Date opened 1974 (1974) Annual visitors 1,450 Opened 1974 | Memberships EAZA Phone +44 121 472 7775 | |
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Website www.birmingham.gov.uk/naturecentre Address Pershore Rd, Birmingham B5 7RL, UK Hours Closed now Thursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–4PMSunday10AM–4PMMonday10AM–4PMTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PM Similar National Sea Life Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Dudley Zoo, Winterbourne Botanic Garden, Pen Museum Profiles | ||
Birmingham wildlife conservation park
Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (formerly Birmingham Nature Centre, and before that Birmingham Zoo) is a small zoo on the edge of Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, England. It is managed by Birmingham City Council.
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Birmingham wildlife conservation park
AnimalsEdit
The zoo features mainly small mammals. Its occupants include:
Red pandasEdit
The nature centre used to have a pair of male red pandas. However these have been re-housed as part of the national breeding program. Ming Ming is visiting a female red panda in the Welsh Mountain Zoo.
BabuEdit
Babu is a red panda who disappeared from the nature centre in November 2005 and spent four days "on the loose" before being discovered. Nature centre staff believe he was blown out of a tree and found himself outside his enclosure. His disappearance and the citywide panda hunt that ensued made national headlines. After being discovered by a dog-walker in Moseley, Babu was dramatically reunited with his brother Tensing live on Midlands Today.