We started looking at rats. This room was very smelly! We learnt about the differences between the brown rats and black rats. We then saw many of the animals that live in the hedgerow. This included weasels, harvest mice and hedgehogs.
The fox in the photos below is called Flo. She was many of the students' favourite animal of the day.
We also saw polecats and learnt that they are the smelliest mammal in Britain.
We saw the adder. We learnt that the centre only needs to feed these once every fortnight!
The otters were also very popular. We found out that they have two sets of eyelids. One set is transparent so it is a bit like wearing goggles.
It was a beautiful day so we stopped to have lunch outside in 'deer corner'. Once we had finished lunch we were able to feed the fallow deer.
After lunch we saw the Eagle owl. We found out that their eyes are very large in relation to their head. If humans had the same proportions, our eyes would be the size of tennis balls!
Our last stop was to the red squirrel enclosure. Here we were able to see a number of the very rare red squirrels. In the photograph below the squirrel was gnawing on a deer's antler. We learnt that deer lose their antlers every year and these antlers are full of nutrients so are very popular for animals to eat.
