The International Day of Forests is celebrated on 21st March every year and is celebrated to promote the significance of all forest types. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. Forests are areas of land covered with trees; it is a very broad term that encompasses many different types of ecosystems,…
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…
I present to you today a selection of gorgeous photos of my colleagues and I posing as some of our animals in a photoshoot I’ve been working on for a few weeks. George did a fantastic job as Molly, she also took very little persuading to take part, 10/10. Did you know? Orangutans are semi-solitary…
This week we celebrated the 8th birthday of our resident slow coach Sid, so I thought we would delve into the realms of everyone’s favourite lazy tree dweller, the sloth.There are 6 different species of sloth found across Central and South America: Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) Maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)…
This week I am going to be talking about something which we all do, but we don’t always like to talk about. Let’s face it, poo is pretty gross. It smells, if you have children you’ll know that it can get everywhere and it’s a never-ending job to clean it up. However, poo, faeces, stools,…
With the news in January of us having to close our sister site, Sandwich Wildlife Park I wanted to give you an update on the new residents who have moved over to now call Wingham Wildlife Park their home. BIRDS We have had a move around with some of our penguins and have been joined…
