Originally farm cottages, these properties have been lovingly renovated to exemplary standards and furnished in contemporary style. All four Riverside Cottages benefit from access to a private patio, with cottage one’s featuring an outdoor hot tub.
Flamingo Land provides a warm welcome to those who enjoy the freedom of outdoor living. As a Resort guests, campers and caravanners have access to an amazing collection of facilities, including an extensive leisure complex and The Club, our dedicated entertainment venue.
Flamingo Land is celebrating the birth of a zebra foal! The new arrival, a female, was born overnight in July to parents Guinness and Vendela. Up and about almost straight away, she can be found in our mixed-species exhibit of giraffe, zebra and ostrich. Our zebras spend most of their time outside in the paddock grazing, so there’s usually a good view of the whole family. All being found across Africa, these animals often share habitats in the wild so are quite happy to live in the same enclosure at the zoo – in fact, it actually provides them with enrichment to make their lives more interesting! Of course, since they’re all herbivores, there’s no danger of anybody eating anyone else.
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!
