This week on Sunday we celebrate National Panda Day. What’s the aim of the day? To promote efforts to preserve their habitat from threats such as urbanization and climate change. Hopefully this aim will then turn into support of their protection all around the world. Giant panda numbers are gradually starting to increase again thanks…
Wow already a month into 2025, where does the time go? I hope everyone is keeping well and still sticking to their new years resolutions. For my blog this week I thought I’d share with you my recent holiday to India. It is a place in the world that has always appealed to me, especially…
Seasons greetings to you all and I hope you are all ready and prepared for the big day. As this is my last blog for 2024, I’ve decided to have a look back at some of this year’s highlights and changes that have happened over the past 12 months, here at Wingham Wildlife Park. January…
My blog this week is focusing on lemurs in celebration of World Lemur Day which is held on the last Friday in October every year. This year, it falls on the 25th. All lemur species are endemic to Madagascar and there are over 110 species ranging in size from the 30-gram Berthe’s mouse lemur to…
International Red Panda Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in September, so time to pencil in the diary, 21st September. The aim of the day is to spread awareness regarding yet another species that is near extinction. Red Panda Network launched the first day 2010 and has been going every year since then. The…
I can’t help but smile when I catch sight of a bee. Bumblebees, Mason bees and Mining bees are just one small part of a big family but only one kind makes honey; the honeybee. You might be surprised to learn that there are more than 250 types of bees in the UK. Bees and other…
This week we celebrated International Ungulate Awareness Day so I thought this would be a good opportunity to raise their profile and introduce you to the Ungulate species we have at Wingham. I’ve also asked the Mammal keepers to try describe each animals personalities, so lets see if it matches up to their star signs!…
On the 17th of April each year we celebrate Bat Appreciation Day, so I thought we could go all batty for bats in this week’s blog. What’s the aim of this day? To raise awareness about the vital role these flying mammals play in our ecosystem and playing such an important role in many habitats…
Happy New Year and may the New Year bring happiness, peace, and prosperity to you and your family. For this week’s blog I’m talking to you about one of our newest additions to the park, Naked Mole Rats. If you still haven’t come across them yet they are pink, nearly hairless subterranean rodents that kind…
This week my blog is all about the amazing volunteers that we have working at the park. Each volunteer is a part of the keeping team here and it is important to us keepers to make them feel like they are as well. So, I’d just like to say a massive thank you to all…
