The other pandas I saw in the Pan Pan Garden area were Yi Ran and her twins – I saw a lot of mums with their 2023-born babies on my last trip, but Yi Ran wasn’t one of them, so this is a new trio for me. Since my visit, CCRCGP have released the list of names for the 2023 and 2024-born babies, so these cubs are called Rui Xi 瑞喜 and Qiao Yi 乔怡. Yi Ran is now 12 years old and is an experienced mother, she first gave birth in 2017, then had cubs in 2019, 2021 and then these twins in 2023. These cubs are both males and were born in August 2023, making them around 1.5 years old. I stopped by in the morning and everyone was sleeping, then came back a few times, around lunchtime and closer to the end of the day and those second times saw both Yi Ran and one cub up and about. I got some lovely pictures of Yi Ran, but seeing a cub chasing a pigeon was an absolute highlight (no pigeons harmed)! Despite being in one of the first yards you come to in the base, it was always very quiet here, really only a few other people watching at any one time.