Highland Wildlife Park Highland Wildlife Park News 2022

[Quincey]

Seven-year-old male Arctic fox, Bard, was recently put to sleep under veterinary advice following age-related health issues:

Sad news from Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[WhistlingKite24]

The male polar bear cub has been named Brodie and has now taken his first steps outside. He will make his public debut on March 28: UK’s youngest polar bear is named and takes first steps outside | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

The 2021 Animal Inventory has now been published:

https://www.rzss.org.uk/media/9192/animal-inventory-2021-highland-wildlife-park.pdf

 

[JT]

Does anyone where the Capercaillie went?

 

[Dylan]

Same place they got the monal from, Fenton Barns pheasantry in East Lothian. I saw her there a week or so after she moved.

 

[Quincey]

HRH The Princess Royal visited the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park last week to commemorate the park’s 50th anniversary and plant a tree on one of the soon-to-be sites of Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre:

HRH The Princess Royal plants a tree to celebrate the creation of Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

Wildcat kittens, which will likely be among the first of their species to be released into the wild in Britain, have been born in the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park:

First wildcat kittens born at Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

The Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms (RIC) project has shared breath-taking new images of empty pine hoverfly pupa cases found during initial follow-up surveys of recent release sites for the critically endangered species:

Huge milestone for saving critically endangered pine hoverflies | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[WhistlingKite24]

At least two Snow Leopard cubs were born on 28th May to female Animesh and male Koshi: Highland Wildlife Park’s snow leopard gives birth | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Davef68]

Anyone know the status of the Amur leopard project? I've not seen anything publicly since the cubs were born in 2018. I know the male left in 2019.

 

[Quincey]

A few updates from a wonderfully sunny and warm weekend at Highland Wildlife Park:

• A Bison calf was born on Friday
• A new enclosure is being built for the pair of Eurasian Crane's next door to the Snow Monkey enclosure. This will allow work to begin on the Wildlife Discovery Centre once the Crane's have been moved.
• Two young male Markhor have been separated from the usual enclosures and are currently opposite the Himalayan Tahr, I would assume waiting on a transfer to another collection.

 

[Quincey]

An adult pine hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade, thanks to successful conservation efforts by the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms (RIC) partnership:

First adult critically endangered pine hoverfly in nearly a decade spotted in the wild thanks to conservation efforts | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

Keepers at the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre have captured images of one of two new litters of wildcat kittens, who could be among the first of their species to be released into the wild in Britain.

In a quiet area away from visitors at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore, the two litters of five were born to mums Tulla and Margaret, bringing the total number born in the European partnership project’s first ever breeding season up to 18 so far. Litters of five are incredibly rare in the captive breeding population, so to have two in one breeding season is incredibly exciting:

Ten more wildcat kittens born at Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

As building work for Scotland's Wildlife Discovery Centre starts, red pandas, Kevyn and Kitty, will move down to Edinburgh Zoo.

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[felis silvestris]

As building work for Scotland's Wildlife Discovery Centre starts, red pandas, Kevyn and Kitty, will move down to Edinburgh Zoo.

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What will they do with the other red pandas?

 

[Quincey]

What will they do with the other red pandas?

I would assume the 2 Red Panda's currently in Edinburgh will remain in the enclosure they are in at present. With the 2 from HWP going into one of the empty enclosures around the park.

 

[felis silvestris]

I would assume the 2 Red Panda's currently in Edinburgh will remain in the enclosure they are in at present. With the 2 from HWP going into one of the empty enclosures around the park.

I’m thinking they’ll probably go in part of the binturong enclosure that the youngsters went in before.

 

[Quincey]

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has revealed the three adorable snow leopard cubs born at Highland Wildlife Park in May are two girls and a boy:

Tiny snow leopard trio receive first health checks at Highland Wildlife Park | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

New Blog:

"At Highland Wildlife Park, our wildlife conservation charity’s experts look after some of the largest animals, from tigers to polar bears, but did you know about some of the tiny but mighty insects our teams also care for?

As well as working as part of the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms (RIC) partnership on our pine hoverfly conservation breeding programme, we also collaborate on knowledge sharing and research on another special little pollinator – the small scabious mining bee. You might be familiar with honeybees and bumblebees, but mining bees are in a class of their own!" :

Meet the small scabious mining bee | Highland Wildlife Park

 

[Quincey]

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has announced the names of their three rare snow leopard cubs at Highland Wildlife Park as Padme, Maya and Yashin, in tribute to the species’ native home across the Himalayas:

Highland Wildlife Park’s adorable snow leopard cubs named | Highland Wildlife Park