Flamingo Birthday

Tickets

£16.95 — £20.95

Adults £20.95 | Children aged 3-15 years £16.95 | Senior (over 60) £18.95

Location

Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary and JungleBarn Play Centre, Hayle

Dates

Mon 19th August, 2024
This event has already happened
12:00 pm |
Main party celebrations 12noon to 2pm

About this event

Derek the flamingo's 5th Birthday

Join Paradise Park staff in celebrating a very special 5th birthday for ‘Derek’ the hand-reared Caribbean Flamingo. She will turn five on Monday 19th August, with a special party between 12noon and 2pm on the picnic lawn. Lots of fun for all the family with flamingo themed games, quiz, prizes, crafts, cakes and gifts. Plus, a £2 discount per person on all single tickets using code ‘DEREK’ for visits on the 19th August 2024. You can use the code either pre-booking online or at reception.

Derek was Paradise Park’s first ever Caribbean flamingo chick. Back in the summer of 2019 Derek’s parents stopped incubating about a week too early. So Keepers decided to put the egg in an incubator not knowing if it would hatch, but within days the egg started chirping and the chick hatched successfully on 19th August. Derek was originally named when she was a tiny chick just a couple of days old by Keeper Becky who hand-reared her. A while later, Becky got confirmation that Derek was in fact female, but by then staff and visitors we were already used to calling her ‘Derek’ so the name stuck!

In 2023 Derek partnered with a male flamingo who was subsequently named Doris by visitors last summer.

Paradise Park has nine Caribbean flamingos, and they are one of the highlights of a visit and can been seen in their open enclosure within the Walled Garden.

Contact

01736 751 020 | https://paradisepark.org.uk/derek-the-famous-caribbean-flamingo-is-having-a-birthday-party/

Accessibility

Details

Please see the website for full information https://paradisepark.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility/

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