Living Coasts

The deadline for submitting your interest for our Bird Section Voluntary Worker placement is this weekend! If you are passionate about birds and would like to kickstart your career in animal care, then don't miss out on this great opportunity 🐧
Full details here: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/voluntary-wor ker-training-placeme…

We have successfully managed to hatch a beautiful seabird for the first time here at Living Coasts 🐦🐣 The new black-legged kittiwake is the latest breeding here at Living Coasts and we are one of the few collections in the world to house this Vulnerable species: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/beautiful-bre eding-success-for-li…

The votes are in and we're thrilled to announce that the winning name for our new octopus is... KRAKEN 🐙
Thank you to everyone that voted and we hope that you will come and visit Kraken and our other amazing animals and birds soon!

If your dream is to work with birds, we’ve got the perfect voluntary role for you! 🐦 Our bird section training placement is a great way to get the valuable experience you need to start a career in caring for birds. Starting this September, applications close soon so head over to our website to register your interest: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/voluntary-wor ker-training-placeme…

*VOTE NOW CLOSED* HELP US TO NAME OUR NEW OCTOPUS! 🐙 Because we don’t yet know the sex of this new octopus, our keepers have come up with four suitable name suggestions:
🐙Kraken... 🐙Inky 🐙Ozzy 🐙Ringo
To vote simply react to this post with the emoji that is next to your favourite name (see below)! Comments on this post will not be counted towards the final results and the vote will close at midnight on Monday 13th August 2018. We will announce the results officially next week!
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Meet our newest resident... 🐙 You may remember that last month we sadly lost our octopus, Octavia. We are pleased to announce that we are now home to a new octopus, who has come to us from France!
We will need you to help us name our new octopus and you will be able to vote on your favourite name from TOMORROW: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/expl…/…/detai l/goodbye-octavia-hello 👀

Lobsters are fascinating creatures. This photo is the exoskeleton of a lobster, as they moult their protective outer shells in order to grow! We are home to a male adult lobster called Homer, and you can find out more about him and his latest moult here: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/de…/the-sec ret-life-of-the-lobster

Native seahorses are back at Living Coasts! The two male and two female short-snouted seahorses are now living in our aquarium and we hope to maximize the chances of them breeding by providing the right conditions for them. There are two species of seahorse found in UK waters - the short snouted, which we have here, and the spiny or the long snouted seahorse.

Interested in conservation? Is it your dream to work with birds? Want to kick-start your career as a zookeeper? Our six month voluntary worker training placement is now OPEN and starts this September! This role will give you the valuable experience you need to explore starting a zoo-keeping/conservation career of your own. Check out our website for full details of the role and to register your interest: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/voluntary-wor ker-training-placeme…

Our Penguins & Prosecco event is only a couple of months away! 🐧🥂 Join us on Wednesday 26th September from 6:30 to 8:30pm to experience Living Coasts after hours and get up close with our amazing penguins. Prosecco and nibbles included, over 18's only, booking essential: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/w…/events/d etail/penguins-prosecco

Enrichment is otterly good fun! 😄
Want to find out more about our animals and their daily routines? We have many brilliant talks daily, including our otter feeding time every day at 11:15am and 3:30pm.

We're wishing a very happy birthday to one half of our otter duo! Wilby (seen on the right in this photo) turns 7 today! 🎉

We love summer, and it's the perfect weather for a dip in the penguin pool today! ☀️🐧

Just a touch of penguin preening 🐧🐧

Our next beach clean is coming up this Saturday! Join us for FREE at Breakwater Beach, Brixham from 5-7pm to help us tackle any litter on this part of our beautiful coastline. Simply register your interest here: www.livingcoasts.org.uk/…/w…/events/d etail/Coastal-clean-ups

It's a sleepy kind of Monday... 😴

Our Asian short-clawed otters, Willy and Wilby, enjoying some enrichment in the lush green grass 🤩

It looks like our male fur seal, Karel, is possibly about to burst into song! 🎶

Macaroni penguins really are beautiful birds, and are hard to miss with that distinctive yellow crest! 🐧💛
Did you know there are 17 different recognised species of penguin? We are home to 2 of these species - macaronis and African penguins, who live together on our Penguin Beach.

We come here on holiday from Derby our son mittchell who's 4 loved it he loved looking at all the animals an the soft play an his younger an older brother s an sister enjoyed it too we all enjoyed it I very much highly recommend it.

This is a Lovely Place with Beautiful Surroundings. Myself, Daughter & Granddaughter Visited last Friday. Fortunately it was a Beautiful Sunny Day, a Tad Cold But we were able to appreciate it and it’s Surroundings. The Keepers we met were Lovely and the Talks were interesting which even our 3 year old Granddaughter understood and took in and she was well Amused with it all Especially the Penguins. We are going back for definite as we Missed a bit of Days Routines as we got there later than intended but that’s ok as Thanks to Amazing Offer where can Return a Few Times More up to March 26th So Thank you As Definitely make use of that Good Offer Plus we got more of Family who are Keen to join us Next time too. Oh The Cafe also has the most amazing Views out across Torbay and On a Warm Summers day I can imagine how Lovely it’ll be Sat outside the Cafe on The Outside Seating Plus We Noticed Various Seats dotted about the Place too where you can just sit and take in the Views and watch the Animals happily enjoying their Lives. There’s a Little indoor Play Area with Ballpool and Slides Which is Lovely For Toddlers too Which my Granddaughter enjoyed Plus a very Reasonably Priced Gift Shop where you’ve got the choice to spend as little or as much as want as plenty of variety. We’d definitely Recommend Living Coasts And Thank you for a Good Time And a lot of interesting Facts we learnt. Plus The Amazing Offer to revisit for Free. Personally I think it’s worth the Money as it’s about the Same everywhere now. It’s made more interesting where you get to see all Animals being Fed and learning interesting Facts about them all. You get to feel involved too as Penguins literally come up to you Which my Granddaughter Of 3 found Hilarious As one Penguins was nibbling at my Tie belt hanging down and The keeper hurried him along and he kept returning which my Grannddaughter was so amused by Bless her!! She had Fun As did Myself and Daughter. I see some people mention about it not being very big and not much to do and only an hours worth to see, However in our Opinion we felt you can easily spend a good few Hours there by time you’ve watched all the feeds and listened to Talks. Let your Youngsters (if any) play in Play area for a bit. Have a Nice Meal in The Lovely Big Bright Cafe As we did. Or have a Cuppa even in-between and I see outside there’s even an Ice-Cream Shack obviously Open for The Warmer Months And above all If you love these Animals As we do then you can easily spend time just observing them for a while Plus the Bonus Of Taking in Lovely Views Around you. As for The Price of Admission I felt it’s about the same as most Places. After all the Money Paid to get in is in a Fact helping to keep these Lovely Animals to get the life and Care they deserve.A Visit To Living Coasts In our opinion can be as Long as you Choose And if you like this Sort of Attraction then you can easily stay for a few enjoyable hours. We will be back soon and Thank you Living Coasts for an Enjoyable Time Had By all 3 Of us

The last time I was here was 15 years ago when my daughter was 10. I brought my grandchildren at weekend the eldest is now 10. Loved it and it was a great price as was 1/2 price for locals. Original price very expensive for 2 hours though!!

Spent 3 hours at living coasts ,friendly informative staff ,well maintained exhibits and well worth the admission price . Up close and personal with penguins made our day �

Only went in for coffee today and a look around the shop today, which is something you can’t do at the zoo. Fantastic views around the bay

My bloke and I went for several hours and managed to see all the feeding that day, the guy doing the talks was really lovely and knew exactly what he was talking about.

Lovely zoo & aquarium, a good variety of animals with lots of interesting informative talks and plenty of feeds throughout the day which are great to watch. Would recommend, a lovely day out.

Lovely afternoon out, nice to see some sea life up close. Very well looked after animals. Would recommend to others.

Loved Living Coasts. We have been before and it was so nice to return back again.

Lovely penguin's and all the creature's are wonderful.

Thank you to all the staff for making our day special.

I did the zoo keeper experience for my birthday, an absolutely wonderful experience, staff are so knowledgeable & taught me so much. The highlight was feeding the penguins (my favourite animal) such an amazing day I can’t wait to do it again!

Had a lovely day, loved the layout of the enclosures, the animals there looked healthy and happy, very informative staff, loved the cafe and the views from the cafe.

Great place to go. staff was helpful my 3 year old, loved every minute of it. Well worth the money. Keep up the good work ����

Came down with 5 children yesterday it is. amazing very thoughtfully laid out very safe for children they are totally enclosed .the marine life is well looked after..staff very informative. And helpful. Was good to get close to seals penguins otters also fish .loved sand pit will defiantly come again

A really unique and lovely collection. The staff were all really friendly and happy to chat. Really enjoyed the feed the birds demonstration. The enclosures were really well laid out and the animals had a large amount of freedom to move and fly around. Spent two hours here.

Kids both enjoyed our trip to Living Coasts shame it only took an hour to walk around, could be longer if more to see and do.

I live next to Paignton zoo so I have an annual pass which I use every week but last week my daughter suggested taking my 2 year old granddaughter to living coasts as a change. My granddaughter loved it. It's not very busy this time of year so we found the keepers very willing to talk. The man looking after the penguins was telling us all their names and ages. There were some sitting on eggs and we were lucky enough to see one pair changing places to incubate the egg. My granddaughter loved the ones swimming in the water. She was scared of the wave machine by the puffins at first but got used to it after a while.She absolutely loved the otters and they kept going into their house and were right up against the window and when the seals made a noise she was trying to imitate them. You could walk around it in an hour but when you have a 2 year old on her first visit she wanted to spend 20 minutes at every enclosure. We stopped halfway for an ice-cream and coffee and the assistant was very chatty and friendly. We liked the tanks downstairs where you could see the seals and penguins swimming under the water but the glass needed cleaning. My granddaughter was not very interested in the fish but would have spent all day in the sand pit if we'd let her and we had tears when we eventually took her out. However these soon dried up when we went round the corner and found a small soft play area for under 5's. We loved the octopus that was moving around in his tank but she didn't like it. We then went to the cafeteria for lunch . The smell of the pasties was very enticing and we had one each and bought a kids bag which my granddaughter asked for. It had a sandwich, yoghurt, raisins and drink. The cafeteria was clean and reasonably priced. The assistant even reminded us that we could have a 10% discount with our pass. The view across the bay was a bonus. We'll definitely go back at some point but as we live next door to the zoo that will obviously be our first choice.

I don’t think the price reflects what’s on offer. Don’t get me wrong it was lovely to see the Penguins and the Seals but other than that, there was nothing else. All the offers were gone, the seal show / feeding lasted about 5 minutes if that then it was over.

Glad we paid for the zoo and living coasts ticket as it's not worth the money else. We have an aquarium a lot closer to where we live and get a years free pass for one entrance fee. Was nice to get up close to the penguins, even though you get told off for crouching down to take photos. The seal feeding was quite disappointing as we had a lovely view of the seals then the staff moved them all away yo another part of the enclosure where our daughter could no longer see at all. We everything in an hour, without rushing, and even went around twice. We expected to be able to talk to the staff more but didn't really see that many unless you were in with the penguins or during a talk. I don't think we will return, I know a free pass for a week is great for locals but not when it takes 2hours to drive there.

My son loves this place! The only problem is he's severely autistic and needs 4 carer's to keep him safe, and this place only allows 1 carer for free, so a 15 min visit (he gets around it quick!) comes to nearly £50! i've complained and the best they can offer is a yearly deal for him and the carers which comes to around £250!!! Plymouth Aquarium and other venues allow as many carers as needed, (as its obvious they're there for the disabled persons! ) and for a years worth of visits charge £9! huge difference in price and attitude, Please review your policy as it's looking like you're discriminating against disabled people.

We come here on holiday from Derby our son mittchell who's 4 loved it he loved looking at all the animals an the soft play an his younger an older brother s an sister enjoyed it too we all enjoyed it I very much highly recommend it.

This is a Lovely Place with Beautiful Surroundings. Myself, Daughter & Granddaughter Visited last Friday. Fortunately it was a Beautiful Sunny Day, a Tad Cold But we were able to appreciate it and it’s Surroundings. The Keepers we met were Lovely and the Talks were interesting which even our 3 year old Granddaughter understood and took in and she was well Amused with it all Especially the Penguins. We are going back for definite as we Missed a bit of Days Routines as we got there later than intended but that’s ok as Thanks to Amazing Offer where can Return a Few Times More up to March 26th So Thank you As Definitely make use of that Good Offer Plus we got more of Family who are Keen to join us Next time too. Oh The Cafe also has the most amazing Views out across Torbay and On a Warm Summers day I can imagine how Lovely it’ll be Sat outside the Cafe on The Outside Seating Plus We Noticed Various Seats dotted about the Place too where you can just sit and take in the Views and watch the Animals happily enjoying their Lives. There’s a Little indoor Play Area with Ballpool and Slides Which is Lovely For Toddlers too Which my Granddaughter enjoyed Plus a very Reasonably Priced Gift Shop where you’ve got the choice to spend as little or as much as want as plenty of variety. We’d definitely Recommend Living Coasts And Thank you for a Good Time And a lot of interesting Facts we learnt. Plus The Amazing Offer to revisit for Free. Personally I think it’s worth the Money as it’s about the Same everywhere now. It’s made more interesting where you get to see all Animals being Fed and learning interesting Facts about them all. You get to feel involved too as Penguins literally come up to you Which my Granddaughter Of 3 found Hilarious As one Penguins was nibbling at my Tie belt hanging down and The keeper hurried him along and he kept returning which my Grannddaughter was so amused by Bless her!! She had Fun As did Myself and Daughter. I see some people mention about it not being very big and not much to do and only an hours worth to see, However in our Opinion we felt you can easily spend a good few Hours there by time you’ve watched all the feeds and listened to Talks. Let your Youngsters (if any) play in Play area for a bit. Have a Nice Meal in The Lovely Big Bright Cafe As we did. Or have a Cuppa even in-between and I see outside there’s even an Ice-Cream Shack obviously Open for The Warmer Months And above all If you love these Animals As we do then you can easily spend time just observing them for a while Plus the Bonus Of Taking in Lovely Views Around you. As for The Price of Admission I felt it’s about the same as most Places. After all the Money Paid to get in is in a Fact helping to keep these Lovely Animals to get the life and Care they deserve.A Visit To Living Coasts In our opinion can be as Long as you Choose And if you like this Sort of Attraction then you can easily stay for a few enjoyable hours. We will be back soon and Thank you Living Coasts for an Enjoyable Time Had By all 3 Of us

The last time I was here was 15 years ago when my daughter was 10. I brought my grandchildren at weekend the eldest is now 10. Loved it and it was a great price as was 1/2 price for locals. Original price very expensive for 2 hours though!!

Spent 3 hours at living coasts ,friendly informative staff ,well maintained exhibits and well worth the admission price . Up close and personal with penguins made our day �

Only went in for coffee today and a look around the shop today, which is something you can’t do at the zoo. Fantastic views around the bay

My bloke and I went for several hours and managed to see all the feeding that day, the guy doing the talks was really lovely and knew exactly what he was talking about.

Lovely zoo & aquarium, a good variety of animals with lots of interesting informative talks and plenty of feeds throughout the day which are great to watch. Would recommend, a lovely day out.

Lovely afternoon out, nice to see some sea life up close. Very well looked after animals. Would recommend to others.

Loved Living Coasts. We have been before and it was so nice to return back again.

Lovely penguin's and all the creature's are wonderful.

Thank you to all the staff for making our day special.

I did the zoo keeper experience for my birthday, an absolutely wonderful experience, staff are so knowledgeable & taught me so much. The highlight was feeding the penguins (my favourite animal) such an amazing day I can’t wait to do it again!

Had a lovely day, loved the layout of the enclosures, the animals there looked healthy and happy, very informative staff, loved the cafe and the views from the cafe.

Great place to go. staff was helpful my 3 year old, loved every minute of it. Well worth the money. Keep up the good work ����

Came down with 5 children yesterday it is. amazing very thoughtfully laid out very safe for children they are totally enclosed .the marine life is well looked after..staff very informative. And helpful. Was good to get close to seals penguins otters also fish .loved sand pit will defiantly come again

A really unique and lovely collection. The staff were all really friendly and happy to chat. Really enjoyed the feed the birds demonstration. The enclosures were really well laid out and the animals had a large amount of freedom to move and fly around. Spent two hours here.

Kids both enjoyed our trip to Living Coasts shame it only took an hour to walk around, could be longer if more to see and do.

I live next to Paignton zoo so I have an annual pass which I use every week but last week my daughter suggested taking my 2 year old granddaughter to living coasts as a change. My granddaughter loved it. It's not very busy this time of year so we found the keepers very willing to talk. The man looking after the penguins was telling us all their names and ages. There were some sitting on eggs and we were lucky enough to see one pair changing places to incubate the egg. My granddaughter loved the ones swimming in the water. She was scared of the wave machine by the puffins at first but got used to it after a while.She absolutely loved the otters and they kept going into their house and were right up against the window and when the seals made a noise she was trying to imitate them. You could walk around it in an hour but when you have a 2 year old on her first visit she wanted to spend 20 minutes at every enclosure. We stopped halfway for an ice-cream and coffee and the assistant was very chatty and friendly. We liked the tanks downstairs where you could see the seals and penguins swimming under the water but the glass needed cleaning. My granddaughter was not very interested in the fish but would have spent all day in the sand pit if we'd let her and we had tears when we eventually took her out. However these soon dried up when we went round the corner and found a small soft play area for under 5's. We loved the octopus that was moving around in his tank but she didn't like it. We then went to the cafeteria for lunch . The smell of the pasties was very enticing and we had one each and bought a kids bag which my granddaughter asked for. It had a sandwich, yoghurt, raisins and drink. The cafeteria was clean and reasonably priced. The assistant even reminded us that we could have a 10% discount with our pass. The view across the bay was a bonus. We'll definitely go back at some point but as we live next door to the zoo that will obviously be our first choice.

I don’t think the price reflects what’s on offer. Don’t get me wrong it was lovely to see the Penguins and the Seals but other than that, there was nothing else. All the offers were gone, the seal show / feeding lasted about 5 minutes if that then it was over.

Glad we paid for the zoo and living coasts ticket as it's not worth the money else. We have an aquarium a lot closer to where we live and get a years free pass for one entrance fee. Was nice to get up close to the penguins, even though you get told off for crouching down to take photos. The seal feeding was quite disappointing as we had a lovely view of the seals then the staff moved them all away yo another part of the enclosure where our daughter could no longer see at all. We everything in an hour, without rushing, and even went around twice. We expected to be able to talk to the staff more but didn't really see that many unless you were in with the penguins or during a talk. I don't think we will return, I know a free pass for a week is great for locals but not when it takes 2hours to drive there.

My son loves this place! The only problem is he's severely autistic and needs 4 carer's to keep him safe, and this place only allows 1 carer for free, so a 15 min visit (he gets around it quick!) comes to nearly £50! i've complained and the best they can offer is a yearly deal for him and the carers which comes to around £250!!! Plymouth Aquarium and other venues allow as many carers as needed, (as its obvious they're there for the disabled persons! ) and for a years worth of visits charge £9! huge difference in price and attitude, Please review your policy as it's looking like you're discriminating against disabled people.