🌱🐭Lyndia Smith

A consistency-free zone Tweeting animals/art/music/environment🐝 On a mission to mitigate lifes challenges Hashtag games to raise a smile ⚠️May contain nuts⚠️

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@ClareCampbell7 "Cause we all have wings but some of us don't know why" #INXS

[Stuart Bailey @SJB74]

Pulp getting a flyby by the Red Arrows whilst singing Common People to end an amazing performance. Absolute legends. #Pulp

[Karl Cunliffe @KDCunliffe]

That is HOW to do it.

They have just blown everybody else away.

Take a bow Jarvis Cocker.

Take a bow Pulp.

Absolutely magnificent.

A truly joyous performance.

#glastonbury #Glastonbury2025 #pulp #glasto #jarviscocker

[Karl Cunliffe @KDCunliffe]

Jarvis Cocker the worlds most unlikely frontman owning Glastonbury.

He is an absolute star.

Pulp are just brilliant.

#glastonbury #Glastonbury2025 #pulp #glasto #jarviscocker

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

A few years ago just 60 Desertas island land snails survived… but we’ve JUST reintroduced 1,300 to the wild 🌍

For 100+ years, they were thought to be extinct… then came a remarkable discovery! Just 60 were found on a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean 🌊

They were flown to Chester where our experts worked to breed them for the first time ever in human care... and now the population has grown into the thousands! 📈

With the snails thriving, more than 1,300 have just been successfully reintroduced to Bugio Island - a protected wildlife haven in Maderia, Portugal.

This has to be the comeback of the century! 🐌

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

⚠️ SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER – IMPORTANT UPDATE ⚠️

We’re so sorry to announce that due to a severe weather warning, including very high winds forecast throughout the day tomorrow, the zoo will be closed on Saturday 7 December. This includes both daytime admissions and Lanterns & Light in the evening.

If you have tickets to visit the zoo during the day on Saturday or Lanterns & Light in the evening, please check your emails for a message from us - it contains everything you need to know.

We really do apologise for the disruption to your plans - but ensuring the safety of our visitors, staff, and animals is our absolute priority. Our dedicated animal care teams will, of course, continue to keep a close eye on all the animals during these challenging weather conditions.

We've been closely following the forecast and the good news is that today, Friday 6 December, the zoo is open as normal and Lanterns & Light will go ahead safely this evening. We're optimistic that the zoo and Lanterns & Light will also be open as normal on Sunday 8 December. Should anything change, we’ll keep you updated.

Thank you for your understanding, and please stay safe and warm! 💚

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@PaulaMc007 You are AMAZING Paula 🙌

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@autcareandshare Happy Birthday Adam - what better gift! Enjoy 🍳 🥓 🎂 🙌

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

Can’t stop looking at Anton working his “Blue Steel”

He looks about 20! 🕺 🪩

#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
#Anton

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

As Anton said 'Unbelievable' Totally awesome. That 'stepover' move Wowsers 🤩💃🤩 🕺🤩 More please

[Louise @xlouclifton96x]

this is the surprise of the night! chris can dance, and you can tell he had the best time dancing with dianne. this is making me so excited to see what dianne comes up with each other cause she is a genius. all i can say is bring on the upcoming weeks ♥️ #strictly

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@chesterzoo Very well done to all conservationists in Kenya, and many congratulations on the birth of the baby Bongo in Chester too! #preventingextinction #wildlife #conservation

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

✨ SUPER RARE ✨ The last remaining mountain bongos in Kenya caught on camera! 🇰🇪

🎥 Watch the heartwarming moment our conservationists spot one of these super rare antelopes in Kenya, Africa - a place where we’re working to protect the last 50 that remain.
To help boost the tiny population, we’re making plans with other European zoos and partners in Kenya to move 10 bongos, born in zoos like ours, to Africa. That’s why the recent birth of female calf Navari, right here in Chester, is vital to the survival of the species. 

We’re also now working with Conservation AI to revolutionise how bongo species are monitored in the wild, using the latest AI tech to help protect the remaining population.

Together, we want to ensure the mountain bongo has a future in Africa 💫

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

Still not over the excitement of new baby mountain bongo, Nivari❣️

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

This feels unlikely, but here goes: Would anyone with Oasis tickets consider swapping them for a portrait of Margaret Thatcher?

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

The ICONIC ‘Person of the Forest’ Needs You! 🦧🧡

We’ve been working to protect wildlife like orangutans in Borneo for over TWO DECADES!

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

Wonderful achievement! Well done everyone! 🦏💚 🦏 👏

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

Amazing conservation news from Rwanda!

Five years after we spearheaded efforts to relocate a group of rhinos which had been born and raised in zoos across Europe to a new home in Akagera National Park in Rwanda, we’re thrilled to share some INCREDIBLE news...

Olmoti, one of the rhinos we helped to reintroduce, has given birth to this wonderful, healthy calf! Here he is, spotted on hidden cameras.

We coordinate the Europe-wide breeding programme for eastern black rhinos, so this is a really proud moment for us. But, most importantly, it's a BIG moment for this critically endangered species.

It's also an achievement that’s a true testament to the power of teamwork, with the Government of Rwanda, African Parks, the Rwanda Development Board, and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) joining forces with us to make this remarkable conservation success possible.

Our work in supporting translocations, through conservation breeding programmes and our scientific expertise, whether here in Rwanda or in places like Kenya, is vital to the survival of the species. From those dedicated teams and our partners on the ground who monitor and track these rhinos daily, right through to innovative technology and research techniques being developed at the zoo which have boosted birth rates globally, it’s all leading to the continued recovery of black rhino numbers... and that really is something to celebrate.

Together, we are creating a future where species like rhinos can thrive 🫶

📸 The Akagera Conservation and Research team

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@Carlabela1 Likewise Good to see you too 🤗

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@Carlabela1 Oh no - Arranging a special delivery 😂🤣😂

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@KathyBurke Classic!

Hoping you and Harry have been invited to appear in any future shenanigans ?! 🤣😂🎤🎶🤔 x
#oasis2025

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

@Carlabela1 Hi Carla It's been a while!? Hope your back mends soon and you are enjoying hot coffee in Bath in the blink of an eye. Sending hugs and best wishes 🤗☕️🌹🌻🌸💐🌈

[🌱🐭Lyndia Smith @mouse_11]

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