THE wonders of the animal kingdom were on display for all to see when wild and magical animals visited Charford First School.

Debbie Pearson, from Wildlife Displays, took a menagerie of creatures to the school, including Bill the baby barn owl, a tarantula and a corn snake. She showed them to youngsters at the Charford Road school's nursery class.

Teacher Helen Skipworth said: "The children were mesmerised by the animals and had no fear of them at all.

"They loved the baby barn owl, which was just a lovely ball of fluff!"