The park was created in 1962 by Walsrode businessman Fritz Geschke, for privately breeding pheasants as well as the water bird. Then, in 1962, Uschi Geschke’s daughter Uschi along with her husband Wolf Brehm was the first to take over the park with the aim of establishing a conservation and visitor center, which doubled the size in the first six
year In 1968, the 2100-square-meter 23,000 sq feet
“Paradies-Halle”, a tropical birdhouse, was established. The most innovative facilities like the free-flight aviary, penguin enclosure, and others were added.
In 2000, at the time of the Expo in Hanover, The Jungle Hall was opened with its Indonesian artifacts as well as Asiatic animal species. Are Bats Birds In the following years, Eagle Owl Hill and Treehouse Village were added to the. It was also the German exhibit of bird cages, located within the bird park was shut down in 2006, and was auctioned off in 2006 at Sotheby’s.
Due to financial difficulties
The park was sold in 2000 under new ownership. While in the past, the shows were mostly eliminated but the new owners have introduced flights that led to more guests and helped ensure the continued existence of the parks.
However, the number of visitors dropped in 2008 to 280,000, less than the 50,000 required to make the park a viable operation. The threat of insolvency was stopped in March 2009 through the intervention of Belgian business, Floral
The park has many internal and outdoor
aviaries as well in outdoor enclosures. Visitors is able to meet birds in a setting modeled in their natural habitats without barriers, both in a free-flight aviary equipped with sand dunes and an automated wave machine, and in a variety of structures, including in the Jungle Hall.
The more modern areas of the park are based upon the actual surroundings for the animals, earlier areas are mostly made up of large woods and parkland, including huge rose and Rhododendron beds.
A highlight is the array of flight demonstrations
held on an open-air stage, where falcons and eagles can be seen in addition to pelicans, parrots as well as Indian Runner ducks. Purple Birds There are also a variety of feeding demonstrations, as well as a young bird rearing station that is especially interesting for children.
