Chester Zoo Chester Zoo news 2025
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Ryley
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The cub can come out any day now, the decision is also down to mother Nubra.
Reports elsewhere indicate that the cub has peered through the hatch but mum keeps dragging it back in! Shouldn't be too long now anyway.
Typhlonectes
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Have they already got a Uromastyx sp in the Africa herp cohab?
Typhlonectes
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Interesting, I wonder what the reason for another Uromastyx acquisition is
Hatching of Caribbean flamingo chicks:
Flamingo chicks hatch in view of visitors at Chester Zoo
Fifteen Caribbean flamingo chicks have hatched in full view of visitors at Chester Zoo, with more expected to emerge in the coming weeks.
The first chick hatched on 1 July 2025.
Chester Zoo’s Caribbean flamingo flock now numbers more than 140 birds, making it one of the largest in the UK.
Flamingo chicks hatch in view of visitors at Chester Zoo
Fifteen Caribbean flamingo chicks have hatched in full view of visitors at Chester Zoo, with more expected to emerge in the coming weeks.
The first chick hatched on 1 July 2025.
Chester Zoo’s Caribbean flamingo flock now numbers more than 140 birds, making it one of the largest in the UK.
Is it because they renovated their habitat?
The flock has bred well in past years, with reports of 11 chicks in 2016 and 21 chicks in 2018.
The Wetlands Aviary (opened 2023) would have of course been designed to promote breeding success, which has clearly been successful.
Are the aviaries the flamingos are in, including Heart of Africa fly now?
I think both flocks of flamingos are able to fly. One of my more memorable zoo sights was on a visit to Hillside (now a private collection) and seeing a group of Lesser Flamingos take off in unison and fly across the pond. It happened so fast that it was impossible to photograph, but I will never forget it.
The older birds may be pinioned……flamingos live a long time
I believe the idea of netting was to allow all new flamingoes the ability to fly. I asked a keeper about this a couple of years ago and I’m sure they said that it didn’t work out as some of the juveniles had flown into the netting and also as it’s a walkthrough they were concerned about flamingoes flying onto the boardwalk and interacting with visitors - so they are all pinioned going forward. It’s a shame as the spectacle of them flying would be amazing to witness.
The Snow leopard cub is a female:
It’s a girl! Vet health check reveals sex of viral snow leopard cub at Chester Zoo
We’re very happy to report that the cub was given a clean bill of health and we can finally reveal that it is indeed a female.
It’s a girl! Vet health check reveals sex of viral snow leopard cub at Chester Zoo
We’re very happy to report that the cub was given a clean bill of health and we can finally reveal that it is indeed a female.
Just seen some pictures from the press preview at the Reserve and it looks like all 3 species are mixed at the same time, looks like atleast 5 Blesblok and 1 zebra, so presume the Male.