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…
We recently have had Lonan join our collection who is settling in nicely, in this blog you can read up on our newest addition. The Geoffroy’s cat (leopardus geoffroyi) is a small cat native to South America. They are similar in size to a domestic cat weighing in at around 3- 5kg. Lonan can be…
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…
Hi – it’s Ava again, here with an autumn update for Wingham Wildlife Park! I visited during half-term with my sister Bea, my Nanny and my twin cousins, Isabelle and Grace. They hadn’t been to WWP for 5 years and I couldn’t wait to show them around! When we arrived, we noticed a crowd gathered…
Wingham Wildlife Park is home to some amazing and fascinating creatures. One of our aims is to provide a deeper understanding and educate our wonderful visitors. But even with all this information, there are still many misconceptions about animals that persist. So, in this blog I am going to debunk some fun animal myths. 1….
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…
October 11th each year is World Egg Day! Billions of eggs are produced around the world each year for our own consumption, so most of us are pretty familiar with eggs. Traditionally, World Egg Day is a day to celebrate how useful eggs are to humans as a food source, but I’d like to take…
Hello! Today, I am going to introduce you to a species of tarantula that I share the same hair colour with, Poecilotheria metallica. Commonly known as the Gooty Ornamental, this feisty, fast and blue haired tarantula hails from the rainforest areas of India, such as Gooty and Madras, making its arboreal home in the hollows…
I have lots of different wildlife living on my doorstep, visits from shrews, nesting buzzards, beetles, bats and all sorts of other wildlife frequenting my home. The loudest neighbours at the moment are the little owls! Little owls are the smallest species of owl in the UK and live up to their name, standing at…
On September 1st, we celebrated a very special day for the primate team… International Primate Day! This is an annual event organised since 2005 by the British-based Animal Defenders International (ADI) and if there is one thing the primate team know how to do… it’s to throw a celebration! So for this blog, I decided…
