We’re home to two little families of glorious Goeldi’s monkeys, and I’d love to introduce you to them! Family One Housed upstairs in the Chimp House (next to the sloth enclosure). Maggie is the matriarch of the group and the oldest at 23 years old. In the wild, Goeldi monkeys have a life expectancy of…
Hello! As a newer member of the mammal keeper team here at Wingham Wildlife Park, one of my favourite parts of the job is getting to learn new things about the animals I work with everyday. With the recent births of three adorable Bennett’s wallaby joeys at the park, I wanted to dive deeper into…
The International Day of Forests is celebrated on 21st March every year and is celebrated to promote the significance of all forest types. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. Forests are areas of land covered with trees; it is a very broad term that encompasses many different types of ecosystems,…
Among the vast diversity of wildlife found in Africa, the serval (Leptailurus serval) stands out as one of the most intriguing and graceful felines. Known for its distinct appearance and exceptional hunting abilities, the serval is an elegant creature that thrives across sub-Saharan Africa. In this blog post, we’ll explore the unique characteristics of the…
If you have visited us over the last year, you will have noticed that we have had some new arrivals to the reptile house in the form of baby Hermann’s tortoises. In total, we have had six of these shelled reptiles hatch out since 5th March 2024. The parents of these babies can be found…
Now that it is officially February at Wingham Wildlife Park, we can sense a lot of love in the air. You might all be busy thinking about what flowers to buy or picking out the best outfit and so are many animal species around the world. Except sometimes it’s a little wilder! Being a mammal…
This week’s blog comes from me, Jess B, Deputy Head of Primates. After my maternity leave, I couldn’t wait to return to all the wonderful animals and my team. My blog is about my trip to Sumatra, Indonesia in 2018, in search of Sumatran orangutans. Home Sweet Home Now, we are home to our two…
I think it is fair to say, if you asked the primate team how 2024 has been, we would all agree it has been a rollercoaster of a year! There has been so much going on this year so I thought I would use the last primate blog of the year to re-cap some of…
Please follow me on a journey to discover some of the coolest and weirdest snails that live on this planet! Records have shown that snails have been on Earth for over 3 billion years, so if you have not heard of a snail then where the shell have you been?! Not only this but there…
I think it’s safe to say that if you visit a zoo, you aren’t really gonna be in for a quiet day. Whether it’s the lion roaring, the wolves howling, the gibbons singing or the chimps happy hooting, the park is filled with an abundance of noise. But what do they mean? What are they…
