Derek the famous Caribbean Flamingo is having a Birthday Party

Join Paradise Park staff in celebrating a very special fifth birthday for ‘Derek’ the hand-reared Caribbean Flamingo.

She will turn five on Monday 19 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, cakes and gifts.

DISCOUNT
Plus, a £2 discount per person on all single tickets using code ‘DEREK’ for visits on the 19 August 2024. You can use the code to either pre-booking online HERE or when you arrive 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 19 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!

You can see Derek’s first year with photos and videos HERE!

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

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.

FLAMINGO LIVE WEBCAM – You can watch the flock when they are in their lagoon area on the LIVE webcam HERE.