Blair Drummond House

We took a trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park.

On the outskirts of Stirling.

We were lucky with the weather which was lovely and sunny.

After weeks of rain it was a welcome change.

What do you think of the house??. what a beauty.

Not open to the public though.

I did not get as many animal pictures as I would have liked.

Most of them were taking cover from the sun and we could not see them.

But what I have should give you an idea of what was there.

I have a short video of them which I will try to show you but I have not had

 much success with videos showing up on my web site.

Harris Hawk

This is the Harris Hawk. You should have seen the speed of him.

Don't blink or you will miss him.!!!

                               Peregrine Falcon                                                 "Delores" Steppe Eagle

Needless to say but this is a Barn Owl.

I just love them.

A wooden carving outside the new Aviary.

Now on to the big boys.

Lions

What a job trying to see them so the quality of some of the pictures could be better.

Handsome.

 The marks you see is the wire fence and I am on full zoom.

There had been a right argument going on just before I could take a picture.

You should have heard the roaring. Bad temper due to the heat I think.

I am sorry I do not have any tiger pictures.

They would not come out into the open.

Buffalo

Elephant

Giraffe

Ring Tailed Lemurs.

They do not look happy do they?

They have been moved to a new home but unfortunately even though it was a hot sunny day

it was also very windy and they did not like that.

Hence, apart for the other two above, they were well huddled together out of the wind.

The Llamas were in the children's petting part so no wire.

I was surprised at how they felt. The coat felt quite harsh.

I thought it would have felt soft.

Just goes to show how much I know.

Ostrich

Rhinoceros

Zebra

Sea Lion

I was very pleased to get this picture during the act.

The full size picture is much better but too big to put here.

Penguins

Their pool was very nice cascading down.

They were determined not to look at you at the same time.

Muscovy Ducks and offspring.

This is the view over the lake where the Harris Hawk etc. did their flying display.

That is Loch Lomond and  Trossachs National Park up ahead.

Still a fair bit away. A good hours drive at least.

Well I will leave it here for the moment. I have a lot more pictures.

If you see anything you like and would like just e-mail me and I will send you

the large picture.

These here have been cropped and greatly reduced.

The full size ones are much better.