Cat Morley

Cat Morley

Edinburgh • Founder of Cut Out + Keep

Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre


Map of Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre
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Eventually we arrived and it was amazing with baby animals everywhere!

Our first stop was the baby lambs which were so cute and kept pushing each other out of the way for food.

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There was a baby peacock in the same pen and the two animals kept looking at each other confusingly.

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We fed this chicken when we first entered and it followed us around the park.

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There were wild cats at the back of the park which were really cute. They looked like Handsome's big brothers.

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There was also a racoon. I love racoons!

We then went to the petting centre where we got to hold baby chicks. They were so fluffy and cute.

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I took lots of videos of them.

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Dad got to hold a baby duck but it was a little less happy to be held than the chicks.

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This looked like the cosiest place in the world.

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We then went to see the birds.

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There was a black swan but my Dad was still getting over the trauma of seeing the Black Swan movie.

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We then went to see and feed the horses and donkey.

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There were also groundhogs, which are my Dad's favourite animals.

They'd burrowed holes right under the fence and kept popping up on either side.

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There was an adorable baby kangaroo.

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It was a really windy day, so it was huddled behind the shed.

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We then went to see the meerkats.

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It started raining really heavily, so we sheltered in the cafe.

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The cafe had an offer where if you checked in on Facebook, you'd get a free drink. We all checked in but we also got cake, because we felt bad just taking the free drinks.

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We watched this poor little peacock hiding under a table outside.

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When the rain stopped we went to see the rest of the farm.

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There was a great view over the fields.

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And then we spotted the most amazing animal ever... a tartan sheep!

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