Joker22Hero
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When I talked to the keepers a few weeks back they said the lake (which was open then) was only a short time from being too low with them having to take the birds off show, could very well have happened now
Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens News 2025
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Cotswoldgent
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Afternoon visit on Friday, busy with crowds.
Lake still closed due to lack of water and many birds relocated to wallaby enclosure (wallabies with joeys still in Great Bustard enclosure)
Greater Bamboo Lemur pups visible, but sleeping.
No sign of young Yellow Mongoose pups, but older pups back with parents.
Dwarf Mongoose were scent marking furiously when we were out near Little Africa, which was hilarious to watch, such a fast inversion from smelling branch to scent marking.
Good view of one of the Clouded Leopards.
Managed to count four Great Grey Owl young with difficulty through the foliage, them all looking large and fluffy.
Still only seeing one Tamandua.
Lake still closed due to lack of water and many birds relocated to wallaby enclosure (wallabies with joeys still in Great Bustard enclosure)
Greater Bamboo Lemur pups visible, but sleeping.
No sign of young Yellow Mongoose pups, but older pups back with parents.
Dwarf Mongoose were scent marking furiously when we were out near Little Africa, which was hilarious to watch, such a fast inversion from smelling branch to scent marking.
Good view of one of the Clouded Leopards.
Managed to count four Great Grey Owl young with difficulty through the foliage, them all looking large and fluffy.
Still only seeing one Tamandua.
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Joker22Hero
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The other one passed away a few months ago
Cotswoldgent
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Thanks for the update. A shame as we always enjoyed watching them. At least the survivor has the company of the “clockwork” armadillos.
Is Kenny [male reindeer] still in velvet?
i.e. does Kenny still have fur on his antlers?
Strathmorezoo
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The park has had a bumper year with White Storks, they have successfully reared 48 young,which have been sent to Sussex to be released. Since 2016 , 200 White Stork have been bred at the park and released into the south of England.
Cotswoldgent
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Good, if short, visit this morning around the walled garden.
Good views of all six Yellow Mongoose, having missed the two youngest on our last visit. Lovely to see them growing.
Also lovely to see the two youngest Bamboo Lemurs growing, bouncing around.
Also had fun trying to compare the sizes of the various species of Laughing Thrush around the walled garden - not easy!
Good views of all six Yellow Mongoose, having missed the two youngest on our last visit. Lovely to see them growing.
Also lovely to see the two youngest Bamboo Lemurs growing, bouncing around.
Also had fun trying to compare the sizes of the various species of Laughing Thrush around the walled garden - not easy!
Lafone
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Fun day at CWP today, torrential thundery rain with some nice sun in between and a quiet park.
The lake is still shut with quite a lot of the birds sharing with the Blue Cranes and Kenya Guineafowl (creating some fun viewing for the wolves), but judging by the weather today and this week that won't last much longer.
Got the chance to get a good look at the new Pygmy Marmoset space in the restaurant. With the pair still near the Cotton Tops, one signed with the Titis still and what appeared to be two in the restaurant enclosure, there are a good number of these wonderful small monkeys now in residence. I hope we might see some youngsters in the future.
Crested Screamers are still split between both Anteater enclosures. The free roaming Peafowl chicks I'd seen on my last visit look to have all made it to the juvenile stage and were in with the Mara / Capybara / Screamer parents and Anteaters.
The Red Panda enclosure had some more frames since my last trip, with the old tree all removed as reported above
I thought there were some new fish in the tank opposite the Pancake Tortoises in Little Africa though I probably didn't look closely enough last visit.
Elsewhere it was great to see both the new Yellow Mongoose pups with the whole family out playing in between showers. Also had great views of the young Ostrich (and a bonus Green Woodpecker on their enclosure fence).
I was excited to find a second Blue Faced Honeyeater in the Tropical House with the two birds spending a lot of time together along with some noisy attention from the Turacos. Would be amazing if we had young Honeyeaters to admire at some point in the future. Was a very visible Sloth day and all round the House was an excellent place to spend a good amount of time out of the rain.
Kenny was shedding with some bloody patches on the antlers today.
The lake is still shut with quite a lot of the birds sharing with the Blue Cranes and Kenya Guineafowl (creating some fun viewing for the wolves), but judging by the weather today and this week that won't last much longer.
Got the chance to get a good look at the new Pygmy Marmoset space in the restaurant. With the pair still near the Cotton Tops, one signed with the Titis still and what appeared to be two in the restaurant enclosure, there are a good number of these wonderful small monkeys now in residence. I hope we might see some youngsters in the future.
Crested Screamers are still split between both Anteater enclosures. The free roaming Peafowl chicks I'd seen on my last visit look to have all made it to the juvenile stage and were in with the Mara / Capybara / Screamer parents and Anteaters.
The Red Panda enclosure had some more frames since my last trip, with the old tree all removed as reported above
I thought there were some new fish in the tank opposite the Pancake Tortoises in Little Africa though I probably didn't look closely enough last visit.
Elsewhere it was great to see both the new Yellow Mongoose pups with the whole family out playing in between showers. Also had great views of the young Ostrich (and a bonus Green Woodpecker on their enclosure fence).
I was excited to find a second Blue Faced Honeyeater in the Tropical House with the two birds spending a lot of time together along with some noisy attention from the Turacos. Would be amazing if we had young Honeyeaters to admire at some point in the future. Was a very visible Sloth day and all round the House was an excellent place to spend a good amount of time out of the rain.
Kenny was shedding with some bloody patches on the antlers today.
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Springbok
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The tetra and bichir were there when I visited in February, however the knifefish wasn't. Had anything changed in the Little Africa gundi enclosure, or were they still there?
Lafone
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Thanks for the note on the fish! Thought something was different. The other gundi were still in their enclosure first after the entrance to little Africa.
Springbok
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No worries!
Lafone
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Article in the Oxford mail (and associated papers on their websites) highlighting the work of the CWP garden team. The gardens around the park always stand out, interesting to see the different developments in this space
The horticultural team at Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
The horticultural team at Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
Small Mammal Fan
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Where do you view the reindeer at the park please, have been going since I was a child and have never seen any. Thanks
Lafone
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They are in the large paddock on the left as you drive in. To see them on foot you need to walk along the road (or cut across the car park field) and head back towards the entrance gate.
The reindeer (and llamas) are on one side and the ostriches are on the other.
To see the reindeer stables you need to head all the way to the end of the paddock at the far end of the car park field (diagonally opposite the ticket entrance). You can also get there from the road that runs behind the camels.
I've always thought they could use the space between the giraffe and zebra for another species
Lafone
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Guess they could but it does offer good views and open up the area. The space actually between the two isn't as large as the space in front of both where the train runs. Fitting in housing and an enclore and new paths might mean it wouldn't be a large animal in the end I guess. Generally design wise they don't have lots of enclosures butting up against each other (apart from the farm and the garden, but in the big open areas around the edges of the park). You could have a tear drop shaped sort of space, catering around the train tracks though I suppose.
I visited today. Can't remember the last time, but I think it is at least 6 or 12 months.
- There is a baby rhino that doesn't look that old. I didn't see an announcement in this thread.
- I also saw 2 young capybara.
- The former parma wallaby enclosure has a sign that the area is to be redeveloped.
- There was work (heavy duty diggers) going on behind the zebra paddock.
- There is a baby rhino that doesn't look that old. I didn't see an announcement in this thread.
- I also saw 2 young capybara.
- The former parma wallaby enclosure has a sign that the area is to be redeveloped.
- There was work (heavy duty diggers) going on behind the zebra paddock.
