During our lockdown Facebook live streams, there was quite a lot of interest in the wild birds around the park and wild birds in general. So in my blog this week I’m going to point you in the direction of my top five places to go birding right here in east Kent. 1. Sandwich Bay…
It was fantastic to see how many of you enjoyed our live stream talk about the wild birds around the park. If you missed it, you can catch up HERE. It is feeling so spring-like outside at the moment I thought it would be great to talk about some of the wild birds to look…
An invasive species is one that has been introduced to a new environment. It’s presence there has a negative impact, sometimes on a large scale. There are many reasons for these introductions. It may have been accidental, rats for example stowed away on ships and were transported unknowingly. Plants have been imported for peoples gardens…
(It has been a tough year for everyone and as we lead in to Christmas why not support your favourite zoo, Wingham Wildlife Park and shop local.) Let us help you find that unique gift for your animal crazy loved ones this Christmas and create memories that they will never forget. Day ticket This Christmas…
So last time we talked about carnivore teeth but they don’t make up the whole section. We also have a few omnivores. So while omnivores need some carnivore teeth to eat meat they also need a few different ones for eating other stuff. Moon Bears The main example I have to bring up is of…
Hey everyone! For my blog, this week I am going to talk about a very special group of monkeys, the Leaf eating Monkeys. They live in a subfamily group called Colobinae and are typically found throughout Africa and Asia and are long-tailed, tree dwelling monkeys that depend almost entirely on leaves as the main part…
I am very pleased to let you know (if you don’t already know) that we now have 4 Rothschild Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi at the park so our tower is now complete. We have recently welcomed our two new males from Longleat Safari Park. It felt very much like déjà vu when the day arrived…
Penguin Moult – the scruffy phase. Moulting King Penguins at Volunteer Point, the Falklands. Photo credit: John Buckingham Back to team bird for the keeper blog this week, and this time I’ll be covering penguin moult… because you just can’t have too many blogs about Penguins right? When you first see a moulting penguin, it…
Times have been hard recently with the coronavirus situation. Even a simple shop has become a challenge as the day to day items have become luxuries. Even here at the park changes have had to be made. However, it is nice that our thoughts can take us far away from these struggles and I believe…
Today I am writing about my Lemur experience at Wingham Wildlife Park. I went on the 17th February 2020 with my brother Jacob and my Mum who shared the experience with me. When it was time for us to start, we met the Lemur keeper at the entrance to the Lemur walk-through. He told us a…
