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Loch Lomond Bird of Prey Bugtopia

Centre rom miniature marvels doing the planet’s groundwork,
to scaly wonders with an unjust reputation, Bugtopia zoo
Fat Rutland passionately showcases the less glamorous
members of the animal kingdom. Take a trek through the
self-su cient rainforest, where the agouti cultivate the soil
and distribute seeds, and come across dazzling free-roaming
birds, bats and, during the summer, even butterflies. Attend
daily handling sessions to personally acquaint yourself with
tarantulas, snakes, lizards or skunks and decide whether they
deserve their negative stigma.
With over 70 species of mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate,
Bugtopia aims to shatter preconceptions and challenge people
to see the wonders in all corners of the natural world.
Check out Bugtopia (Hornsea) in Yorkshire: our newly opened
year-round tropical butterfly and bug house.

och Lomond Bird of Prey Centre is located in the natural
woodland. With purpose built housings, it is an ideal setting
Lfor nearly 40 Birds of Prey & Owls. The centre is home to
over 20 Owls, representing every native species as well as unique
or unusual species from other parts of the world. See “Orla”,
the magnificent Golden Eagle. And learn of our successes in
rehabilitation of wild Birds of Prey & Owls. An educational day
out for all ages, and a chance to relax in wonderful surroundings.
Open daily except Christmas Day. Summer: 09.30–17.30.
Winter: 10.00–16.00. Adult – £8.00. Concession/Student –
£6.00. Child – £4.00 (One free child with each paying child).

01389 729239 • llbopc.co.uk www.bugtopia.co.uk

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

oin award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park to celebrate
its pioneering work with the world’s most beautiful and
Jendangered animals.
Fun-filled days will include workshops, educational talks and
competitions as part of an action-packed calendar for the May half
term and Love Your Zoo week 2018.
The UK’s most innovative wildlife attraction, located in Branton
near Doncaster, has conservation at the heart of all its activities. All
week, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation will be fundraising for
the wide variety of welfare and conservation projects it’s involved
with around the globe.
Visitors can enjoy a unique walk-through experience, including
Amur tigers whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 500 in
the world, and critically endangered Amur leopards, girafes, black
rhinos and rare wild hunting dogs, like the one on the right.
YWP is also home to the country’s only four polar bears, living
in their 10-acre reserve. The park’s initiative, Project Polar, is at the
centre of international conservation eforts of the world’s largest
carnivore. Cheryl Williams, YWP Trustee, says: “We are continually
overwhelmed by the level of support from visitors to the park and
can’t thank enough everyone who donates.”

Find out more at
yorkshirewildlifepark.com