Animals
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Birds of Prey Show
Daily 11am and 3:30pm at weekends. In partnership with Coda Falconry, Hobbledown Heath is home to a magnificent range of birds of prey. Add our flying shows to your day planner!
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Lemur
There are over 100 species of lemur in the wild, and they can live for up to 15 years. Hobbledown Heath is home to both Ring-tailed and Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs.
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Birds of Prey
All of our birds will be resting in their large aviaries throughout the day, so come walk around the Coda Falconry bird of prey centre and read all the fantastic facts about each species on display.
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Meerkat Talk
Find out more about our family of Meerkats, as they enjoy their lunch! Keeper talk every day at 12:15.
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Ponies
Meet our adorable ponies, who have free roam across Hobbledown's bridges and grazing areas - and keep an eye out for our special pony parades...
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Giant Rabbit & Tortoise
These slow reptiles can sometimes live to over 100 years old! They are also an ancient species and have been around for over 200 million years – that’s longer than birds, mammals and snakes.
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Yaks
Although huge, yaks are herbivores – they eat mostly grass, flowers and moss. Their horns can be used to defend themselves, or to break through ice to reach the plants underneath.
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Meerkats
A small mongoose, found in southern Africa. They are known as the Hobbledown guards because of the way they always stand to attention!
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Prairie Dogs
Our newest edition to the animal family at Hobbledown Heath, watch out for these little critters popping up from underground
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Capybara
These giant rodents are fantastic swimmers, extremely social, and very chilled-out! They are close relatives to the (much smaller) guinea pig.
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Goat & Alpaca
These funny-looking Alpaca come from the high altitudes of the South American Andes, and often spit up and chew their food over and over again!
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Highland Cattle
This ancient breed of cow has fluffy, floppy hair designed to keep it warm in the chilly Scottish Highlands.
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Macaws
Known for being talkative and colourful, macaws live on a diet of flowers, nectar, fruit, nuts, seeds, and small insects. Hobbledown Heath has blue-and-gold macaws, and scarlet macaws.