchester-zoo.com/2020/09/coppery-titi-monkey-is-born/ | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo’s New Year starts on a BIG high with a White rhino calf being born! 🦏😍 We are delighted to confirm that after a 16 month and 8 day pregnancy, on the evening of Saturday 4th January Emily gave birth to a healthy female calf. The youngster is strong and healthy with mum doing really well too! You may be able to catch a glimpse of the new arrival from the outdoor viewing area depending on the weather, or via the balcony inside the Kingdom of the Wild building overlooking the indoor
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Here at Colchester Zoo, we are always looking to provide the best facilities for our animals, visitors and staff. Our maintenance team consists of most trades with an experienced team of over 30 staff. We are also lucky to have some amazing local companies we work with to help us achieve our goals. With over 60 acres to maintain and new projects to deliver, our team are always pushing forward to improve the facilities and redevelop areas to offer new experiences. Here are just a few of the proje
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🐘 Kick off the year with BIG savings and enjoy up to 30% OFF selected products & experiences! 🐾 👉 Sale ends midday 7th Jan 2026, shop now at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/discounts-offers/january-sale-2026/ *T&Cs apply. | Colchester Zoo
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Our newest collection of Colchester Zoo pin badges are now available including our limited-edition 60th design! 💜 Stop by The Outpost Gift Shop and add a pop of colour to your favourite jacket or lanyard! PLUS, your purchase will be helping to support our charity, Action for the Wild, so why not collect them all? 🦁🦒🐘🦏 Don’t forget you can visit The Outpost Gift Shop without entering the Zoo! | Colchester Zoo
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Wow! 🐾 A first look at Colchester Zoo's newest arrivals! Two rare amur leopard cubs were born last week! 😻 On 24th November, female Amur leopard Esra gave birth to two healthy cubs, marking only the second time this critically endangered species has been bred successfully at the zoo. Some of you may remember the previous cubs, Lena and Luka, born back in 2019.🎉 There are fewer than 70 Amur leopards left in the wild, this birth is a huge step forward for conservation efforts. Esra and dad Cris
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Merry Christmas from all of the staff and animals here at Colchester Zoo!🎄 As always, our hard-working Animal Care Team will be ensuring that all of our animals enjoy their very own festive celebrations. Caring for wildlife and wild places is a year-round job and one we could not do without the incredible support of our dedicated staff and visitors! A heart-felt thank you to you! #MerryChristmas | Colchester Zoo
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In June 2022, Colchester Zoo welcomed 50 keepers from across the UK as we hosted a Lemur Keepers’ Workshop with the Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers (ABWAK). Over £1,000 was raised through ticket sales and raffle prizes, and to lemur conservation charity project, HelpSimus through our charity Action for the Wild. Read full story here 👉 http://ow.ly/755J50Lo2SS #WorldLemurDay | Colchester Zoo
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LAST CHANCE to enjoy our Enchanted Trail of Light! ✨ Due to popular demand, we’ve added one more extra date for the unique opportunity to enjoy the trail one last time! Pre-book your time slot for Tuesday 3rd January from 5pm and enjoy a magical evening in 2023! Limited availability, book now to avoid disappointment: http://ow.ly/foJF50MfhV2 | Colchester Zoo
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Giraffe Keeper Goes to Africa! 🦒 Animal Care Team member Kirbie is swapping life at the zoo, from caring for our four Giraffes at Kingdom of the Wild to the vast open plains of our UmPhafa Private Nature Reserve. For the next three months, Kirbie will be learning how to manage a game reserve, collecting vital data for conservation, and watching the tallest creatures on earth roam UmPhafa. Stay tune as we share Kirbie’s UmPhafa adventure over the next few months! | Colchester Zoo
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This morning’s reopening was an emotional one and we cannot thank you all enough for your support, not just today, but throughout this past year. It has kept us going during what has been a difficult time for us all. Thank you and welcome back to Colchester Zoo! 🧡🦧🐆🐒🐯🐘🦎🐧 | Colchester Zoo
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Blessing your feed with leopard cubs!💛 Read the full story about our exciting new arrivals here 👉 https://ow.ly/qTrP50Unoeg | Colchester Zoo
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LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY THIS SUMMER! ☀️ Be VIPs for the morning with our Extra-Ordinary Animal Experience! Explore the very heart of Colchester Zoo and see a whole variety of amazing animals. PLUS enjoy a cooked breakfast to fuel your journey! Find out more: https://ow.ly/KaAT50PuJre | Colchester Zoo
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A huge thank you to everyone who purchased an enrichment gift for our animals this Christmas, from our Amazon Wishlist! 🎁 All items were put to good use by a number of different species throughout the Zoo! | Colchester Zoo
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You may have been lucky to see the Critically Endangered Amur leopard cubs over the last month here at Colchester Zoo, and with warmer weather on the way, we are sure that they will be out exploring even more! Although we appreciate that the pair are incredibly popular with visitors, we do kindly ask that everyone remains quiet and respectful in the area whilst they settle into their environment. | Colchester Zoo
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In many parrot species, males and females can easily be identified by their different size or colour. However, both male and female Australian rainbow lorikeets are identical. Therefore, to determine the gender of chicks, our Animal Care Team collect a feather from each bird and use DNA testing. In birds, males have two copies of the Z chromosome (ZZ) and females have one copy of the Z chromosome and one copy of the W chromosome (ZW). These three fledglings are the first of 2024 to have their fe
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Finishing touches are being made to the outside area of Chimpanzee Lookout! You can now stop by and check out the new outside viewing area as the final work is being carried out! PLUS we’ll have more exciting news on what our chimps think of their new enclosure coming very soon! Find out more about this development including the other changes we have made here> https://www.colchester-zoo.com/explore/chimp-world-development Please be aware that work continues on a second outdoor viewing area and
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