20/09/2024
Nearly SSSSS-Saturday! 🐍
Who says snakes can't be cute. let us know what you think of our wonderful reptile house in the comments. 👇
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Wingham Wildlife Park is very proud to be a three-time winner of Muddy Stiletto’s award for the ‘Best Family Attraction’ in Kent as voted for by the public.
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Embark on a wild adventure at WWP today and be ready to receive a warm welcome from our friendly team and of course, all the incredible animals that call our park home. We are set in the quaint village of Wingham, between popular Canterbury and Sandwich. Our park diligently cares for more than 200 species- that’s more than ANY other zoo in Kent! This includes the only Penguins, Orangutans and Chim
panzees in Kent as well as the only Moon Bears in the whole of the UK, plus many other very popular species including,
- Tigers
- Giraffes
- Parrots
- Flamingos
- Red Pandas
- Meerkats
- Sloths
- Crocodiles
To name but a few! We also have several walk-through exhibits and offer lots of unique and unforgettable encounters (including Penguin, Giraffe, Tiger feeding and Keeper for the Day). Meaning that you can make memories that will last a lifetime as you get up close and personal with all your favourites! In addition to our alluring animals, we also offer lots of opportunities for family fun and adventure with the largest animatronic dinosaur zoo in the county, 18-hole mini golf course, large indoor soft play area, photo opportunities, animal feeding stations, outside play areas, go karts, Bug Gardens and more! We are committed to inspiring a deep passion for the natural world. Therefore, your support not only directly helps us care for our own animals but also contributes to our vital conservation projects too. We can’t wait to welcome you for a big WWP adventure soon!
19/09/2024
Red pandas truly are one of the cutest animals on the planet it's no wonder there is an international day to celebrate them.
For the run up to International Red Panda Day on the 21st Matt has written about their conservation in zoos as well as fun facts about the Red Pandas we have here at Wingham Wildlife Park. 👇
International Red Panda Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in September, so time to pencil in the diary, 21st September. The aim of the day is to spread awareness regarding yet another species that is near extinction. Red Panda Network launched the first day 2010 and has been going every year s...
18/09/2024
Wednesday Wisdom 💡
Capybaras are excellent swimmers with adaptations such as webbed feet, high placed eyes and nostrils on their head to see and breathe on the surface but they can also hold their breath for 5 minutes! 🏊
17/09/2024
Looks like our goats are playing the floor is lava 😆
What games do you like to play with your pets let us know in the comments 👇
16/09/2024
Monday Mood 🦁💤
No too soon I wanted to lion in. 😆
We hope to see all you next weekend. 🙌
15/09/2024
International Primate Day may have been and gone but its importance will stay with us particularly for our primate team. 🐒
On todays keeper blog the primate team share their love for primates including those found here at Wingham Wildlife Park including some lovely photos. Have a look in our link below. 👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/celebrating-international-primate-day-2024/
14/09/2024
African Goose Appreciation Post 🙌
What language does a goose like to speak?
Portugeese!
13/09/2024
Froggy Friday! 🐸
Nearly the weekend!
Let us know if you are coming to visit in the comments. 👇
12/09/2024
Guess the paws? 🐾🐾
We'll give you a clue it was her birthday on the weekend. 🎉
Let us know who you think it is by sending in your photos of her.
11/09/2024
Wallaby Wednesday 🦘
There are 30 species of wallabies across Australia and Papua New Guinea!
What's your fun fact about wallabies let us know in the comments 👇
08/09/2024
Happy 12th Birthday Kikay 💛🖤
To celebrate this lovely lady's birthday, please pop your cheetah photos in the comments below to show her all our love!
05/09/2024
Happy 29th birthday Tara! 🖤
She is mum to both our youngest members of the troop, Elizabeth and baby Margaret!
Please stop by our Western Chimpanzees today to wish her a very happy birthday!
04/09/2024
⭐Our Junior Journalist debut blogs are here, and lets just say they are amazing!⭐
Our two new junior journalists Ava and Tristan have been to visit us this summer and have written all about their time and what they have learnt sharing lots of fun and interesting facts about our animals!
Discover below how Ava`s trip went here👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/junior-journalist-ava-summer-2024-visit/
And how Tristan's visit was here👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/junior-journalist-tristan-blog-one/
02/09/2024
Fact File: Cuban Crocodile
🐊 On average, adults can grow between 2.1 - 2.4m long, with males growing larger than females.
🐊 They have the smallest natural distribution of any crocodilian.
🐊 They are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
01/09/2024
If you have been to visit us this summer, I am sure you may of noticed our four inquisitive Guineafowl wandering around.
In this weeks blog, Head of birds Becky has detailed everything you need to know about these glamorous birds👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/glamorous-guineafowl/
30/08/2024
😍 Isn't Binx handsome 😍
Time for a puma appreciation post! Below we have 3 puma facts, let us know how many you didn't know!
🖤 Pumas are also known as mountain lions and panthers.
🖤 They live across both North and South America.
🖤 They are not a Big Cat but they are the largest Small Cat.
29/08/2024
💛 Throwback Thursday! 💛
Our youngest Patagonian Mara look a little larger than this now! Have you spotted them suckling from mum or sunbathing around the lake?
We love their ears 😍
28/08/2024
✨Can you help us?✨
Here at WWP we will be celebrating International Primate Day at the weekend and our deputy head of primates, Holly, will be dedicating her blog on these amazing animals. She is on the look out for some of your amazing pictures of our primates that you have taken around our park to feature in her blog. With so many primates to celebrate this day with we cannot wait to see all your amazing snaps in the comments below👇📸
26/08/2024
It's the last FULL WEEK of the Summer Holidays! 🤩
We have many more activities planned for this week, come and say hi to our friendly Education team👋👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/special-offers/
24/08/2024
Did you know a giraffe has the same number of vertebrae in their necks as us?! ONLY 7 BONES! 🤯
Their vertebrae are significantly larger than ours though 🦒🦒
📸 Meg, Head of Mammals
23/08/2024
📸 Cover Photo Competition📸
We will be celebrating Red Panda Day in September, so we are sniffing out your best photos of our red pandas!
We cannot wait to see them all and you get extra points for a picture of them both😏
As always our favourite will be set as the cover photo for the whole of the month on both our Facebook & Twitter pages.
PLEASE NOTE: Photos MUST be set in landscape, taken here at WWP & be your own work. Just pop your entries in the comments below.
22/08/2024
Happy 1st birthday Twiglet 💚🎉
From being a month old in the photo to now, we cannot believe how quickly he's grown!
Try and spot him on your visit today and wish him a happy birthday!
21/08/2024
🖤 Chimp Appreciation post 🖤
We are home to 9 critically endangered Western Chimpanzees.
Since they came to us in 2016, we have welcomed two new additions to our troop; Elizabeth who is 6 years old and her younger sister Margaret (born 2023) who is currently 8 months old!
20/08/2024
Happy birthday Paul and Paula!! 🖤
Our two oldest African-crested porcupines celebrate their 17th birthdays today!
Please wish them a spike-tacular day!
19/08/2024
🧡Happy World Orangutan Day!🧡
We are lucky enough to be home to four Bornean Orangutans, Molly, Belayan, Jin and Awan.
Both couples were introduced to one another over month ago and have been getting along with each other really well. This is great news for the conservation of these critically endangered species as they face threats from deforestation of their natural habitat and human conflicts.
Show this post some love for these amazing animals and lets try our best to ensure they are around for a long long time to come!🧡
18/08/2024
To help celebrate World Lizard Day this week, head of reptiles Hannah has dedicated her blog to introducing some of the more weird and wonderful members of the lizard family🦎
Check it out below 👇
https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/celebrating-world-lizard-day-2024/
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Did you come and feed our lorikeets this summer? 🐦 How many did you have on you at once?! 📸 Becky, Head of Birds #lorikeets #birds #winghamwildlifepark
Is this a pre or post breakfast snack... sound on for ASMR goodness 🤔😋 KEEPER CAM 📸 Meg, Head of Mammals! #KeeperCam #tapir #eating #asmr #winghamwildlifepark
Guess who is 7 months old today! Look at how much she's grown! 📸Head of Primates, George #KeeperCam #chimpanzee #baby #eating #winghamwildlifepark
Penguin Chick Update! Pigeon and Podrick are growing up too quickly... Look how big Podrick is now! It won't be too much longer until they have their first moult and will start joining their parents and the rest of the colony outside! 🐧🐧 But first... Podrick needs cuddles from his dad, Palamedes.
Put your wings together to celebrate International Pigeon Day with the one... the only... Gok our beautiful blue crowned pigeon 🐦🥳 #internationalpigeonday #pigeon #birds #winghamwildlifepark
KEEPER CAM is here!! Join our keepers as they capture special moments between them and our animals! 📸Head of primates, George #winghamwildlifepark #chimpanzee #KeeperCam
Tag you're IT!! How adorable are Shadow and Ghost when they play? #wolves #playing #brothers #winghamwildlifepark
One of our brown-nosed coatis having a post-breakfast snack!
Our giraffes meet each other for the first time
Here's the moment our giraffes were all introduced to each other this morning. 🦒 As you can see it all went really smoothly and they were nice and curious but relaxed.
Visit Vietnam with Scott, Luke and Markus
Not a fan of Christmas TV? 📺 Then why not revisit our conservation trip earlier this year to Vietnam in our YouTube mini series instead? Follow Scott, Luke and Markus on their adventures through jungles, caves and cities as they explored Vietnam and worked on our new conservation project. 👇 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFOJ2ARp-lUhuthoUBPC3Rslfe5912O7n
Naked Mole Rats Are Here
Our Naked Mole Rats have arrived and are settling in beautfully in the new Nocturnal House. 🌙 Make sure you check them out on your next visit and let us know what you think of them. They're busy little characters and lots of fun to watch. 👀
Mai and Croissant snuggles
Keeper Meg caught Mai and the Croissant having the cutest snuggles together. 🥐 Wait until the end to watch the little one have a silly moment and see how big it's getting 🥺
Red panda, Mai carries newborn cub
🧡 Red panda cub-date 🧡 Mai is still doing an incredible job with her precious little croissant and we loved seeing some of your photos of them together over the weekend. 🥐 Here she is taking the most adorable fluffball in the world for a morning stroll. 🥹
We are so grateful to have been nominated for Muddy Stilettos ‘Best Family Attraction’ award again for 2023! ✨ We would love to be in the finals for this award (and even win it!) and so if you love our park, we need your help! 🧡 Please follow the link below to nominate us (as only the 5 attractions with the most nominations make the finals), it’s really quick and we would be so incredibly grateful to you. You only have until until 8th May to have your say! https://kent.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/nominate/
A BIG Congratulations to the winners of our spot Tony competition! 🏆 Zoe Plumb, Andy Cox, Sarah Haskins, Stacey Brown and Heather Green, you have each won a family day ticket! 🌟 Tony could be spotted 3 times in the advert, well done to everyone who guessed the correct answer! Your names were all put into a randomiser this morning which chose our 5 winners! ✨ Please could the winners named above email us at [email protected] so that we can organise your tickets for you. 🎫 https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/
✨ Win a Family Day Ticket! ✨ You may have already seen the new advert for WWP on TV but now it could help you get your paws on one of five family day tickets (for up to a family of four) that we are giving away! All you have to do is watch the advert below and let us know how many times you spotted the park's owner, Tony! Everyone who pops a correct answer in the comments below will be placed into a randomiser which will choose the five lucky winners next week. Good luck! 🍀 https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/
We wanted to post this video with you again to share with your little ones as you snuggle down for Christmas Eve. 🤗 You may have seen it already but tonight is just the perfect time to enjoy a classic festive story told by some familiar faces to all your favourite animals. ✨ We hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful night preparing for the big day tomorrow 🎅🏻 https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/ ____________________ Happy Little Elves by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/
We have excitingly taken part in BIAZA's secret santa for the first time this year. 🎅🏻 They have organised this for zoos and aquariums across the country. We wanted to share this little video of Meg and Alice opening the lovely gifts we received for our animals and keepers and say a big thank you to Five Sisters Zoo for sending them. We can't wait to share photos of the animals enjoying their new gifts soon! 🎁 #biazasecretsanta2021 https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/
We are already feeling very festive at WWP! 🎄 Our dedicated zoo keepers have been spreading the Christmas joy to our animals, getting them cosy and festive with a Classic Christmas tale. 🎅 Which animal (or keeper) do you think enjoyed it the most? 🌟 https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/ ____________________ Happy Little Elves by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/
We won! 🥇 We are thrilled to have won the Muddy Stilettos award for the Best Family Attraction in Kent! Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We are so, so grateful for your amazing support in helping us to win this award. 💛 We hope we will see you all soon for an exciting day of adventures at our park. https://winghamwildlifepark.co.uk/
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