Natureland – Seal Sanctuary Skegness

I went to Natureland Seal Sanctuary

Seals
The main attraction was the seals, they span twisted and darted around amazingly, there was seven seals in a large water-filled Penn, they were see-able through a large pane of clear glass, they swam around and twirled in front of me disappearing and reappearing every so often. The Seals last feed of the day was interesting a member of the staff stepped inside the Penn and fed them it was intriguing how they fed and the speed they reached when they raced after the fish that was thrown too far from them as they vigorously flapped after the fish drop of water splashed out the tank and rain upon us. They played games and a seal hit a plastic ball knocking bowling pins down one at a time everyone applauded the seal when he did, the seal also hit the ball into a small football net.

Baby Seals
They had baby seals inside a smaller Penn they had three and they were more inactive than the adult seals and only one stayed in the water, they got more excited when they received the last feed of the day. In a hut is a seal hospital a large glass pane and chambers luckily they were all empty and no seals were injured.

Photographer: Me!!, age:10

Penguins
In a small round Penn live five little penguins, they were on a square concrete platform, with about 2ft deep pool of water surrounding it, the penguin’s didn’t look very hungry at the last feed of the day, one waddled up to the member of staff, ate about five fish then left, most of the fish thrown out weren’t eaten.

Photographer: My Mum

Koi Fish
They had a pond full of Koi fish very beautiful and long, they have different patterns and sizes but their very slow, by the side of the pond was a machine, for 20p it dispenses a handful of fish food. There was these two ducks who was circling the pond above the fish. I put a small portion of fish food in the water when the duck comes racing over and gobbles the floating fish food quickly, I try scaring it away but all fails, I distract the duck then feed the fish with the last of the food, at last one of the fish surfaces sucks up part of the food then is interrupted by the other duck, it races along and gets there in time to reap the rewards and gobbles it all up. So realistically we spent 20 pence on a duck (They need to make none floating fish food ).

Photographer: My Big Brother

Floral Palace
The Floral Palace was one of my top favourites, it was considerably hot to keep the tropical plants alive, it was very Eco-friendly, almost everywhere it sprang to life with birds, insects, butterflies, and scrambling around the ground Quail, the plants went to a wide range from daffodils and pansies to Cactus and Cacti, the layout was great and the small exotic butterflies enlightened the house. The experience was grand and the Floral Palace I would strongly suggest . There was three sections each hotter than the other. In the second section sat a sleeping Chilean Flamingo head nestled in it’s feathers aside of it was two ducks female and a male heads cocked alert. The area was filled with air-born birds like Sparrows, Tropical Finches, and other birds. The area’s were widely spaced with benches with memorial plaques drilled into the frames.

Photographer: My Mum

Chipmunks
A large cage covered in leaves, long branches, and plants, two Chipmunks was residents of the cage, one Chipmunk was right in front of us scratching himself, the other was up high on a steel box drilled into the wall, I hadn’t noticed him immediately because he was in sleeping and all that was visible was a fury ball . The cage was fairly big for two small chipmunks, the setup was good and perfect for a chipmunks habitat.
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Reptile House
The Reptile house was quite dark only small lights lit the place up, in small tanks are amphibians, and reptiles, like; Terrapin crocodiles and more.

Gecko
In a small tank was two colourful Gecko we was watching it intrigued when it liked it’s own eye interesting but disgusting the other gecko was hiding behind a rock looking left and right.

Terrapins
in a Penn filled with water pouring water was four terrapins swimming around at first I thought they were turtles but then found that Terrapins looked like Turtles. Turtle, or Terrapin, or Turtle, or Terrapin.

Crocodiles
Below a bridge that you walk over was two crocodiles both were long and not very see-able because they were lying still, the Penn was not very big for the crocodiles because they swim a lot.

Tarantula
In a glass container was one Tarantula sat motionless behind a web it spun on the glass, in an other glass container was a second Tarantula
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Other Information
Souvenirs are available from the Gift Shop

Feeding times
Feeding times for the seals and penguins are announced over the public address system, but can be verified prior to your visit

Refreshments
(April – September inclusive) – Our refreshment kiosk is open selling hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, ice creams, sweets etc.
In Winter (October – March) – Hot and cold drinks and sweets are available.