Swan, Coscoroba

Outside of the breeding season these swans live in flocks of less than 100 birds. They form strong permanent bonds with mates READ MORE >

Scorpion, Common Emperor

The gestation period for an Emperor Scorpion is 7-9 months. The young grow inside the mother and are born alive. The young are white at first but become darker after each moult. READ MORE >

Sheep, Ouessant

Originates from the island of Ouessant off the coast of Brittany, France. READ MORE >

Shelduck, Common

The Common Shelduck constructs nests of moss, lined with down and lays up to 12 eggs which hatch after an incubation period of around 31 days.. READ MORE >

Shoveler, Common

• Shovelers are found during winter in Great Britain, also breed in eastern and southern England READ MORE >

Shoveler, Red

Known as a shoveller because of its distinctively shaped bill adapted for feeding. READ MORE >

Siamang

Siamangs are extremely faithful; they are monogamous, take a great deal of time to select their mate and if their mate dies, will rarely choose another. READ MORE >

Sloth, Linne's Two-toed

This species is solitary and arboreal, meaning that they live mostly on their own coming together only to breed, spending most of their time in trees. READ MORE >

Snail, Giant African Land

The East African Land Snail is protandrous hermaphrodite; which actually means that it has both male and female sexual organs and can therefore breed with other snails or entirely by itself. READ MORE >

Spider, Goliath Birdeating

This species is solitary and arboreal, meaning that they live mostly on their own coming together only to breed, spending most of their time in trees. READ MORE >

Starling, Hildebrandt's

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. READ MORE >

Starling, Purple Glossy

Starlings have diverse and complex vocalisations, and have been known to copy sounds from their surroundings into their own calls READ MORE >

Stilt, Black-winged

• Their long legs and bill are adapted to catching food; they have strong muscles to allow rapid jaw action and to grip prey READ MORE >

Stork, Black

This bird species has a huge distribution, ranging across Europe into Asia and China and down as far as South Africa during the winter months. They are found in quiet wooded areas near to water. READ MORE >

Stork, White

From the age of three or four years old, these birds form life-long monogamous pairs. They breed in loose colonies of 40-50 individuals within groups of a few pairs. READ MORE >

Swamphen, Purple

Females lay in communal nests, all group members care for young, they lay up to 5 eggs which are incubated for around 27 days, by both sexes. READ MORE >