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In July, the ground breaking Rutland Osprey Project celebrated a key milestone by releasing its 200th fledgling into the English skies. The Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust began the initiative 25 years ago in a bid to reintroduce this magnificent bird of prey to England and Wales, where they had been extinct for more than 150 years.
Keepers at Twycross Zoo have announced the spring arrival of two red-necked Wallaby joeys – perfect timing for the Easter holidays. Native to Australia, red-necked wallabies are marsupials, which means that they have a very short gestation (pregnancy) after which the offspring moves to the female’s pouch to continue developing. The ‘joey’ will stay in … Read more
Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire welcomed their first zoo baby of the year earlier this month with the arrival of a Kirk’s dik-dik. A first for the zoo, the female dik-dik has been named Pogo Junior. Although still very small, weighing less than 1 kilogram at present, Junior is faring very well in her new surroundings. … Read more
Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire will be celebrating Penguin Awareness Weekend (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 January) by offering discounted entry to all those dressed in black and white, just like their waddle of Humboldt penguins. The zoo will also be asking visitors to join their #TZPenguinPledge and only eat sustainable fish for one whole month, … Read more
Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire is pleased to announce that it has commissioned landscape architect Dominic Cole, best-known for his designs at the Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, to create a new vision for the zoo’s landscaping. Although animals are the star attraction for visitors to Twycross Zoo, planting also plays … Read more
Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire has many reasons to celebrate the start of 2017 as the visitor attraction looks back on a successful year. The past 12 months have seen an unprecedented number of important animal births, many new developments at the 88-acre site in rural Leicestershire and numerous awards, all crowned with a record number of visitors, … Read more
2016 has been one of the best yet for animal breeding at Twycross Zoo. When staff began their yearly stocktake of all the zoo’s animals on 1st January 2017, 41 babies will have been added to the zoo’s count. Twycross Zoo is dedicated to wildlife conservation, and many species at the zoo are part of European … Read more
Visitors to Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire can now see two endangered François langur babies, born less than four weeks apart between October and November. The new-born monkeys, easily recognisable by their bright orange fur, are the fourth and fifth François langurs bred at Twycross Zoo. Including this pair, there were only six babies born in Europe … Read more
Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire has officially opened one of the largest gibbon facilities in Europe in its most ambitious development to date, Gibbon Forest. Covering about 4,000 square metres (nearly an acre), Gibbon Forest is ten times larger than the primates’ previous enclosure and is specially designed to replicate the natural forest environment of gibbons as … Read more
In the advent of Christmas, there are ample opportunities for festive family entertainment at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, which is hosting a variety of activities, special events and Yuletide offers. From the chance to meet Santa to a festive Sunday lunch, children as well as adults can enjoy the seasonal programme right up until Christmas … Read more
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