We’re having a short break in Hampshire at the start of the jubilee weekend, and the first stop was Marwell zoo so that we could spend some time looking at Sarah’s favourite animal, the meerkat. She’d probably want me to point out that this obsession predates a certain insurance advertising campaign…

Sleepy Rhinos

Ring-tailed lemurs

Meerkat warming itself under a lamp

Sleepy meerkat

Red panda

Coati (Brazilian aardvark)

Another meerkat

Giraffe having a scratch

Classic meerkat pose

And again…

In profile…

Beautiful leopard

Leopard close up