From July 20th to July 26th, we celebrated the incredible work, resilience, and passion of keepers everywhere for National Zookeeper Week! So, what better way to show our appreciation for zookeepers than by highlighting the achievements and hard work of our keepers here at Wingham Wildlife Park and showing you a behind the scenes glimpse…
This week on Sunday we celebrate National Panda Day. What’s the aim of the day? To promote efforts to preserve their habitat from threats such as urbanization and climate change. Hopefully this aim will then turn into support of their protection all around the world. Giant panda numbers are gradually starting to increase again thanks…
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….
International Red Panda Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in September, so time to pencil in the diary, 21st September. The aim of the day is to spread awareness regarding yet another species that is near extinction. Red Panda Network launched the first day 2010 and has been going every year since then. The…
Ava Riley, age 9 Hi – I’m Ava, and this is my little sister BeaBea. Welcome to my first article for Wingham Wildlife Park! I was really excited for my first trip as a junior journalist, and I hope you enjoy my article just as much as I enjoyed my time at the Wildlife Park….
Hi everyone! As this is my first blog as the new Head of Mammals, I thought it would be a great idea to write about my journey here at Wingham and why the mammal section is the best section. Most of you know me already, but for those who don’t, I’m Meg and I’ve worked…
January 12th is ‘Kiss a Ginger Day’ put in place to show appreciation to those with naturally red hair, which only accounts for around 2% of the world’s population. I thought I would latch onto this unofficial holiday for some of the natural redheads here at the park. All of which are likely to be…
We have been very busy training new behaviours including crate training with many species recently and I wanted to update you on what the animals have been learning. Macaws So, I’ve been making friends with the macaws and teaching them to follow the target. They’ve picked it up nicely and allowed me to move onto…
Have you ever looked at an animal and become very jealous of how flexible they are? As an aerialist I often find myself looking at the orangutans in awe as they effortlessly do a perfect split followed by an over split. All whilst being about 10 feet high up in the enclosure! Aerial Silks Aerial…
International Red Panda Day is the 3rd Saturday of September each year. On this day, zoos, schools, and other groups around the world celebrate by creating as much red panda publicity as possible. This aims to raise public awareness and support for red panda conservation issues. This year has been slightly different to previous years…
