Spring has started approaching already – this last year of giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo is going so quickly! In March I managed to get two weekend visits in, luckily the weather was pretty good on both days, but I still haven’t seen either panda outside yet this year, so fingers crossed for the warmer months. I have been incredibly lucky with Tian Tian this month (and in January+February too actually) and she has been active and on show on all of my visits whilst Yang Guang has been mostly either eating leaning back against the window or asleep, but I still think I got some super cute shots of him this month:

Yang Guang

Yang Guang was having a right drool while he slept on my visit at the end of March – not sure I’ve seen him do. this before, it was adorable! The zoo wasn’t too busy on this day, so I was easily able to get a spot at the window and wait until he moved, luckily it wasn’t too long and I got the next pictures including a little ‘wave’. These are definitely some of my favourite pictures that I’ve taken of Yang Guang.

Tian Tian

Tian Tian was particularly adorable this month and on both of my visits she spent a lot of time eating, and even facing (or almost facing) the viewing window when doing so. She did also pop into her big hollow log at one point and settled down, which I love seeing her do and it seems to be a favourite spot for sitting. I had hoped I might spot her outside as March is a peak time for female pandas to come into season – in 2021 I was there when she was in season and saw her outside – but March didn’t seem to be the time this year, perhaps on my next visit?!