Following a £2.5m refurbishment, the Blackburn Pavillion, London Zoo's Tropical Birdhouse has re-opened. In keeping with it's aim to allow people to get closer to the animals, the Blackburn Pavillion allows visitors to see over 200 rare and exotic birds, walking around tropical plants, pools...

Kelloggs has a promotion on many of its cereal packets at the moment offering a free ticket to zoos and aquariums (aquaria?) when accompanied by a full paying adult. Worth noting too that not all zoos and aquariums are signed up for the offer, but there's a pretty good selction, with around 40 or...