Hi everyone! I am sure most of you have seen our 2 newest members of the park by now, but I thought it was only fair that they received a proper introduction in addition to providing you all with an insight into how our new giraffes have been settling into their new home. So, on…
War has always been synonymous with humans, but what about the animals that have stood beside us on the battlefields? On 24th February each year, the world comes together to celebrate International War Animal Day. This is a day dedicated to acknowledging and paying tribute to the crucial role animals have played in conflicts. The…
Earlier this week we celebrated Valentine’s Day. So, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share with you some of our bird romances on the section. I think generally birds are seen as being a very romantic group of animals, with many birds forming loyal couples. But in fact, that’s not always the…
Wolves are a formidable predator. With 42 teeth, 4 of which are canines which they use to grip onto their prey and they are able to bite through bone allowing them to get every last crumb of meat, including marrow; an extremely nutritional prize! They have thick fur to keep them warm, especially Artic wolves,…
February 1st is National Serpent Day and to celebrate serpents on this wonderful day I thought I would use this blog to introduce you to our keepers, our snakes, and our favourites (I know, I know, we’re not supposed to have favourites, but we all do). I’ve already written a blog about serpents for World…
This blog will be celebrating ‘Fun At Work Day’ and dedicated to our keepers with some photos of them doing some of the fun and the not-so fun parts of the job! I wanted to give the keepers a much-needed giggle for the end of January by catching their best side at work. *Some of…
Senior Keeper, Holly Hi everyone, I’m Holly, the Senior Primate Keeper here at Wingham Wildlife Park. For my first blog I could have dedicated to all of the primates that everyone loves to talk about here at Wingham Wildlife Park. However, I chose instead to write this one about the “other” monkeys. The monkeys that…
Christmas at Wingham is a beautiful sight with many festivities available on offer. We found additional activities including arts and crafts and tasty, sweet treats. We thought it was important to give the Christmas activities a go, myself and my brother (5) and sister (2) thought they were great! First, there was Gingerbread decorating! We…
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…
Happy New Year to you all and welcome to my first blog of 2024. We were keeping a secret from you all for 8 months! In 2023 our primate keepers reported positive a pregnancy test on 12th May 2023 for Tara, our critically endangered dominate female Western Chimpanzee. We all had our fingers crossed that…
