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Double first for Twycross

12:09pm Monday 3rd August 2009

Twycross Zoo is the only collection in the UK to exhibit and now breed the rare Tufted deer. The small male fawn was born on 16th June 09 and weighed 1.5 kg at birth which is smaller than a bag of sugar.

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A Royal Competition!

9:38am Thursday 18th June 2009

Twycross Zoo has become a part of the Prince’s Rainforest Project; a campaign aimed to raise awareness about deforestation and gain support from world leaders in developing new initiatives to ensure the rainforest is worth more alive than dead.

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Cheerful Chirps from House Sparrows at Twycross Zoo!

8:46am Thursday 18th June 2009

Sparrows are one of our most popular garden birds and many people do not even realize that they are becoming scarce. If you would like to help restore the house sparrow to our countryside you can contact the zoo for more information on conservation@twycrosszoo.org

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Wildlife News with Andrew Shepherd

9:29am Monday 15th June 2009

AT the RSPB, we know that you enjoy attracting wildlife into your gardens.

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Twycross Zoo - Rabbits, Donkeys and Alpacas need fussing

8:13am Friday 15th May 2009

If you have every wanted to groom, stroke or touch a giant grey French lop eared rabbit, then Twycross Zoo is the place to be this Bank Holiday.

It’s party time and a chance to pan for gold at Twycross Zoo this Whitsun (Sunday , May 24)

8:02am Wednesday 13th May 2009

Party time is here at Twycross Zoo on Sunday 24th May we are celebrating the official opening of Kids @ Twycross, Pets @ Twycross and Little Explorers.

Wildlife with Andrew Sheppard

10:11am Monday 20th April 2009

EASTER is usually symbolised by newness and birth.

Twycross Zoo - Easter Fun

12:30pm Tuesday 7th April 2009

We have just had a baby vicuna twin Geoffroy’s marmosets and twin Common Marmosets born, so come along and see them. There are also peting sessions on the lawn by the Cockatoo restaruant with the donkeys alpacas and rabbits.

Fowl Play at Twycross Zoo

8:19am Wednesday 1st April 2009

A llama has disappeared from Twycross Zoo. The seventy-year-old llama called Beckett was last seen in its enclosure on the morning of Tuesday 31st March and was discovered to have gone missing by zookeeper Liz Cubberley.

Twycross Zoo keepers spend £100,000.00 on animal welfare

12:12pm Monday 30th March 2009

Twycross Zoo is investing £100,000.00 in animal welfare, in a new initiative of projects instigated by the keepers.

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Don't disturb nesting birds in the garden.

11:02am Tuesday 17th March 2009

RSPB hopes tidy gardeners will take heed

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Sharon Boardman - Wildlife - 21 February 2009

10:45am Monday 23rd February 2009

A LADY in Pershore rang me the other day and asked if it was possible that a nightingale was singing outside her window during the night.

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Sharon Boardman - Wildlife - 14 February 2009

9:58am Monday 16th February 2009

SEVERAL friends have been telling me that they are seeing ‘ghostly’ birds flying around when they commute to and from work.

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Sharon Boardman - Wildlife - 7 February 2009

10:13am Monday 9th February 2009

HAVE you noticed that the birds around you seem to be more vocal now than a month ago?

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Twycross Zoo: This is really how to have fun in the snow!

8:29am Tuesday 3rd February 2009

These are two pictures of the elephants playing in the snow and our Amur leopard in the snow taken by Sophie Stevens, Education Officer at Twycross Zoo.