The Penguins are Back in Town

We had another trip to the zoo yesterday to see the new penguins that have arrived at Blackpool. The last trip to the zoo 3 weeks ago didn't include them as they were still in quarantine at the time.

Blackpool has had penguins before, but that was quite a while ago and otters now live in the habitat pool they used to have.

So Blackpool have created a new, much bigger and deeper habitat with glass windows so they can be observed under the water and it really is excellent.

In fact it was amazing how one individual in particular displayed as much curiosity about us as we did about it. It dived down to see us again and again, coming right to the glass and eyeing us over one by one!

Underwater shots another time perhaps - I had my telephoto lens on the camera and taking photos from less than 6 foot away was a no-no!

Large versions of all the photos from the day are available in a collection at my Flickr site.