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BBC News
6 days ago
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Jersey Zoo's late founder honoured with sea of flower sculptures
Thousands of flower sculptures are now on display at Jersey Zoo to mark 100 years since its founder was born.A meadow of 5,000 flower sculptures, made as a tribute to the man behind the zoo, conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died in 1995, has been installed at the zoo by artist Stuart after his death, Mr Durrell's wife, Lee, was made honorary director of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which operates the said the art installation was "fabulous" and "a celebration of wildflowers". "From looking at Gerry's writings we found out what his favourite wildflowers were," she told BBC Radio Jersey."A lot of those exhibited will be of those flowers, and so it's all part and parcel of nature, animals, and plants."Jersey Zoo said the plants - made from 100% renewable plant-based ingredients -would be on display until 30 September."Planting 5,000 of anything is a total mission," said Mr Temple. He added: "It's been a lot of work but I've got them all in the ground and I hope people really enjoy seeing them."Mr Temple said he wanted people to take a flower from the display because it "supports the ongoing work" of Durrell around the world."I want people to think about how important the natural world around us is, and the danger that these habitats are facing, and about the species we're trying to save."
BBC News
25-05-2025
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Libertybus unveils new cross-island Jersey route
LibertyBus has announced the launch of its summer timetable with increased services and the introduction of a new cross-island 10 is Jersey's first cross-island bus service in more than 10 years, said route, which launches on Tuesday, will connect Jersey Zoo in the north to the Enid Quenault Health Centre in the south west, passing through Trinity, St John, St Mary, St Peter, and St Brelade. Initially operating on weekdays from 8:30 to 13:30 BST, the service will expand to full-day, seven-day coverage from 21 July, pending a successful trial. Other summer changes include:Increased Sunday frequencies on Routes 1A, 2, 5, 7, and 19Route 8 gains an additional Sunday evening journeyRoute 12A will now run every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, improving services to St Aubin and St Brelade's BayRoute 14, the popular open-top "Beach Bus", returns for the seasonRoute 24 will operate on Sundays for the first timeRoute 28 will see increased frequency to the Jersey War TunnelsThe full timetable is available on the LibertyBus website.
BBC News
24-05-2025
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Jersey Zoo welcomes 'lifelike' dinosaur animated puppets
A zoo has invited visitors to see "lifelike" dinosaurs in Zoo says the animated puppets roar, blink and move like real dinosaurs, and will be on show from 25 to 31 will also be "meet-and-greets" with a 5m (16ft) triceratops and 4m (13ft) zoo said visitors could get their picture taken, attend a ranger academy and learn how to get the velociraptor to turn and roar. The zoo said the dinosaur attraction had been set to open on Saturday 24 May but it had to postpone the event by one day due to matters outside of its Zoo's education team said it would also be hosting fossil-handling sessions in the Discovery Centre every day. Visitors can see a triceratops tooth and touch coprolite, a spinosaurus vertebrae and a fragment of T-Rex tooth, it Osborne, director of commercial at Jersey Zoo, said the dinosaur activities were fun as well as educational and immersive. He said he hoped visitors would "learn more about the fascinating animals that used to roam our planet".Mr Osborne added: "As a conservation organisation, we are fighting every day to stop more species from going extinct and hope this event will inspire our guests to think more about the impact they are having on the natural world, as well as the steps they can take to protect it."
