The Parrot Zoo

We had a family outing to this zoo, not the easiest place to find in deepest darkest Fens of Lincolnshire but the sat nav got us there along some VERY bumpy but absolutely dead straight roads. (They have a free bus which picks you up and drops you in Skegness if you’re holidaying there)
The signage when we first entered was not very clear I had to ask a young reception what deals they did and he didn’t quite understand. Anyway, they did the usual two plus two family deals plus we had two other kids and it all came to about £35
The obviously new entrance is very smart with a permanent’ ‘tent like cover with chairs under it for eating and coffees etc. The new restaurant ahd loads of space and was very reasonably priced with the kids all having some kind of special milk shake only £1.50 each and me the Mrs having a nice Latte for about £3.20 for two cups.
An essential is to buy at least one bag of monkey nuts (only 50p a bag) and lots of millet seeds as you are actively encouraged to feed a lot of the birds as you go round.
The Parrott zoo is actually a sanctuary for birds which have either outlived their owners are are no longer wanted. There are literally hundreds of different parrots. I can’t remember all the names but one huge enclosure must have over a hundred what ‘Macaws’ in it all screaming to be fed with the nuts you’ve bought. They will take the nuts out of your hand and they call out ‘Hello’ and all the other parrot phrases.
Another huge aviary has a massive collection of African grey parrots which are just as keen to be fed. It’s great interactive stuff and my teenage kids LOVED it. they went round three times and cost me a fortune in nuts but well worth it. They had to be dragged out at the end.
There was a large walk through aviary which had loads of smaller birds and parrots in it. A couple of these came and sat on my shoulders and took peanuts from me but were really nice and just cleared off once they had been fed. Another bird undid the shoe laces on my shoes (kids though it was great as every one else got left alone!). great fun
There are all sorts of other parrots in the zoo as well as those I have mentioned.
As well as birds there’s also animals. A favourite with the kids was the Lemur enclosure, they are totally oblivious to humans and play around like no-​ones there. It’s the same in the impressive Meerkat pen where a huge family played while one Meerkat kept guard atop a purpose built security tower.
This was a great afternoon out. We were in there about two hours and it really does leave you with great memories