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whipsnade july 2014
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We went up to the zoo during a hot spell and were lucky that the day was overcast and cooler
 New plumage on the penguins |
 Wolverine and his food |
 Cloud down on the Vale of Aylesbury |
 Scimitar Oryx eating bark |
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 Meercats |
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 Loose skin on his leg |
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 Red river hogs |
 Young giraffe |
 Young giraffe |
 Wolf |
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 Rowan berries |
 Otters pulling faces |
 Otters |
 Water lilies in the moat around the female ring-tailed lemurs' island. The youngsters were climbing the tree with confidence, leaping from branch to branch although still very tiny.  |
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 The tigers had a spat. The male reared up on his hind legs and went for the female who growled ferociously from a supine position. (grab shot) |
 Mara |
 Mara |
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 Emperor goose |
 Bar-headed geese |
 Formation pelicans |
 Pelicans posing |
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 Steam Railway |
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 Flamingoes |
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| We had sandwiches at the Cafe then saved a small child in a runaway push chair - the parents noticed nothing... | ||||||
Gull looking for someone else's food |
 Cheetahs through netting |
 Thistle and hoverflies |
 Hippo showing its teeth
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 Pygmy hippo showing large incisor |
 Moorhen feeding its chick |
 The tiger calm now sitting too close to the bars |
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 Red hot pokers in the butterfly garden area |
 Peacock on buddleja |
 Peacock on white flowers |
 Comma |
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 Small tortoishell |
 Lemur boys |
 Rosa rugosa by chimp island |
 Bullrushes by the chimps |
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 Cinnabar caterpillars on ragwort |
 Convolvulus minor |
 Gatekeepers on ragwort |
We failed to see the lynxes and the red pandas, but apart from that had a very good day |
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