Tag: Animals

New bokiboky Lilith lays in the shade at Marwell Zoo, Hampshire

More than just a cute name!

May 19, 2023

We’re celebrating Endangered Species Day 2023 with our endangered female bokiboky, who recently arrived at Marwell to join our resident male, Nilo! Lilith, who arrived at the zoo in May, […]

A group of two-spotted crickets on a branch at Marwell Zoo

Meet our newest crawly critters…

May 11, 2023

We’ve added a plague of locusts and a orchestra of crickets to the growing list of animals that guests can enjoy seeing at the zoo. The insects, which are housed […]

A blesbok antelope calf with its mother in a field at Marwell Zoo

Blesbok blessings

May 4, 2023

Guests witnessed a very special moment at Marwell on May Day as one of the zoo’s blesbok delivered her calf in full view. The tiny new arrival was born in […]

Credit Jason Brown Bokiboky Nose

Celebrating recent updates at the zoo

May 2, 2023

By James Cretney, Chief Executive at Marwell Wildlife As previously reported, for the last 5 months we have had a ban on moving any animals in or out of the […]

The clouded leopard animal enclosure at Marwell Zoo development

How do you build an animal habitat?

April 28, 2023

Before we welcomed our new clouded leopard siblings, Kanya and Taevey in 2022, our teams did a fantastic job developing a new environment for them. The Habitats and Carnivores team […]

A nest-cam points down at blue-faced honeyeater chicks in their nest box just after hatching. An adult hovers over the nest looking at the camera.

Watch our chicks grow! 🐣

April 28, 2023

The arrival of a pair of new blue-faced honeyeater chicks is giving our guests a glimpse at behaviour rarely seen in zoos. Our blue-faced honey eaters are the only birds […]

Tiny boost for previously extinct Przewalski’s horse

April 25, 2023

We are delighted to announce the birth of a rare Przewalski’s foal who will join our harem in the valley field. These horses were extinct in the wild from 1969 […]

Goodness me, she’s a cute one!

April 19, 2023

We’ve got another new arrival to announce to the world and goodness me she’s a cute one! The new sitatunga calf, who was born last Wednesday morning (12 April) was […]

a white-faced saki monkey baby sits on its mother at Marwell Zoo

Meet the new kids on the block

April 5, 2023

It’s been a busy couple of months at the zoo and we’ve enjoyed welcoming lots of new arrivals destined to play a huge part in their species’ conservation. From our […]

A snow leopard sitting at Marwell Zoo

Exciting Zoo Updates

March 29, 2023

By James Cretney, Marwell Wildlife Chief Executive In our last newsletter, I tried to set the scene, post covid, that Marwell finds itself in.  Having done this and explained some […]