World Tapir Day
World Tapir Day falls on the 27th April every year. It is a day to celebrate all 4 living species of tapir including the Malayan, Baird’s, Lowland and Mountain...
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Peacock Displays
If you have ever visited Flamingo Land you may have noticed we have free ranging peafowl, or peacocks, in our park. The peacocks are very friendly which is why...
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Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
At Flamingo Land we run a daily Meet a Creature session in the Education Centre. One of the animals which we are able to bring out are Madagascar hissing...
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Experience a Lorikeet Close Encounter
Back in November we told you about our new rainbow lorikeet exhibit opening. The developers added an extension along with making several modifications to the old Bongo Warrior’s hut...
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Baringo arrives!
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Baringo, a 24 year old male black rhino from Dvur Kralav Zoo in Europe. He is currently settling into his new...
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Tiger cubs coming of age and fatherhood
Wednesday 22nd of March marked the 3rd Birthday of the 3 Sumatran tiger cubs which were born here at Flamingo Land. At 18 months old the mother, in our...
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Meet Tod the Dummy Keeper
For this week’s article we are going to be letting you in on a little secret on some of the more peculiar ways our keepers look after our animals....
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Win a Family Day Out With Our Name The Baby Competition!
On the 17th of January 2017 here at Flamingo Land we were blessed with the arrival of a healthy female Rothschild giraffe calf (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi). Her Dad is...
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Fly River Turtles
We have some new animals on display in our aquarium section called fly river turtles (Carettochelys insculpta) who are also known as pig-nosed turtles. We have a male and...
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Love Is In The Air!
At the zoo on Valentine’s Day we celebrated by looking at all the weird and wonderful behaviours animals have when it comes to courting and attracting a mate. Just...
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We Need Your Help To Name Our Baby Rothchild Giraffe!
A Rothschild giraffe calf was born here on 17th January 2017, and as yet she does not have a name! This is where you all come in...
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Happy Tiger Birthday!
On Sunday 5th February, our female tiger, Surya, enjoyed her 8th birthday! She originally came from Paignton Zoo in Devon and lives at the park with our other tiger,...
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