Tropical Wings

The sun was out, we were well rested, all we needed to do was to think of something that we could do allow us to continue enjoying the beautiful weather. Showers were taken, clothes were quickly put on and the decision was made to make a 3 mile pilgrimage to the World of Wildlife; Tropical Wings. For those not in the know, Tropical Wings is one of the UK’s largest tropical butterfly houses, that also keeps wallabies, lemurs, meerkats and a large collection of birds and insects.

We walked around the various enclosures, taking photos when we could. We spent a good few minutes talking to a Myna Bird who was intent on saying “Oh Wow!!” every few seconds. As we moved on, we looked at Kookaburra’s, Bird’s of Prey and monkeys.

One of our particular favourites was the Otter enclosure, where a family of Otter’s were taking turns at dunking their family member under the water. This was next to the Meerkat pen where Alexander Orlov and his folk were digging holes and looking out for any potential danger.

We spent roughly over an hour at Tropical Wings, leaving to grab a spot of lunch at one of our favourite local restaurants; The Old Windmill, in South Hanningfield. After that, it was a short trip to the supermarket for the necessities and then home to enjoy the sun on our sun loungers in the garden.

Steps were taken to minimise burning and on the whole we did well except I may have the beginning of a burnt snozzle. If you wish to view some of the pictures from our day out, they are embedded below for your viewing pleasure.