Butterfly House

This Sunday gone, I went to North Anston Butterfly House with my fiance. We've been a few times, and enjoy it each time. You have your typical farm animals...

Beware the goats eat your sleeves

Sweet pigs

You can spend a good hour or two feeding the goats and chickens with the food sold at the entrance.

Then leaving the Farm Barn you walk around to the red squirrel enclosure...

Now these are so sweet, I love red squirrels. They are housed with a jackdaw that enjoys a nice piece of kiwi or orange.

Other animals you can visit include the guinea pigs and rabbits.

In his little cottage

Peacocks, chickens and the resident turkey follow you around, hoping you will throw a bit of food their way.

Even this peacock was enjoying the weather

Quite intimidating, but once you get past his appearance he enjoys the food too

Then it's onto the meerkat enclosure, and then around to the prairie dogs and chipmunks.

Sentry duty

This meerkat was more interested in the planes overhead than the food

Sunbathing

New and pleasing addition to the park

Friendly little fellows that enjoyed a long enclosure

Oh it's half past twelve? Time for the Bird Show!

More than just birds of prey; these two macaws Bonnie and Alfie showed off for us

Cookie the kookaburra

Flint the Harris Hawk, who was almost as old as me

What an enjoyable display; the birds don't mind flying right over your head, their feathers brushing your hair as they move around the arena. Plenty of opportunites for the kids to join in too, as it's the Easter Holidays.

 Then into the Tropical House, home to butterflies, bats, snakes, tarantulas, fish, ducks, terrapins, pheasants, hummingbirds and more!

Really?

Iguana chilling out

Unfortunately my photos of the bats didn't turn out as the humidity was too much for my camera at times. Although I did sneak in a little stroke!

Then round to the parrot enclosure, looking at the last few animals before we leave.

What attractive colouring

Sweet barn owl

I liked the hair-do in this picture :-)

Richard enjoying an ice lolly in the sun

Couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the tame robins that were hanging about the centre. No doubt on the lookout for an easy meal

 A really enjoyable day. Can't wait to go again.