Paignton Zoo is excited to be working with Torbay-based Bays Brewery once again in 2022 with a limited edition ale. ‘Savanna’ is a well-balanced, light golden ale with a fresh, citrusy hop character. To celebrate the collaboration, team members from…
Paignton Zoo is still picking up the pieces from Storm Eunice which caused significant damage to a number of their trees and buildings and forced them to temporarily close. This closure has been made all the more painful as it…
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree-planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee later this year. The initiative encourages both people and organisations across the United Kingdom to plant a tree for the Jubilee and Paignton…
More than 40,000 species are currently at risk of extinction. Through a unified mission to save those species most at risk a new partnership has been formed between Paignton Zoo and Nature’s SAFE. Nature’s SAFE is one of Europe’s first…
Paignton Zoo’s Bird Department are pleased to announce the recent hatching of a very special baby bird. The new arrival, a Mitchell’s lorikeet, was first discovered by keepers on Boxing Day and the team have been monitoring its progress carefully…
We are having some work done on the trees in Brookside next week, specifically the ash trees that are deteriorating due to ash dieback. The condition of these trees has been under close inspection for many years now, and with…
Final call for Paignton Zoo’s Jungle Express Paignton Zoo’s miniature railway, the Jungle Express, has departed for the final time. Visitors in the last year will have noticed that the train has not been running, and we have decided that…
Paignton Zoo will be closed to visitors on the 6th and 7th January 2022 and again from Monday 10th until Friday 21st January 2022. We have a number of essential maintenance projects that need attention at both of our zoos,…
Paignton Zoo are excited to announce that a female zebra foal was born on Thursday 18th November, making this the second foal born this year at the zoo. Eight-year-old mum Leila and 5-year-old dad Jabali both arrived at Paignton Zoo…
In support of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) which Glasgow hosted last month, Paignton Zoo launched a campaign for its staff to become ‘Sustainable Stars.’ The campaign encouraged all of their staff, teams, departments and volunteers…
