Over the past few weeks Colchester Zoo’s successful breeding group of rainbow lorikeets have welcomed a number of tiny lorikeet chicks! All are currently being reared by their parents in their home at ‘Australian Rainbows’. It is hoped that once the...

We would like to introduce you to Rowena Ravenclaw the raven who has recently joined the family here at Colchester Zoo! The new arrival came from a private collection after being hand reared; as a result of this she is extremely...

This time of year wildfires are a big worry for many farms and reserves in South Africa. In order to prevent these dangerous fires from spreading and losing control, many reserves such as UmPhafa use a technique called controlled burning to...

Once again Colchester Zoo's UmPhafa Reserve has the privilege of taking care of 3 Wild Dogs to support the National Wild Dog Metapopulation Initiative. The three sisters, Flame, Manya & Meva arrived at UmPhafa in June and have been settling in well...

On the 20th June Kirk’s dik-dik Daenerys gave birth to a healthy calf after successfully breeding with male dik-dik Demetri. Unfortunately, Daenerys wasn’t taking to motherhood so the calf was not receiving the care and attention she needed, therefore the difficult...