Highland Wildlife Park Highland Wildlife Park News 2019

RZSS have relocated the Pine Hoverfly conservation project from Edinburgh Zoo to Highland Wildlife Park:

Pine hoverfly conservation at Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

RZSS has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a new visitor centre at Highland Wildlife Park:

One step closer for Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

Three wolverine kits have been spotted out and about at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park. Named Floki, Bjorn and Ragnar by keepers, the brothers were born in January and spent their first few months in a den with mum Tina.

Wolverine kits out and about at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

Highland Wildlife Park's 2018 animal inventory can be found here:

https://www.rzss.org.uk/media/7109/invent18hwp.pdf

 

Looks like they lost a lot of red deer in 2018.

 

Anybody know where the large herd of Taiwanese Sika deer came from?

The Bukhara deer produced two calves but sadly/ironically because they need more females, the female one died, now number 4.2 but its almost time for this years to be born..

 

Possibly Banham, not 100% certain but it makes sense.

 

According to the above post in the Banham thread, they did indeed come from Banham.

 

1.1 Mishmi takin calves have been born:

Game of Thrones naming competition for Highland Wildlife Park newborns | Highland Wildlife Park

 

Article on the Pine Hoverfly conversation programme:

Zoo breeds rare flies in hummus pots

 

A fantastic walkthrough video of HWP. A must-see if, like me, you've never visited before and never fully realized the sheer size and beauty of HWP's enclosures...



(The channel also includes regular walkthroughs and update videos of Chester zoo, which are all superb and a must-watch).

 

HWP have launched a survey to help shape the future of the park:

HWP Future Survey | Highland Wildlife Park

 

0.1 Reindeer calf has been born:

Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig

 

Apparently the Arctic Foxes have had 10 cubs!

 

Not just any reindeer, hopefully the UK’s first surviving European forest reindeer

 

Indeed they have! Here's a video of them:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=693161834461318

 

The first ever Eurasian crane chick to be born at the Highland Wildlife Park has been out and about this week:

First ever Eurasian crane chick born at Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

10 year old male Amur tiger Marty passed away yesterday:

Sad loss of Amur tiger Marty at Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

1.1 Beavers have been released in Knapdale:

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)

 

Seven rare wildcat kittens have been born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore, giving an extra boost to species recovery plans:

Seven wildcat kittens born at Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park