STEM Design Challenge is now live! The Colchester Zoo STEM Design Challenge is a FREE project offering students from KS1-KS4 the chance to solve real-world problems faced by zookeepers and staff. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/o6BS50QukC8 | Colchester Zoo
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STEM Design Challenge is now live! The Colchester Zoo STEM Design Challenge is a FREE project offering students from KS1-KS4 the chance to solve real-world problems faced by zookeepers and staff. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/o6BS50QukC8 | 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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🐘 Love your Zoo this May half term 🐾 Embark on a wild adventure & enjoy a whole host of activities suitable for the whole family, from 24th May to 1st June! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🎟 Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/may-half-term/ | Colchester Zoo
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🐘 Love your Zoo this May half term 🐾 Embark on a wild adventure & enjoy a whole host of activities suitable for the whole family, from 24th May to 1st June! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🎟 Pre-book your tickets today at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/may-half-term/ | Colchester Zoo
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Let the ZOOBILEE celebrations begin this May Half Term… Join us from 27th May to 4th June as we celebrate turning 60 with a BIRTHDAY BONANZA! 🎉 🎵 Live Music 🌟 Magical Performances 💃 Samba Dancers PLUS, much more! Pre-book your tickets and SAVE! https://www.colchester-zoo.com/plan-your-visit/tickets/purchase-zoo-tickets/ | Colchester Zoo
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Let the ZOOBILEE celebrations begin this May Half Term… Join us from 27th May to 4th June as we celebrate turning 60 with a BIRTHDAY BONANZA! 🎉 🎵 Live Music 🌟 Magical Performances 💃 Samba Dancers PLUS, much more! Pre-book your tickets and SAVE! https://www.colchester-zoo.com/plan-your-visit/tickets/purchase-zoo-tickets/ | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo has welcomed an adorable new baby gibbon 🐒 | Essex Live
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Colchester Zoo has welcomed an adorable new baby gibbon 🐒 | Essex Live
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Cuteness overload alert! Colchester Zoo has a new arrival. 😍 | Essex Live
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Cuteness overload alert! Colchester Zoo has a new arrival. 😍 | Essex Live
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🌟 Enchanted: Trail of Light is back for 2024 with limited tickets available! 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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🌟 Enchanted: Trail of Light is back for 2024 with limited tickets available! 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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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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Over the last few months the Colchester Zoo team have been busy hand-rearing two penguins! As you can see from our short video our penguin chicks are doing really well and have been having great fun being introduced to new objects with different enrichment from their keepers 🐧 Read more about them here > https://www.colchester-zoo.com/2019/07/adorable-penguin-chicks-hand-reared/ | Colchester Zoo
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Colchester Zoo sadly lost another animal this weekend, this is Yatsey's final tragic flight 💔 | Essex Live
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This Christmas, bring your class to Colchester Zoo for an enchanting educational experience!❄️ Your students will meet a merry elf and discover the fascinating adaptations of reindeer. After journeying through a magical forest, they’ll see our young reindeer up-close encounter. The session concludes with a special visit from Father Christmas, including a photo opportunity and a unique gift for each pupil. Perfect for EYFS, KS1, lower KS2, and SEND classes working at these levels. This adventure
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Colchester Zoo is finally open to the public! Watch as the first visitors are clapped in by members of staff 🎉 🎉 | Essex Live
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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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TONIGHT! Live on Colchester Zoo 7pm! Let’s raise money 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 | Red Music
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In June 2022, Colchester Zoo welcomed 50 keepers from across the UK as we hosted a Lemur Keepers’ Workshop with the Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers (ABWAK). Over £1,000 was raised through ticket sales and raffle prizes, and to lemur conservation charity project, HelpSimus through our charity Action for the Wild. Read full story here 👉 http://ow.ly/755J50Lo2SS #WorldLemurDay | Colchester Zoo
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Visit Colchester Zoo this summer for an action-packed day out like no other and save up to 15% OFF when you book tickets online in advance. | Colchester Zoo
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Merry Christmas from all the staff and animals here at Colchester Zoological Society! | Colchester Zoo
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✨ The Enchanted Trail of Light returns this November with a new & improved route! Take a journey filled with magic & light, as we make you feel festive and bright 🌟 🎟 Book now to avoid missing out at https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/enchanted-trail-of-light/ | 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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Happy Easter from all of the staff and animals here at Colchester Zoological Society! | Colchester Zoo
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Happy Mother’s Day to all our mums here at the Zoo! | Colchester Zoo
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☀️ Summer Nights at the Zoo! Open until 8:30pm on 22nd July, 5th Aug, 19th Aug and 2nd Sept… stay into the evening for no extra cost! See more, do more… 🦒 Evening Animal Experiences available* 🎉 Party every day with Wild Vibe Wonderland 🐘 Enjoy daily encounters 🎵 Live music from 5pm to 8pm Plus, much more! Book tickets: https://www.colchester-zoo.com/plan-your-visit/tickets/purchase-zoo-tickets/ *Additional cost - Ts &Cs apply. | Colchester Zoo
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Join us this Saturday for our exclusive Zoo Passholder event – Wake up with Colchester Zoo! Our doors will open early from 7.30am exclusively to our valid Zoo Passholders, with a number of special animal breakfasts and encounters to enjoy! Find out more here > https://www.colchester-zoo.com/event/wake-up-with-colchester-zoo/ | 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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There’s just under a week left until Christmas! Enjoy a magical visit to the Zoo with a whole host of festive activities taking place throughout the day: ✍️ Create crafts at the Elves’ Workshop 🎈 Party at the Wild Vibe Winter Wonderland 🐯 Listen to the story of Spirit, the White Tiger at our Christmas Tales 💌 Send your Christmas list to the North Pole at the post box 🎄 Journey through the Enchanted Woodland 🖌️ Transform into your favourite character at the Face Painting Station 🚂 Sing alon
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There’s just under 2 weeks to go until our first Enchanted Trail of Light evening!✨ Enjoy a magical evening visit along a 1 mile route that journeys through mystical meadows, wonderful wildlife and a brand new 40m light tunnel with over 20,000 lights, the perfect spot for that Christmas family photo! With tickets from only £15 per adult, you don’t want to miss out! Pre-book online today 👉 https://www.colchesterzoologicalsociety.com/event/enchanted-trail-of-light/ | Colchester Zoo
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Enjoy your visits with us!? Nominate us as your favourite ESSEX FAMILY ATTRACTION in the Muddy Stilettos 2023 Awards!: http://ow.ly/KtWI50O05je | Colchester Zoo
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Ready. Set. GO! And they are off! Who will cross the finish line first? All of our runners will receive an exclusive Colchester Zoo Stampede 10K medal! | Colchester Zoo
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Since we released our future vision plan as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations in 2023, work has now started to begin on one of our many projects which will kick-start our vision. We are pleased to announce that we are working on plans for a brand-new African lion habitat! This is a project that we have been wanting to start for several years but following the effects of the pandemic, it has been delayed. It’s important to note that this development is currently in the pre-application pha
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