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BBC News
07-05-2025
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First flamingo egg of 2025 laid in Cornwall
First flamingo egg of 2025 laid in Cornwall The first flamingo egg of 2025 has been laid at Paradise Park in Cornwall. It was found on Saturday and keeper Becky Waite said the team were "very happy". Ms Waite said the park, in Hayle, was more "hopeful" this year after the expectant parents Penelope and Colin - named after the characters on Bridgerton - lost their chick in 2024. "Colin and Penelope are our first flamingos to lay an egg this year but we also have Derek and a Doris and we're hoping in the next week they will also lay an egg," she said.
BBC News
17-04-2025
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World's 'oldest' Humboldt penguin marks 37th birthday in Cornwall
A Humboldt penguin believed to be the oldest of its species in the world has celebrated its 37th birthday in Park in Hayle said Spneb marked the occasion on Wednesday with a birthday cake made of ice featuring her favourite fish - sprats - topped with a fluffy toy penguin made by one of her was born in 1988 at Birdworld in Surrey and arrived at Paradise Park shortly penguins normally have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years in the wild and Spneb's keepers say records kept by zoos around the world suggest she is the oldest of her type across the globe. Becky Waite, one of Spneb's keepers, said the penguin was doing "amazingly well" for its age."We have a colony of 24 Humboldt's penguins including two chicks, and although she's an elderly penguin, she continues to have a good appetite," Ms Waite added."She likes to keep an eye on all the youngsters while looking out of her box and her favourite companion is one of the older males
