If you have been in our bug house, you may have noticed recently that we have some new much smaller white clawed crayfish. The originals that we held onsite from the 30th of June last year until a few weeks ago, have now gone back to their native home of Bristol. This has allowed us…
Last weekend we celebrated World Sparrow Day! A time to reflect on the decline of our humble sparrows. Why do I say spectacular? I think Sparrows are really underappreciated! Yes, at first some species may look like just another drab looking small brown bird, but when you look at them closely they really are subtly…
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…
Hi, my name is Bethany and I live in North Kent, nr The Medway Towns. I have visited WWP since I was little, normally several times a year. I also watched my Nan feed the tigers here too, just before the pandemic. This is why I was so excited when I found out I would…
One of my favourite pastimes as a zookeeper is eves dropping on the public’s conversations about the animals in front of them. I do enjoy a little chuckle to myself when passing folk stop at the binturong thinking they’re looking at the moon bears or when adults in particular mix up the orange and black…
I don’t know about you but to me this year is starting to fly by, nearly at the end of February already! Where has the time gone? I wont complain too much as the evenings are getting lighter and the days getting longer. With spring time on the horizon, the 1st of March is fast…
It’s Valentines and the week of love! What better way is there to celebrate everything romantic than to look at some of our favorite couples at the park? Mammals You can’t speak about Matt without mentioning his greatest loves, Nando and Kathleen. Our loved-up pair of Lowland Tapirs. Even though Nando has now been castrated…
Happy Darwin Day in advance! Celebrated on Charles Darwin’s birthday, 12th February, Darwin day is a day to celebrate and learn more about his work as a naturalist. Known as the father of natural selection, I can relate to his fascination with nature, and his close observation of birds. It was aboard the HMS Beagle…
So today I’d like to talk about our three little bears. Aroon, Mika and of course Baloo. On the 29th January, it was a big day for us on the carnivore team as our little, not so little bear cub turned 2. Looking at him now it’s amazing to think how tiny he was when…
Hello friends, I hope you are surviving January! Its nearly over, we got this! I have an update for you on some of the training that’s going on in the park. (If you want to check out my progress from previous blogs you can find them here). Orangutans A few updates on the orangs! They…
