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…
Happy New Year to all! As the weather is getting colder, it’s easy to daydream of warmer climates and think about future holidays or past trips. I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about a trip I did in 2016 to South America. Here I explored the Pantanal region of Brazil, searched for sloths…
Happy New Year to you all, I hope everyone is well and had a very merry Christmas. I have enjoyed sharing with you my recent travels around the UK in previous blogs. However, for this one I thought we’d turn up the heat and go somewhere outside the UK. The Ashes Australia and England are…
Happy New Year to you all, let’s all hope that this year is a better year. As I write this there isn’t a lockdown so let’s hope it stays that way and look back on all that happened in 2021 instead. Starting off 2021, was a start we didn’t think we would have. On the…
Introducing my first Wingham Wildlife Park bird identification blog where I’d love to point out a species that you can try and spot at the park, depending on the time of year of course. And if you’re a birder, like me you’ll be busy on New Year’s Day trying to build up your bird list…
