Children being supported by Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) have painted special pebbles to celebrate the beginning of penguin breeding season at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo.



Discovery and community officers from the wildlife conservation charity delivered the pebbles as part of their weekly interactive sessions at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People which aim to bring children closer to nature and the animals at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park.



The penguins are incredibly popular with children at the hospital who regularly watch them on RZSS’s live webcams at the zoo. They will now be able to keep up with all the breeding activity at Penguins Rock and watch the penguins pick up their painted pebbles as they use them to build their nests.

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