Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, carried out the audit as part of its licence requirements and staff counted more than 500 animals across 145 species. | ITV News Meridian

Marwell Zoo has completed its annual stocktake, counting more than 500 animals across 145 species including a rare okapi calf and a colony

The official count is a legal requirement of the zoo's licence and involves keepers logging every mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, invertebrate

The official count, a legal requirement of the zoo's licence, saw more than 500 animals across 145 species totted up. A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered, cotton-top tamarin baby are among the new arrivals added to the zoos stocktake this year.