Having a Wild Time all weekend long!

 

On Saturday (20th October) Lucy Pain (below) was treated to a Junior Wildlife Experience by her parents - to celebrate her ninth birthday!  Lucy loved all the animals, especially the Wallabies – and feeding all the ducks!  Happy birthday Lucy!

 

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Yesterday (Sunday, 21st October) Ellie Williams (pictured below) was a Keeper for a Day with us – this was in celebration of her 12th birthday (happy birthday from all the Team here at Seaview Wildlife!)  Ellie said she particularly enjoyed spending time with the Guinea Pigs and Rabbits.

 

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James and Mia (below) are on holiday on the Island for a few days and heard about our Penguin Encounters.  Mia has a special love for Penguins.  Our cheeky characters didn’t disappoint, they were on top form yesterday – giving James and Mia the run around!

 

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Wishing Ruby Roberts a very happy 6th birthday from all of us at the Park!  Ruby, along with friends and family, had her birthday party here yesterday where it is hoped a good time was enjoyed by all!

Rats new luxury lodgings

Rizzo and Templeton have moved into their new luxury lodgings!  A purpose-built, made to order, designer rodent abode – especially for our two boys!  (Thanks to Graham our Chef, who, when he’s wearing his other hat, is a fine carpenter and handyman!)  A special addition to their new home is the soft, plush, yellow hammock kindly donated to the Rat Lads by Sally in our Gift Shop.  Templeton has taken to this with rapacious ratty rigour – but there isn’t quite enough space in it for two.  They do prefer to snuggle up together, especially now that the chilly Autumn weather’s here … so we may need to work on a second hammock, this time big enough for both!

 

Flamingo Chick update – great progress!

Our regular Blog readers may remember that we rescued a Chilean Flamingo chick a little while ago that had been cast out by the flock.  The young Flamingo is now approximately three months old.  The Keepers have done a great job of hand-rearing the chick so far!  He’s being tube-fed a specialised diet and has gained weight steadily, especially over this past week (we don’t actually know whether it’s a he or a she, but the chick is referred to as ‘he’ by the Animal Care Team!)  Over the last couple of nights the youngster has been given Flamingo Pellets soaked in water – and for the first time today we witnessed him feeding himself!!  This is a very re-assuring step forward in his progress!  It’s moments such as these that are amongst the most rewarding and exhilarating of all for our Team!

 
Above left: standing next to his feed bowl. Above centre: Examining the soaked pellets.  Above right: tucking in!

Honeymoon couple enjoy Wildlife Combo Encounter

Yesterday we welcomed Tim and Alex Whiteway to the Park.  The couple are on their honeymoon here on the Island and had previously booked a Combo Encounter (close-up time with Penguins and Meerkats) to be part of their special week together.  They both said they’d had a really great time!

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Keeper for a Day Take 2

Robert Usher was a Keeper for a Day with us last October – and enjoyed it so much he came back for a second time today.  What a beautiful, sunny Autumn day it’s been here on the Isle of Wight – absolutely glorious – perfect weather for being out in the Park amongst the animals, enjoying magical moments!  Here are a few of the photos taken during Robert’s experience at the Park today:

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Making the most of fair weather this weekend!

Thank you to all our visitors for choosing to spend a day at Seaview Wildlife Encounter this past weekend.  Special thanks to our V.I.P. Wildlife Encounter guests - we were pleased to receive your positive feedback and hope you enjoyed your time at the Park as much as we enjoyed sharing the wonder of close-up animal encounters with you.

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On Saturday 13th October we welcomed Eden, Jordan and Roisin for a Junior Wildlife Experience (images above).  It was Eden’s 11th birthday present -  he celebrated his birthday here at the Park last year with a birthday party group and he adopted Amber the Eurasian Eagle Owl – so it was great to welcome him and his family back again.

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Andrew Karno (pictured above) celebrated his birthday with Jennifer Mason on Saturday by coming down from London for the day – especially to experience a one-on-one Meerkat Encounter with us.  Happy birthday Andrew!

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Eva Ship (above) was treated to a Junior Wildlife Experience yesterday by her family for her 6th birthday present.  Eva particularly loved the Penguins.  Happy birthday Eva from all the Team at Seaview Wildlife Encounter x

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Helen and Steve Cook (pictured above) visited the Park from the mainland yesterday.  They’re both interested in wildlife and have been to Africa to see animals in the wild –although haven’t yet been to the Kalahari to see Meerkats!  They thoroughly enjoyed their Meerkat Experience with us here at Seaview Wildlife Encounter!

Ratatouille perhaps

Our two ‘fancy rats’, Rizzo and Templeton were seen earlier this morning ‘helping’ the Keepers in the prep room … the two boys are very sociable and inquisitive and seem to really enjoy spending time with the Keepers whenever there’s a chance!