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Kirsten

Top places to watch pandas online

At the moment, seeing a panda in the fur isn’t so possible – luckily we can watch pandas live online with plenty of choice to choose from! I’m sharing my top live webcams for panda viewing today. It’s not an extensive list, but just the places I look to for my daily panda fix =)

iPanda

This is the place to be to view pandas in China – iPanda has a huge choice of cameras to pick from. You can see view pandas from either Chengdu or CCRCGP bases and you can choose specific age groups, or even specific pandas in some cases. The ‘cub cams’ are definitely one of the more popular choices!

The iPanda Facebook and Twitter pages are also popular, they upload new pictures and videos super regularly, there’s always new content popping up to enjoy, particularly of some of the fan favourite little cubs. The social media pages also share information on when new cubs are born.

Edinburgh Zoo

Of course I have to include my ‘home zoo’ of Edinburgh on this list – it’s my first go-to when I need to watch some panda cam, and I have the advantage of it being in my time zone, so I know it won’t be the middle of the night if I look during the day! Everyone can watch male Yang Guang, and members can also enjoy watching female Tian Tian on the members homepage. Panda updates are fan favourites, so there’s often something new on the Facebook or Twitter pages – at the moment a lot of the staff who are still working have been posting updates on a lot of the different animals, pandas included! You can also watch penguins, a tiger and a koala on the Edinburgh Zoo webcams too.

Smithsonian’s National Zoo

The Smithsonian National Zoo is one of the most well-known panda zoo’s, and it’s had pandas for a very long time – and you can watch the current residents male Tian Tian (not to be confused with Edinburgh’s female!) and female Mei Xiang 24/7! There are two camera views to choose from, one on each panda. When the zoo was open, these cameras were manned by volunteers during the day, so the cameras were actively changing their position or view so you could pretty much see a panda all of the time. This was a super fun way to keep updated when their cubs were just little babies – I watched Bei Bei a lot!

Calgary Zoo

Calgary Zoo is the one zoo on the list here that I haven’t been to yet – it’s on my ‘to visit’ list! Meanwhile I can keep up with female Er Shun and male Da Mao on their choice of 3 panda cams. As write this, there’s no panda on any of the videos but I’m getting a great view of the running waterfall and stream, it looks like a cool enclosure – and that’s on the inside! The cameras a split so 2 cams show the indoor enclosures and 1 is showing the outside which also looks like a nice space. The only downside to this camera is that you can only watch live between 9AM and 6PM Calgary (GMT-6), usually I’m trying to view too early!

While neither Pairi Daiza nor Berlin Zoo, the homes of the youngest pandas in Europe, have live panda cams on their websites, both are great at updating their social media pages with pictures and videos of the cubs progress!

Kirsten

Zoo Berlin – Beyond Pandas

Zoo Berlin has so much more to offer than just the Giant Pandas – they have many species from big to small, there’s something for everyone! Within Berlin the zoo is very central, which means there are expansion limits, however it’s still a pretty large zoo and there seems to be constant work going on to bring new additions – for example there is an incredible new aviary building (World of Birds) with so many bird species from all over the world, and the current project is a new area for the big cats. I have also included some pictures from my previous trips in February 2018 and September 2019.

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Kirsten

P A N D A S @ B E R L I N Z O O

Pandas have a long history at Berlin Zoo, however the newest Pandas have been there since 2017. This is my third trip to Berlin, so I know the zoo fairly well – I had hoped this time around that the twins, born in September 2019 just before I was last there on a work trip, would be on show, but I was a couple of weeks early to see them! A perfect reason for another trip in the near future. The panda enclosure is pretty central in the Zoo and was newly built for the pandas. The indoor spaces for the pandas are completely glass, so you can see them completely, unless they are off show. On all occasions when I have visited Berlin Zoo there has always been at least one panda on show, so I wonder if there might not be the choice to be off show during the day. The entrance to the main viewing area is pretty cool and really stands out. The space is designed with green structural supports, similar to bamboo, which is also grown in the public space, and also red Chinese style lanterns.

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Kirsten

I’m Kirsten and I love pandas

Hi! I’m Kirsten and I’m a little panda obsessed! After travelling to visit pandas all over the world for the past 3 or so years, I decided to start a blog to document my trips. Most of my travelling is based on where pandas are around the world – but I also like exploring these countries further and so also hope to share that too.

Whilst travel is one of the last things on everyone’s minds at the moment, I think looking at cute pictures of animals can help with a little happiness, so hopefully I can share my joy of looking at pandas with some of the world.

Enjoy!