Flamingo Land Resort is delighted to announce the birth of a Rothschild Giraffe calf to parents George (8 years old) and Lizzy (5 years old) at 3am on Sunday 22nd March 2015.…
On 22nd March last year, Flamingo Land was very excited to welcome the birth of 3 Sumatran Tiger cubs. With their first birthday we have taken a look back at their first year with us…
The zoo education team at Flamingo Land have been busy planning activities for 2015. Two of our projects are Keeper Academy for children aged 15-17 and a brand new Zoo Kids Club for children aged 8-12, both of which will be running from February.
Flamingo Land’s latest penguin chick is doing well and can be seen in the enclosure, cuddled up in a den under rocks with mum Lex or dad Alf looking after it..
Over the past two columns, I’ve been writing about some of the many issues which tropical forests worldwide are facing, and a few of the ways in which Flamingo Land’s Udzungwa Forest Project is trying to help matters.
We’re having a slight change of scene this week, as we leave a grey and slightly chilly Yorkshire behind for the sun of East Africa!
Flamingo Land has welcomed a new female emperor tamarin into their animal collection. She has been transferred from Dudley Zoo will be paired up with the male already here.
It seems as though the weather is finally starting to turn colder and winter is on its way. With that in mind, the zookeepers at Flamingo Land are very busy at the moment helping both the exotic and native species found at the zoo to get through the next few months as comfortably as possible.
Flamingo Land Resort, one of the biggest visitor attractions in Yorkshire, has been named Yorkshire’s ‘Most Magnificent’ Attraction 2014. Voted for by the public over the summer months, the attraction beat off stiff competition including last year’s winner Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the other 15 Yorkshire’s Magnificent Attractions to the accolade.
Although we’re now well into the summer holidays, the babies are still coming thick and fast here at Flamingo Land! This week we’re welcoming a brand new flamingo chick to our flock.
Our flamingos are currently in the middle of their nesting season, and this is the first chick to have hatched from this clutch of eggs. Our famous flamingos are of course where the resort got its name, as one of the first animals to ever arrive here! We keep two species, Chilean and Caribbean flamingos, both of which can be found in South America.
Mara are classified into the same family as guinea pigs and capybaras, which are all native to South America. At Flamingo Land we have Patagonian mara, as opposed to Chacoan, and they can be visible from the treetop walkway in the zoo.
Mara look like oversized hares but their heads are more like a deer. Their backs are fairly grey in colour, with a white fringe towards their rear end, and they have golden brown fur on their front and around their face.
Flamingo Land is pleased to announce the birth of a baby vicuna (cria) born on Sunday 29th June. The cria is fit and healthy and was standing and walking around an hour after birth. Its sex is still unknown but the zoo keepers should be able to find out within the next few days.
Both mum and dad, Holly and Bailey, are doing an excellent job at looking after and protecting their new addition. This is the pair’s first successful offspring therefore it is an exciting time for them and the zoo staff!
Flamingo Land is celebrating the birth of a zebra foal. The young male can be seen in the mixed giraffe, zebra and ostrich exhibit, along with his parents and his older sister Velvet, who was born in January last year. His big sister is being very protective of him and even chases their parents off if they get too close!
Our zebras are normally outside grazing all day long, so there is usually a good view of the new arrival. Giraffes, zebras and ostriches all live in the same habitats in the wild, so they are quite happy to share an enclosure – in fact, it makes life more interesting for them. Of course, they are all herbivores, so there’s no danger of anyone eating anyone else!
Here at Flamingo Land we’re delighted to announce the birth of three Sumatran tiger cubs to resident mother and father Surya and Bawa. Born in the early hours on 22nd March, our zoo vet is delighted with their progress, allowing the triplets to be released into an open enclosure from 21st May. The cubs will stay with their mother for up to two years. They’ll then be transferred to other zoos as part of the international breeding programme for this critically endangered species.
“This is fantastic news for the European Endangered Species Programme and really shows the effectiveness of international collaboration,” comments Zoo Manager Ross Snipp. “The Sumatran tiger could quite easily disappear from the wild within the next few decades, so it is essential that we maintain a captive population in zoos worldwide.”
