Hello and welcome to the first episode of the turtle files in 2026! I know you’ve all been avidly waiting for the thrill that is learning about the turtles of the Reptile House, so let us dive straight in! One of, if not the most peculiarly popular turtles in the reptile house is the Chinese…
As this is my last blog for 2025, I’ve decided to have a look back at some of this year’s highlights and changes that have happened over the past 12 months, here at Wingham Wildlife Park. January What a way to kick start 2025 as we welcomed 2 servals to the collection, Maggie and Michael….
For the last reptile/invert blog of the year, I thought we could give a little highlight to probably one of the most popular snakes kept in captivity and as pets: the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). With their inquisitive nature, relatively small size and the variety of colours available it is hardly a surprise that these…
File 2: Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) This episode of the turtle files has us investigating our largest turtly-cool resident of the reptile house, the Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii). The alligator snapping turtle is classified as vulnerable by the ICUN. Its main threats in the wild are predation from humans, removal from the wild…
Hello everybody, it’s me, Ava! I’m back with more exciting stories and fun facts to share! How’d you like my painting of a capybara? Terrible right! Don’t worry, I’ll stick to journalism from now on! This is my third visit as a young reporter for Wingham Wildlife Park, and in this article I’m going to…
Seasons greetings to you all and I hope you are all ready and prepared for the big day. As this is my last blog for 2024, I’ve decided to have a look back at some of this year’s highlights and changes that have happened over the past 12 months, here at Wingham Wildlife Park. January…
Here at Wingham Wildlife Park, we are home to 17 species of lizard. Some of our species already have their own blog dedicated purely to them (our rhino iguanas, Argus monitors and bearded dragons) but in this blog you will find a few more lizard facts and a bunch of the keepers’ favourite lizard species….
At Wingham we have a pair of western dwarf crocodiles and we have been working with them to scale train them, in this blog you’ll see how it’s going. Some snapping facts Dwarf crocodiles are the smallest crocodile species, rarely reaching a length of over 1.5 meters. This nocturnal species are opportunistic feeders, hunting for…
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…
