Eckenhagen Monkey and Bird Park
| Eckenhagen Monkey and Bird Park | ||
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| place | Am Bromberg 51580 Reichshof-Eckenhagen |
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| surface | 8 hectares | |
| opening | May 1, 1981 | |
| Animal species | approx. 140 species | |
| Species focus | Birds , monkeys | |
| Visitor numbers | 65,000 (1981) | |
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| Member of | DTG | |
 Group of barbary macaques |
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| affen-und-vogelpark.de | ||
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Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 48.1 ″ N , 7 ° 41 ′ 30.9 ″ E
The monkey and bird park Eckenhagen is an animal park in the municipality of Reichshof in the Oberbergisches Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The park has its origins in a bird collection, which was first created in 1972 in an Upper Bavarian enclosure on a 3000 m² swamp meadow. The purpose was to carry out a comparative behavioral research in the sense of Konrad Lorenz .
After the decision was made to turn it into a bird park, the choice fell on a site belonging to the Wiedenhof church estate in the Reichshof community. Planning began in 1978, and the opening took place on May 1, 1981. Originally eight employees worked in the zoo, now the number has grown to 40.
In the opening year there were 150 species of birds with more than 1000 animals in the park, 65,000 visitors came.
The site now has an area of eight hectares and a three-kilometer circular path leads through the park. There are around 140 species of animals, a petting zoo, play equipment for children and a garden café.
Attractions
Danube Delta free flight hall
For the presentation of the bird life of the Danube Delta a more than 500 m² large and up to 8 meter high free flight hall was built. You can see brown ibis , cormorants , dwarf hunters , teals , little egrets , teal ducks , cattle egrets and black storks . The hall is to be rebuilt, an adventure trail is being built.
All-weather indoor adventure hall
In the indoor hall there is play equipment, especially for children and young people, such as trampolines, carousels, the super swings or the climbing wall.
Farmer's and small animal market
Farmers and other animal dealers sell chickens and other small animals at the farmer's and small animal market.
Berber and squirrel monkeys
The park owes its name to the monkeys, which visitors can touch and feed. Barbary macaques and squirrel monkeys live in walk-in enclosures, the former can be fed by visitors with sweetened popcorn, which can be purchased at the entrance. Both types are used to humans, which is why they can tear popcorn bags or other food out of the hands of visitors, and they can also open zippers on backpacks.
Other facilities
The pheasant garden and the owl castle are further large accessible aviaries, and there is also a parakeet enclosure.
