by Emily Whicker | Dec 11, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Rommel, The Great Bustard Who Beat The Odds In mid-November, Watatunga Wildlife Reserve said goodbye to one of the reserve’s better known characters, one of our male great bustards, Rommel. He earned a reputation as a strong-willed but charismatic fiend in feathered...
by Emily Whicker | Nov 28, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Watatunga Hosts Groundbreaking AI & Conservation Summit with Google Experts On the 16th of November, Watatunga hosted an extraordinary meeting of worlds – an opportunity for wildlife experts from across Norfolk to share their expertise with an international...
by Emily Whicker | Nov 15, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Exploring Watatunga by Wheelchair: Lorraine’s Perspective “From a disabled person’s perspective Watatunga is a wonderful place to visit. The facilities are excellent, with parking next to the reception building and a roomy disabled toilet. They have obviously...
by Emily Whicker | Oct 30, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Bat Research Night at Watatunga Wildlife Reserve Watatunga Wildlife Reserve welcomed the Norfolk Bat Group, a specialised team of bat experts, after dark for a fascinating night of bat research! The excitement of learning how they safely catch bats, weigh, sex, and...
by Emily Whicker | Sep 25, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Europe’s Only Zoo with a Bachelor Bongo Group Watatunga Wildlife Reserve is currently the only zoo in Europe to house a bachelor Bongo group consisting of 3 entire males that are still capable of breeding! Meet our 2 new Eastern Mountain Bongo bulls, Arusi and Mwisho....
by Emily Whicker | Aug 12, 2024 | Watatunga Blog
Dining Wild The lakeside BBQ hut was bought before Watatunga even existed. Brought up as an addict of the TV programme ‘Pimp my Ride’ where vehicles undergo ever more outrageous modifications to suit them to their owner’s unique mindset, Ed, founder of Watatunga, is...