It’s World Hyena Day! Here at Colchester Zoo we have three Spotted Hyenas, Abu, Jasiri and Kivuli. Did you know, unlike most animals, Hyenas can digest carrion such as bones and skin due to special stomach acids which break down these body parts. | Colchester Zoo
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It’s World Hyena Day! Here at Colchester Zoo we have three Spotted Hyenas, Abu, Jasiri and Kivuli. Did you know, unlike most animals, Hyenas can digest carrion such as bones and skin due to special stomach acids which break down these body parts. | Colchester Zoo
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🦒 SAVE with an Annual Zoo Pass this Halloween 👻 Enjoy unlimited visits for 12 months for the price of 10 with any Zoo Pass purchase until 2nd November 2025! 🎟 Purchase yours today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/discounts-offers/halloween-pass-offer/ | Colchester Zoo
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🦒 SAVE with an Annual Zoo Pass this Halloween 👻 Enjoy unlimited visits for 12 months for the price of 10 with any Zoo Pass purchase until 2nd November 2025! 🎟 Purchase yours today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/discounts-offers/halloween-pass-offer/ | Colchester Zoo
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🦒 Enjoy a wild adventure this summer at the Eastern region’s No. 1 Zoo, CZS! With a full day of entertainment including activities, animal encounters, parties & much more! 🐾 ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/summer-holidays/ | Colchester Zoo
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🦒 Enjoy a wild adventure this summer at the Eastern region’s No. 1 Zoo, CZS! With a full day of entertainment including activities, animal encounters, parties & much more! 🐾 ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/summer-holidays/ | Colchester Zoo
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Whilst the Hyenas away, the Sheep can play! Animal Enrichment is a vital part of the care we provide here at Colchester Zoo and sometimes our animals even help our Animal Care Team to create it! Recently our Fat-tailed Sheep, Jenny, Ember, and Ivy, explored the outdoor Hyena habitat while they were safely indoors. Not only did this provide some exciting enrichment for our Sheep, but they also left some interesting smells for the Hyenas to enjoy once they returned to their outdoor area. 🐑 | Colc
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Whilst the Hyenas away, the Sheep can play! Animal Enrichment is a vital part of the care we provide here at Colchester Zoo and sometimes our animals even help our Animal Care Team to create it! Recently our Fat-tailed Sheep, Jenny, Ember, and Ivy, explored the outdoor Hyena habitat while they were safely indoors. Not only did this provide some exciting enrichment for our Sheep, but they also left some interesting smells for the Hyenas to enjoy once they returned to their outdoor area. 🐑 | Colc
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Happy World Hyena Day! 🎉 🌍Spotted hyenas play a vital role in the world’s ecosystem by helping to control the herbivore population through hunting and scavenging. Unfortunately, the conservation of this species is severely affected by negative misconceptions and these animals are threatened by habitat loss and human conflict. Africa Keeper, Amy, is here to share 5 interesting facts that you may not know about spotted hyenas. #WorldHyenaDay2024 | Colchester Zoo
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Happy World Hyena Day! 🎉 🌍Spotted hyenas play a vital role in the world’s ecosystem by helping to control the herbivore population through hunting and scavenging. Unfortunately, the conservation of this species is severely affected by negative misconceptions and these animals are threatened by habitat loss and human conflict. Africa Keeper, Amy, is here to share 5 interesting facts that you may not know about spotted hyenas. #WorldHyenaDay2024 | Colchester Zoo
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🌟 Our ever-popular Enchanted: Trail of Light is back for 2024! Take a journey filled with magic & light as we make you feel festive and bright. ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today to avoid missing out at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/enchanted-trail-of-light/ | Colchester Zoo
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🌟 Our ever-popular Enchanted: Trail of Light is back for 2024! Take a journey filled with magic & light as we make you feel festive and bright. ↪️ Pre-book your tickets today to avoid missing out at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/enchanted-trail-of-light/ | Colchester Zoo
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Here at Colchester Zoo, we are always looking to provide the best facilities for our animals, visitors and staff. Our maintenance team consists of most trades with an experienced team of over 30 staff. We are also lucky to have some amazing local companies we work with to help us achieve our goals. With over 60 acres to maintain and new projects to deliver, our team are always pushing forward to improve the facilities and redevelop areas to offer new experiences. Here are just a few of the proje
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Here at Colchester Zoo, we are always looking to provide the best facilities for our animals, visitors and staff. Our maintenance team consists of most trades with an experienced team of over 30 staff. We are also lucky to have some amazing local companies we work with to help us achieve our goals. With over 60 acres to maintain and new projects to deliver, our team are always pushing forward to improve the facilities and redevelop areas to offer new experiences. Here are just a few of the proje
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Merry Christmas from all the staff and animals here at Colchester Zoological Society! | Colchester Zoo
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Here at Colchester Zoological Society, you can enjoy an immersive experience as you journey through Australian Rainbows, an exotic aviary home to our free-flying rainbow lorikeets, open daily from 10:30am to an hour before zoo closing! Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/HQlI50VGcN4 | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo’s New Year starts on a BIG high with a White rhino calf being born! 🦏😍 We are delighted to confirm that after a 16 month and 8 day pregnancy, on the evening | Colchester Zoo
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Last tickets remaining! Enjoy a magical evening at the Zoo filled with exciting animal encounters and exclusive presentations from Colchester Zoo directors at our Toast to Wildlife event! 🌊Discover more about our Patagonian sea lions during an encounter with our Animal Care Team 🐯Watch our Amur tigers as they enjoy an exclusive feed and learn more about the individuals we have here at the Zoo 🍃Enjoy a close encounter with our lemurs and find out more about this endangered species from our Zoo
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Fuelling up on festive snacks for the journey! Strong energy means Twinkle won’t miss any clues. | Colchester Zoo
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We are delighted to announce that our two rock hyrax, Cindy Lou and Ryan, have welcomed two little pups! Read full story here 👉 https://ow.ly/UEYh50SF38e | Colchester Zoo
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Immerse yourself in the wonderful Christmas atmosphere with our festive activities taking place on selected dates in December! Join the Wild Vibe Crew for festive parades and parties around the Zoo, embark on a magical journey on the Christmas Express, meet some of Santa’s elves and create magical crafts in the Elves’ Workshop. Don’t forget to transform into your favourite festive character at the Face Painting Station!* Visiting this Saturday 20th December? – Enjoy festive tunes from Somewhere
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Happy World Farm Animals Day! Did you know that you can learn all about different farm animals down at Familiar Friends! Find out more about alpacas and llamas, and while you are there stop by Walking Giants to see our giant tortoises! Enjoy a stroll through our Colenso Village walkthrough and don’t forget to feed our group of goats and sheep.* *Additional charge applies. | Colchester Zoo
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Today is International Hyena Day! In celebration of this special day, Africa Keeper, Laura, introduces our group of spotted hyena here at Colchester Zoological Society, and shares some interesting facts and myths about this fascinating species. | Colchester Zoo
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This morning’s reopening was an emotional one and we cannot thank you all enough for your support, not just today, but throughout this past year. It has kept us going during what has been a difficult time for us all. Thank you and welcome back to Colchester Zoo! 🧡🦧🐆🐒🐯🐘🦎🐧 | Colchester Zoo
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Last tickets remaining for the Enchanted Trail of Light! Immerse yourself in a magical illuminated journey through the Zoo this festive season. With dancing fountains, a ride on the festive road train, NEW animal sculptures and a BRAND NEW 40m light tunnel with over 20,000 lights, this isn’t something to be missed! Find out more and book your tickets today! 👉 https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/enchanted-trail-of-light/ | Colchester Zoo
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In celebration of World Monkey Day, our Animal Care Team share some interesting facts about their favourite monkey species and explain the importance of conservation projects worldwide 🐒 | Colchester Zoo
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A huge thank you to everyone who purchased an enrichment gift for our animals this Christmas, from our Amazon Wishlist! 🎁 All items were put to good use by a number of different species throughout the Zoo! | Colchester Zoo
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LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY THIS SUMMER! ☀️ Be VIPs for the morning with our Extra-Ordinary Animal Experience! Explore the very heart of Colchester Zoo and see a whole variety of amazing animals. PLUS enjoy a cooked breakfast to fuel your journey! Find out more: https://ow.ly/KaAT50PuJre | Colchester Zoo
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A milestone year filled with all things new, 2025 marked an exciting chapter for the Zoo. With day-to-day life continuing to thrive with new arrivals, exciting developments and the return of our award-winning seasonal events, 2025 also marked the start of new journey. By becoming a charitable trust, we have been able to do even more to help care for wildlife and wild places. Join us as we take a look back at 2025, a year of change, growth and unforgettable memories 👉 https://www.colchesterzoolo
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Recently spotted in our Dinosaur Realm! A robin has made a nest in the mouth of one of the fiercest prehistoric predators we have here at the Zoo – the T-Rex! It’s great to be seeing more local wildlife around the Zoo, and possibly even a first in the history of nest locations. Don’t worry! This T-Rex won’t bite, he’s being very welcoming to the Robin family and is staying statue still! Where’s the most unusual place you’ve spotted a birds nest? | Colchester Zoo
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The numbers are in… At the end of 2025, whilst many of us were enjoying the festivities and getting ready to celebrate the New Year, the Animal Care Team at Colchester Zoological Society had a very different type of celebration. They took part in an important mission – Count Possible! The objective was clear, confirm the annual animal count! Each year, the staff at Colchester Zoological Society have to count each and every resident as a requirement of their Zoo Licence. From mammals to reptiles,
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You may have been lucky to see the Critically Endangered Amur leopard cubs over the last month here at Colchester Zoo, and with warmer weather on the way, we are sure that they will be out exploring even more! Although we appreciate that the pair are incredibly popular with visitors, we do kindly ask that everyone remains quiet and respectful in the area whilst they settle into their environment. | Colchester Zoo
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It’s not always blue skies and sun at UmPhafa Private Nature Reserve! On Monday 3rd June, the climate looked very different with golf ball sized hailstones and a tornado! After not having any rain in June since 2021, Durban received 21mm of rain in just 2 days. | Colchester Zoo
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Join us every weekend throughout December and enjoy our Magic of Christmas events! You'll get the chance to meet Santa and his real, live reindeer who have arrived at Colchester Zoo ready for our Christmas light switch on this Saturday! Click the link for more details on the event> http://www.colchester-zoo.com/visit/events-calendar/day.listevents/2014/11/29/- | Colchester Zoo
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Get up close and experience the animal encounter of a lifetime! Choose from either a half day experience or get the real deal, with a full day here at the Zoo, packed full of unforgettable memories! With only a limited number of dates available due to popular demand, be sure to book now and seal the deal of 25% off on your Extra-Ordinary Animal Experience! Ts & Cs apply. 👉 https://ow.ly/EYnQ50V6ahU | Colchester Zoo
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The animals here at CZS enjoyed their first snow day of 2026! If you are visiting the Zoo today, be sure to wrap up warm! | Colchester Zoo
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Over the last month, our Team have been updating and improving our Colenso Village walkthrough, with the animals and visitors in mind. Our group of goats wasted no time in exploring their improved habitat and checking out the new rockwork. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/Hx8e50VWXG7 | Colchester Zoo
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