Flamingo diary
Flamingos are one of the most popular animals exhibited in animal collections. If you’re keen to learn more about them and delve deeper in the ways in which WWT keeps its flamingos then follow Paul's diary up-to-date with all things flamingo. Paul Rose is a PhD student from the University of Exeter’s Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, currently based in the Conservation Programmes Directorate at WWT, who is investigating the social behaviour of captive flamingo flock
60 years of flamingos at WWT
This year, 2021, is a special year for the flamingos (and the people that love and look after them) at WWT as it marks the 60th anniversary of these ever-popular members of the living collections being cared for by WWT. Back in 1961, three pioneer groups
14 June 2021
Celebrate flamingos and International Flamingo Day
Here at WWT we need no excuse to talk about how amazing flamingos are and why we love them so much. But we have an extra good reason to do this in April... International Flamingo Day! This day is a chance to celebrate and appreciate the amazing birds that
23 April 2021
Flamingos are flamtastic mothers
Why are flamingos such devoted mothers? What does it take to raise a baby flamingo to adulthood? And why have the parenting behaviours of flamingos made them see in the same way as woodpeckers do? Find out more.
5 March 2021
Flamingos in lockdown
Welcome to the New Year flamingo fans. And another round of lockdown. For the WWT flamingos, like many birds up and down the country, it’s been lockdown for them too as the Avian Influenza outbreak means that we have to keep our birds safely inside out
30 January 2021
What the flamingos taught us in 2020
Twenty-twenty. It's finally drawing to a close. Even though many parts of the world ground to a halt due to the pandemic, looking after the flamingos at WWT continued as normal. So what have we learned about the pink birds in a year of pandemic?
8 December 2020
Wetland habits for wetland birds
How are flamingos adapted for their wetland habitats? What can you spot on your next visit to your local WWT flamingo flock that shows how these birds are wetland specialists?
10 October 2020
Flamingos like it when the sun shines
Why is sunshine so important to flamingo behaviour? Find out more about how the sun brings out a range of flamingo feeding forays and lets them enjoy themselves just that extra bit more...
15 August 2020
Hot pink flamingos? Flamingo care in warm weather
We've seen some mini heatwaves across the UK lately and the warm weather brings new challenges for the living collections teams at WWT centres and how they care for their animals. In this flamingo blog, let's take a quick look at how the flamingos are man
24 June 2020
Closed but still caring: What's it like looking after a flamingo (or five hundred)?
What's it like to care for the WWT Slimbridge flamingos under lock down? Find out in our behind-the-scenes report with Phoebe, a member of the living collections management team.
20 May 2020
Closed but still caring on International Flamingo Day
What's going on at each WWT centre with the flocks of flamingos? Just because we're closed, doesn't mean we're not still caring for the birds. And this April, why not mark the very first International Flamingo Day by doing something truly flamtastic!
20 April 2020
Flamingos form firm friendships
Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows.
14 April 2020
Closed but still caring: What are the flamingos up to?
I hope all of you flamingo followers are keeping safe and well in these difficult times, and I'm sure that you, like me, are missing being able to have contact with the birds on your visits to WWT Slimbridge. Especially at this time of year when they star
25 March 2020
Fancy finding flirty flamingos in February?
What do romantic flamingos look like? It's the season for fabulous flirtation and lots of dancing and the flamingos start to perform their courtship displays.
8 February 2020
New decade, new flamingo news
Looking for some January reading? Why not learn something new about flamingos and their conservation...?
5 January 2020
Winter warmers for the flamingos
As the clocks go back and the months turn colder, the living collections team at WWT Slimbridge focuses on the needs of those species that need a little bit more TLC when it turns chilly. This is true for the flamingos as well as for the other animals in
25 October 2019