Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park [450K pics]

[ianmiddy]

Mentioned by DK here, finally managed to pay a return visit to this park - as David mentions, not the best organised or maintained park, but the staff are trying hard to bring it all together...

...anyway, as part of a Dyxum one-prime challenge, I was using the MinO 300/2.8HS all the time whilst there and got some I was pleased with - in fact, couldn't make up my mind which to leave out, so 13 [smallish] pics in all !

[EXIF should be embedded in all]

Otters:









Meerkats:



Kookaburra:



Foxes [can't remember the exact breed]:







Maned Wolf:







Parrot:



I know it's possible to see some oof wire in the last shot, but think not too bad considering the birds & foxes were behind wire - and if you think the maned-wolf shots don't show any, that'd be because one of the keepers took me inside their enclosure [ok, not in the Lion/Tiger league, but I was still pretty nervous !]

Hope you like 'em - thanks for looking

[David Kilpatrick]

Better opportunities than when we visited! The otters for example were not out at all. When did you visit? I thought most of D & G was under water right now!

David

[ianmiddy]

When did you visit? I thought most of D & G was under water right now!

These were last Wed - was originally coming home yesterday, but the rain Thur night decided me against, and the reports of the A75 being closed yesterday reinforced the decision...

...when I came home this morning, the A75 was clear again, but the fields around Newton Stewart & Dumfries were all under water ! [although apparently not as bad as a few years ago when my sister was in Dumfries and most of the riverside car-park & road were under several feet of water].

The otters were having a fine time, and the young ones seemed a lot less nervous than the young last year [not sure why] - the foxes were cooperative, but I didn't get any good cat shots this time, unfortunately - however, the opportunity of shooting the wolves with no intervening fence made up for that !

Cheers

IDM