Hello, my name is Celia, I am 9 years old and I am extremely excited to announce that I am Wingham Wildlife Park’s new Junior Reporter! Here’s how my first day went…. I arrived at the park on Sunday 6th August and met with Leanne who answered some of my questions before I got going….
Hello, I am Taliya and I am 12 years old. I hope you like my first junior journalist report from WWP. Today, I went the zoo but not just any zoo. I was able to go my favourite zoo – Wingham Wildlife Park. There are so many reasons I love this park. There are things…
As I write this month’s blog, it is final day between England and Spain in the Women’s Football World Cup. As the country gathers to see the Lionesses hopefully make history, it sparked a wonder of how animals often cross over into the world of sport. The most obvious sports being horse racing and dog…
This week I thought it would be a good opportunity to give you an update on what has been going down on the mammal section over the last few weeks as there has been quite a lot happening! We are now deep into the summer holidays, which in my opinion is the busiest time of…
The 8th of August every year is Moon Bear Day. It is very special to us as we are the only zoo collection in the UK that houses Asiatic Black Bears and one of only 18 zoos within Europe. Our Asiatic Black Bears or Moon Bears, as they are sometimes called because of the white…
This summer we’ve been very excited to open the doors to our new nocturnal house. This enclosure is super interesting as the day and night cycles have been swapped around. Previously if you tried to get a glimpse of our Frogmouths you may have struggled to spot one as they don’t move about too much…
With the opening of the Nocturnal House fast approaching I thought I would go a little bit into circadian rhythms. So first of all what does it mean? It is a 24 hour period of behavioral and physiological activity in animals and plants. In animals, even more simply it is the sleep/ awake cycle. Animals…
Hi guys, in this blog I will be talking about our gorgeous girl Kaia the Amur leopard, who made the move down from Sandwich to Wingham Wildlife Park. Kaia came to us from Marwell Zoo and has been the queen of sass at Sandwich Wildlife Park for the past few years. Amur leopards are classed…
Pucker up people. July 6th is International Kissing Day and we’re taking a whistlestop tour of all the animals that like to smooch, snuggle, boop and cuddle. So, whoever or whatever you like to kiss, let’s see if they feature in our top ten kissers. But first, let’s talk… Why do we kiss Kissing is…
To some mud seems like a nuisance. As soon as it rains mud is everywhere and then gets all over everything. Surely there are no benefits of having this slippery, sticky, dirty substance. Mud goes hand in hand with the outdoors. Research has shown that encountering certain number of bacteria is good for us. Helping…