Paradise Park

Wildlife Sanctuary • Cornwall

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Opening Times

Paradise Park and the JungleBarn are open from 10am every day. Closing times do vary from summer to winter. Please check this page for details.

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Attractions

Gardens

The gardens are designed to complement the exotic wildlife at Paradise Park, and to provide plenty of nectar for native pollinators.

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Events & News

Events

Events and things to do throughout the year including Easter Egg Hunts, summer flying displays, Quiz trails around the Park, Halloween Pumpkin Trail and more.

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JungleBarn

Birthday Parties

Make it a birthday to remember with your choice of four themed party rooms with the birthday child’s name displayed on the door.

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Education

Enrichment Activities

One of the main jobs for our Keepers is creating fun, interesting, interactive enrichment activities which are key in encouraging a range of normal behaviours that birds and mammals find rewarding, providing them with mental stimulation, social interaction and exercise.

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Conservation

Operation Chough

Operation Chough is a conservation project established at Paradise Park, in Hayle, Cornwall in 1987.

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Flamingo Chick News

Our wonderful Caribbean flamingo chick hatched on the 1st July 2026 to parents Edwina and Anthony.

Below is a blog with the latest videos and photos – most recent is at the top. Scroll down to look back over time and see the chicks progress.

JULY 1st 2026 

The chick hatched overnight and by 7.30am on Thursday 2nd was already looking out from beneath its mum’s wing, and below are the first videos and photos taken early the that morning.

BELOW: Mum Edwina with the chick snuggled up under a wing.

Edwina and chick popping head out Paradise Park Hayle in Cornwall

Flamingo chick and parent Edwina at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall

Flamingo chick popping head out of Edwina's wings Paradise Park Hayle Cornwall By Josh Ryan Murray

At the end of the chicks first full day, relaxing in the evening sun with mum.

Flamingo chick at evening time

MAY 31st
Edwina has laid an egg on the left mud nest, next to Penelope who was the first to lay an egg on the 25th of May. Sadly, for Penelope and Colin, their egg has not hatched at the time of writing this and now more than a week overdue, so Keepers believe it is unlikely to be fertile. At some point the pair are expected to abandon the nest, and keepers will then remove the egg to see what can be learned from it.

Edwina lays an egg

 

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