Calling all Dinosaur Hunters, Fossil Fanatics and Potential Palaeontologists! Jurassic Journey Week has begun on Nat Geo TV – watch the dinosaurs on the television then head outside to visit Birdland's new Jurassic Journey Trail in the Bourton-on-the-Water Park & Gardens.                                                                                      

Taking visitors back to when dinosaurs roamed the Cotswolds, more than 65 million years ago, embark on a fascinating expedition discovering life-size dinosaurs.

Track Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, Postosuchus, Velociraptors in the Jurassic Journey trail. Explorers will be armed with special dinosaur tracker kits, and will venture in to a Jurassic-themed landscape which is home to more than 30 different dinosaurs.

Visitors will also be able to spot giant dinosaur eggs along with complete dinosaur skeletons. As well as providing an exciting new attraction for visitors, the 'Jurassic Journey' trail is also a reminder that today's bird species are directly descended from dinosaurs.

Other species to look out for will be the spectacular flying Pteranodon, Allosaurus, and the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Along the trail visitors will be able to have a go at searching for fossils in the Dino Dig where there will be activity tables to learn more about dinosaurs.

Leaving the trail visitors will meet Birdland's ratites, prehistoric-looking birds, and will be able to spot the similarities between the live birds and the dinosaurs.

The new Jurassic Journey is perfect for all the family to have fun and learn about our prehistoric past.  

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Birdland Opens Daily from 10am

Admission Price: Adult £9.95 Child £6.95 Senior/Student £8.95

•              Birdland is situated in the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.

•              Established in 1957, Birdland was one of the first bird encounters to open in the UK.

•              The Park and Gardens cover an 9.5-acre site situated around the River Windrush.

•              7 acres are dedicated to the Bird Gardens featuring over 500 exotic and rare birds, 140 species in 50 aviaries including everything from flamingos, pelicans, owls to hornbills, touracos and cassowary.  Temperate and Desert Houses are home to delicate species.  Birdland has the only breeding group of King Penguins in the country.  Spike the King Penguin, who was hand-reared, is a popular resident with his own Facebook and Twitter following.

•              There are a number of rare species at Birdland and the team are actively involved with global breeding programmes.

•              The 2.5-acre Marshmouth Nature Reserve is home to many indigenous species from kingfishers to otters.

•              Birdland is open daily from 10am, Closed Christmas Day only.

•              Find us at: Birdland, Rissington Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucester, GL54 2BN

For more information visit: www.birdland.co.uk