Celebrate World Penguin Day

APRIL 25, is World #Penguin Day. In England, it can be celebrated at #Birdland Park & Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. 

Its newly-renovated Penguin Shore is home to Britain’s only breeding group of King Penguins.

Highlights include the twice-daily penguin feeds and talks by the head keeper.

Adults £9.95, children £6.95 (3-16), under 3s free

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Birds behaving badly

#BIRDLAND in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, is celebrating birds behaving badly over the February #halftermholidays. 

From blood-sucking songbirds and puking penguins to stinking storks and spitting swallows, keepers will reveal revolting facts about some of the world's naughtiest birds.

There will be talks and trails highlighting the horrible aspects of natural history, and visitors will be able to meet some feathered critters during meet-the-creatures sessions.

‘Despite their often angelic reputations, birds are definitely among the worst behaved animals on the planet with some truly disgusting table manners,’ says head keeper Alistair Keen. ‘They have also devised devilish defences and awfully amazing attacking abilities. The so-called stink bird from New Guinea eats toxic beetles and then converts it into poison which covers its wings.’

Birdland has also created a Jurassic Journey, an interactive trail back to the time when dinosaurs roamed the Cotswolds.

The centre has more than 500 birds, ranging from the UK's only breeding colony of king penguins and parrots to cassowaries and cranes in a mix of free-flying and aviary displays.

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Pop in to see the penguins

KEEPERS at Birdland, Bourton-on-the-Water, are busy looking after their growing colony of Humboldt penguins. 

New nesting sites have been installed and the penguins have been showing more than just a passing interest in them.

Humboldts incubate their eggs for approximately 40 days, with both male and female parents taking turns to sit on the nest.

Visitors can meet the penguins and learn more at the twice-daily feeding at 11.30am and 2pm. 

Birdland (www.birdland.co.uk) is also home to a King Penguin chick, and the only breeding colony of King Penguins. 

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Picture Credit: GoHoliday via Wikimedia Commons; "King penguin chick" by Ville Miettinen via Wikimedia Commons.