It was fantastic to see how many of you enjoyed our live stream talk about the wild birds around the park. If you missed it, you can catch up HERE. It is feeling so spring-like outside at the moment I thought it would be great to talk about some of the wild birds to look…
If you’ve been following our social media you may have already seen some adorable pictures of the East African Crowned Crane chicks that hatched earlier in the year at our park. If not then don’t despair! In my blog this week I will be reminiscing about these bizarre looking birds. When you see our Cranes…
Join us in celebrating the wan and only Gok as this little charmer turns six years old today! Gok is our Blue Crowned Pigeon, you know the one with the fabulous head wear that parades around the Tropical House? No? Well if you’ve not made his acquaintance yet make sure to pay him a visit…
If you were keeping up with our live stream videos, you may have heard that we had some exciting news whilst the park was closed during lockdown. Our White Stork pair, Rodney and Cassandra, became first time parents! In previous years, the pair had nested without success, but in my blog this week I’d love…
Penguin Moult – the scruffy phase. Moulting King Penguins at Volunteer Point, the Falklands. Photo credit: John Buckingham Back to team bird for the keeper blog this week, and this time I’ll be covering penguin moult… because you just can’t have too many blogs about Penguins right? When you first see a moulting penguin, it…
If you’ve read any of my blogs before you may have realised that I love using lots of photos and videos. That’s because one of my favourite hobbies is wildlife photography and film making. I’m not usually the kind of person that gets bored easily, probably because I like to keep my self busy, very…
I would love to introduce you to some of our biggest characters on team Bird, and they live in our parrot flight aviary. Parrots are sometimes a challenge to work with because they are a raucous group of birds with strong attitudes, a strong bite and a loud, no extremely loud voice! I wouldn’t change…
Earlier this week we celebrated Penguin Awareness Day which takes place every year on the 20th January. Not to be confused with World Penguin Day, which of course takes place on the 25th of April. Penguins are so amazing that they get two days to acknowledge their awesomeness! It isn’t always easy to see Penguins…
I would love to introduce you to some of our rowdiest residents at Wingham Wildlife Park. We have four goose species and you can usually hear them honking away on our large lake at the top of the Park. They are quite comical and will definitely be your best mate if you are standing by…
This may cause a debate amongst the Keepers but I think the title for the best hairdo at the park has to go to our group of Pink-backed Pelicans! In my blog this week I would love to introduce you to these fantastic birds and talk a bit about why I think Pelicans are just…
