Blog (Member's News) - Experience Bedfordshire

The team at Woburn Safari Park have welcomed lots of new babies to the family at the Alpaca Outpost. Earlier in the summer they celebrated the birth of Taco and Tarquin and now have got the bunting out again to celebrate the arrival of Teak and Tasha.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal visited the Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park to dedicate the Forest of Marston Vale to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo opens the UK’s first Aquarium dedicated to conserving the world’s most astonishing and endangered freshwater fish. Opening Friday 26 July 2019. Fish that can jump out of the water to pluck fruit from trees, have evolved to no longer need eyes, or even live out of water for more than two months, are among the incredible species that will call ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s new Aquarium home.

Keepers at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire have announced the arrival of their first baby alpaca – also known as a ‘cria’. The new male, born to mum Lacquer in the new Alpaca Outpost enclosure, has been named Taco.

Center Parcs Woburn Forest near Milton Keynes and Bedford is set to introduce big new six-bedroom lodges. Center Parcs Woburn Forest will be introducing the new Woodland Lodges over the next year, giving larger and extended family groups the chance to enjoy a short break away under the same roof.

Opening this summer, the Aquarium at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo will be the first in the UK dedicated to conserving threatened and extinct-in-the-wild freshwater fish. Taking visitors on a round-the-world journey through ten of the planet’s most extreme and fascinating aquatic habitats, from a vibrant flooded forest in Brazil, to an African puddle, the Aquarium will bring families face-to-face with some of the rarest and most unique fish species in existence.

If you’re looking for somewhere to stay in Luton over the Easter break, look no further than Luton Hoo Hotel. Starting from Saturday, 6^th April until Monday 22^nd April, there are a whole host of Easter holiday packages on offer.

Two adorable baby wolverines have been caught on camera by keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, following a breeding first for the international conservation charity ZSL. The kits, born on Monday 18 February, are rare additions to the species within the UK.

Though tigers having stand offs with other wildlife is a completely natural turn of events, it isn’t every day that tigers find themselves up against the humble pigeon. However, the team at Whipsnade Zoo witnessed just that recently.