Jersey Zoo

💚 Thank you to everyone who bought a gift from our wishlist! 💚 ✨ From animal enrichment, like this puzzle feeder enjoyed by the meerkats, to gardening tools for cutting vegetation, your kind support has given the animals and keepers at Jersey Zoo new equipment for 2025. 🎁 It’s not too late to send a gift! Check out each team’s wishlist 👇 🦩 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2NYZ1ACO9COMZ?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwY2xjawHzNX1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSFnIFM7crPMtjkyzgIEps5ifKuC_h8jM45JgTZY0w9ch70p7F3WFKhDZw_aem_9d77_thSLj1piBxEgE2fGQ 🐸 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1JWLZ84H5PD0D/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzNY1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRwjFFEEHD-9AMix4EuXULLfqjcwEC-wkkSeNBGjr88djLwrDNt90fpq5Q_aem_6IgSIWrUPbqZ-2dC22XlAw 🦧 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1SRAGDGG4YBVD?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwY2xjawHzNa9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbtLrXxLsO1TmsiebkaYY4buP8EpkEfq6AYERYbH1gMLFj74HwJFktxfBQ_aem_rZDhCsDCvoc4owIxiXMsfg

⭐️ Gerald Durrell would have turned 100 today ⭐️ 🐾 An internationally renowned naturalist, author and conservationist, our visionary founder was a champion of all animals, especially those under threat and overlooked by others. 💚 We invite you to join us in honouring Gerald Durrell’s lasting legacy. Get ready for a year full of unforgettable events and activities with something for everyone to enjoy. 👇 https://www.durrell.org/gd100 🎥 Thank you to ITVChannel for providing this incredible archive footage.

⭐️ Hear from our colleagues from around the world as we reflect on this year’s highlights ⭐️ 🦤 A huge thank you to everyone who has supported Durrell in 2024, helping to save species from extinction and restore wild habitats. 🐗 From pygmy hog releases in India and Alaotran gentle lemur drone surveys in Madagascar to welcoming a giant anteater at Jersey Zoo, we are incredibly proud of what our hugely dedicated team has achieved this year. 💚 None of this would have been possible without your help.

A bird’s-eye view of the birds' festive feast!

🎀 Season’s tweetings from Jersey Zoo’s Jewels of the Forest aviary 🎀 🎄 Keepers left our merry songbirds this seasonal wreath, for a bird’s-eye view of the birds' festive feast!

🐍 What’s a snake’s favourite Christmas decoration? 🐍 🎄 Tinssssssel!

🦢 Swan Lake? No, Duck Pond! 🦆 🎄 Christmas came early for our blue-billed teal, ferruginous, white-faced whistling, and white backed ducks at Jersey Zoo. 💚 Why not pop in and see them this festive season? We’re open every day except Christmas Day. Plan your visit 👇 https://www.durrell.org/visit-jersey-zoo/

🎄 A Christmas tree full of mealworms? 🪱 😍 It’s every meerkat’s festive dream! 👇 Learn more about our cheeky meerkat mob https://www.durrell.org/visit-jersey-zoo/meet-our-animals/mammals/slender-tailed-meerkat/

🎄Only 10 more sleeps until Christmas! 🎄 🐒 Enjoying tucking into their advent calendar, our black lion tamarins are the flagship species of our Rewild Carbon project in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. We aim to plant 7 million trees by 2030 to restore 5,000 hectares of their forest home. 👇 Find out more https://www.durrell.org/conservation/species/mammals/black-lion-tamarin/

Durrell Dash 2024

🙌 Raise your hand if you enjoyed running the Durrell Dash this year! 🙌 🤩 Thank you so much to everyone for taking part. We are delighted that you raised over £9,000! 📷 Check out the race results and photos here: https://www.durrell.org/durrell-dash-results 🏃 Want to race in next year’s Durrell Dash? Sign up for our newsletter to get event news straight to your inbox👇 https://durrell.org/enews 💚 A huge thank you to Rathbones Group Plc for sponsoring the Durrell Dash for the tenth year in a row and to 3D Events for their support.

A message from our Board of Trustees and leadership team. 👇 Read more on our website https://www.durrell.org/news/moving-forward-the-next-chapter-for-durrell/

🤤 Bowl of mealworms, anyone? 🤤 💚 With a 2ft-long tongue and large bushy tail, giant anteaters are incredibly unique animals. 😮 Did you know that as part of our Rewild Carbon project, we are working together with our conservation partners Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres - ICAS to protect species in Brazil like the giant anteater. 👇 Find out more about our anteater conservation https://www.durrell.org/visit-jersey-zoo/meet-our-animals/mammals/giant-anteater/ 🎥 Mammal Keeper Laura

🎄 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎄 💚 Our amazing Site Services team have been hard at work putting up this year’s Christmas tree at the zoo. ✨ Have you put your tree up yet?