Fota Wildlife Park

🚂 Are you travelling to Fota Wildlife Park by train Thurs 17th July? 🚂 Please note @IrishRail services between Cork, Cobh and Midleton have been affected and bus transfers will operate️Wed 16th July 2025 (evening) and all day Thurs 17th July.

If you've been following along the @BreedingWaders headstarting curlews since they arrived as eggs here in the Park, be sure to check out their release back into the wild on Lough Ree -

It's #CapybaraAppreciationDay and Ranger Ceili talks about the capybara at Fota Wildlife Park and where to spot them on your visit.

Exciting curlew headstarted chicks update from @BreedingWaders EIP Project, as the curlew start their gradual release into the wild -

🎉 Exciting Update Alert! 🎉 We’ve just hit a major milestone in our headstarting programme—and we can’t wait to share it with you! Owen gives a sneak peak at what's to come.  It's joyful days like these that make working in conservation so rewarding.   💪🌿 📽️ Full footage…

Curlew Conservation Update - Release pen construction Whilst the Curlew chicks are being cared for in Fota Wildlife Park, our teams are on the ground preparing for their phased release back into the wild. Release pens have been constructed on two island sites. These islands…

A #RangerView of the ring-tailed lemur troop from our Ranger Cat. While a group of ring-tailed lemurs is usually call a troop, other names include a conspiracy or mob of lemurs. Which do you think suits this group best?

An update from our Primate team after the second and third endangered François' langurs born at Fota Wildlife Park earlier this year. Have you spotted them all out on their island in the Asian Sanctuary yet?

Great to see this young corncrake at one of our sites. At 25-30 days old it is only 2 weeks away from being fledged and will then depart for Africa. Female corncrakes are now on their second clutch and it's vital that they produce fledged young to sustain the population.

It's #WorldGiraffeDay and our Ranger Lauren is talking about Rothschild's giraffe we have here at Fota Wildlife Park.

Another important milestone in the @BreedingWaders curlew headstarting, the first ringing of curlew chicks this season. Donal from Breeding Waders EIP and Sean from the National Parks and Wildlife Service talk here about the ringing process & it's benefits.

Have you ever seen a Corncrake in the Irish countryside? 🪶 #LIFEProject LIFE Atlantic Crex is improving the conservation status of the bird by enhancing special protected areas in Ireland. Learn about this and LIFE projects in Ireland: europa.eu/!mNMtRK #Natura2000

Take a peek into the outdoor rearing stage of the @BreedingWaders curlew with our Ranger Jess. The curlew are not visible to the public in the Park. While the curlew are monitored, there is only limited human activity in these areas to help the birds progress back into the wild.

Some awesome images from one of our trail cameras. Corncrakes are notoriously shy birds so we are pretty sure this one was show-boating.😁 Early indications suggest an excellent year for the Irish population- great news in our last season as a project 🙏 @NPWSIreland

This stage of the @BreedingWaders EIP Curlew Headstarting programme moves fast, our Ranger Jess explains what they are monitoring the first few days of the curlew chick's lives, before they move outside. Be sure to check in with us next week for more. fotawildlife.ie/blogs/news/wor…

Primary schools - chance to win a class trip to Fota Wildlife Park! Just one week left to enter and open to 2nd to 5th class primary school students across Ireland, Fota Wildlife Park's native biodiversity poster competition. fotawildlife.ie/blogs/news/fot…