We know that our staff have a great team spirit but they decided to put this to the test recently – all in the name of charity by leaving our wild rides behind and taking on one of their own!…

Our resident goats are a playful bunch and are anything but gruff providing lots of entertainment for the zoo team and our visitors…

Shooting to global fame in the animated film, Madagascar, the humble Lemur has become one of our most liked visitor attractions. And, they’ve just had babies – always an exciting time for any family!…

We’re delighted to welcome three Anderson’s Salamanders (Ambystoma andersoni) to our animal collection and can report that they have settled in well to their new home far from their native residence of Mexico…

Pirates of Zanzibar – our newest attraction for summer 2016 – will be unveiled in just a matter of weeks and as we’re all going pirate mad here at Flamingo Land we thought we’d share some top pirate facts with you!…

Last half term saw us, and lots of our lovely visitors, join in with BIAZA’s ‘Love your Zoo’ campaign – a great way for us to explain the role we play in animal welfare and conservation…

We were delighted to welcome Luke Campbell, MBE, boxer and proud Yorkshire family man to our park recently when he took an unexpected break from his training camp in America to surprise his young son on his birthday!

Work is well underway on our new attraction for this summer ‘Pirates of Zanzibar’ which will be an amazing display to delight all the family…

Spring is always a lovely time of year for us as we watch our penguins take to their nests to look after their eggs and newly hatched chicks. We feel like proud parents ourselves!…

We were delighted to welcome local lady Carole Proberts and her mum, Nancy Cantrill to afternoon tea recently after they discovered Nancy’s Great Aunt used to work at the old Kirby Misperton Hall, which is now our Mansion House. Whilst tracing her family tree, Carole found that her mum’s Great Aunt, Eliza Winspear worked as a companion to the Twentyman

Just a few days ago the winners of a competition to name a newly discovered species of tree in Tanzania were announced, with part of their prize being an invitation to come and spend a day here at Flamingo Land Resort Yorkshire. The tree will now be named Polyceratocarpus askhambryan-iringae after competitive fundraising totalling nearly £4000 saw Askham Bryan College

Now that the weather is starting to improve, our hippos are beginning to spend more time outdoors. Visitors to Flamingo Land over the winter may have noticed that the hippos aren’t very keen on the rain and cold (even though they spend a lot of their time in water getting wet!) so they spend a larger amount of time indoors.

We know that you love visiting us for a great day out in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside but behind the scenes, away from the animals and adventures, we have been working very hard to preserve our part of Yorkshire for future generations. Over the last five years the team at Flamingo Land Resort Yorkshire, has been working with

Our group of Humboldt penguins have begun gathering material from around their enclosure to start nest building in preparation for breeding, Humboldt penguins do not necessarily have a specified breeding season as they will mostly just reproduce when they have enough food available and plenty of resources. Though egg laying tends to occur between March and December in the wild

A unique property that adds a further dimension to Flamingo Land Resort’s extensive range of luxury accommodation. Adjacent to a picturesque 15th Century Church, the Gate House benefits from a secluded, truly tranquil location.

Flamingo Land has just been awarded a David Bellamy Conservation Gold Award for the fifth year running. This recognises Flamingo Land’s outstanding commitment to biodiversity conservation.

Flamingo Land are delighted to announce the arrival of two black rhinos from Zurich on September 23rd. Samira (the mother) and baby Olmoti (born last December) will be the first inhabitants of our new Selous Black Rhino Reserve.

Flamingo Land Resort, one of the biggest visitor attractions in Yorkshire, has been named Yorkshire’s ‘Most Magnificent’ Attraction 2015. Voted for by the public over the summer months, the attraction beat off stiff competition.

Flamingo Land is proud to announce that we have a newly born red panda! It was discovered by one of our zoo keepers within one of the nest boxes on 4th June 2015.

We’ve had a lemur baby boom here at Flamingo Land! Five of our ring-tailed lemurs have recently given birth to four healthy babies, plus one set of twins! The new arrivals bring our number of lemurs to 27. At around 2 weeks old, most of the babies can be seen clinging to their mums’ chests, with the larger among them big enough to start riding round on their backs. A couple are even brave enough to hop down to the ground and investigate the fruit and veg being fed to the adults, even though they’re a couple of months off being able to eat it!