The Oceanarium, Bournemouth is excited to announce that as of today Tuesday 25 April, visitors can now waddle in through to Penguin Beach Encounter for the first time this year!
The Oceanarium originally closed its penguin beach walkway on Monday 07 November 2022 due to the rise of Avian Influenza and the risk it posed to the health of birds.
Visitors can once again fully interact with the Oceanarium’s happy colony of Humboldt’s and chirpy Inca Terns.
Oliver Buttling, Curator said
“The penguins have really missed engaging with visitors and of course it is a great experience for visitors being able to interact that closely. It is also an important part of their daily enrichment as it keeps them curious and stimulated.”
He continues to say
“In the meantime, the keepers have been very busy with creating new enrichments to keep the penguins on their toes and have still remained very curious as they are always enthusiastic to see keepers. They have also been quite busy too as it has been breeding season! We are so excited to see the public reunite with the penguins and terns again.”
Penguin Feeding Presentations can be seen at 12.00pm and 3.30pm.
For more information, you can visit the Oceanarium website at: www.oceanarium.co.uk
