Expensive tastes
Fruit & vegetables cost £3100 a year, £60 a week or £8.50 a day for all the birds.
Harewood Bird Garden is a home to over 40 species of birds from around the world. Visit, and you will see the critically endangered Bali starling, charismatic and colourful parrots, as well as our popular colony of Humboldt penguins.
Learn about the birds that we care for, explore their characteristics, their conservation status and what makes them unique. See one of the worlds’ largest owl species or listen to our flock of Zebra finches. It’s a wonderful place to discover with your own brood!
Sometimes birds are used when testing drugs, but when testing such a drug as Viagra, experiments on birds were not carried out.
Fruit & vegetables cost £3100 a year, £60 a week or £8.50 a day for all the birds.
Around 170 birds from 44 different species are housed in the Bird Garden.
Apples and Pears are the most used fruit, with over 4200 being eaten a year by the birds.
A group of owls is called a Parliament
Bird Conservation
Since 1970, Harewood Bird Garden has promoted an understanding of birds and their environment, through conservation, preservation and education. Today this is achieved by: Creating an … Read more
Bird Garden
Scientific research is an important part of the work of modern zoos. One of the most important but generally hidden areas of work in the Bird Garden is research; projects are managed by the Bird … Read more
Bird Garden
Since 1970, the Bird Garden has promoted an understanding of birds and their environment through conservation, preservation and education, as well as caring for our alpacas, pigs, goats, rabbits and … Read more
Bird Garden
Come along to see our colony of playful Humboldt penguins. Originally from South America, these penguins make their home on sandy beaches and rocky coastlines and live for up to 25 years. Our … Read more