Animal Gallery

Diamond Firetail Finch

Australia - Down-Under on your Doorstep

Male Tiger Quoll - mainland Australia's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial

.... Project-Australia .... Tiger Quolls

Our pair of Mainland Wombats arrived at Hamerton, from Queensland, back in March. They are now very settled into their new home, and our Wombat enclosure is due to open in August 2018 - watch this space..!

Project-Australia Wombats

Land of the Tiger

Cheetah with cub

Cheetah Country

Our new 'Keeper-for-Day' scheme is being offered and phased in from August 2018 - due to popular demand. A limited number of individual placements are now availbale each week, and must be pre-booked with the office on a first-come-first-served basis. Participants will work alongside our keepers on the various sections of the Park, preparing and distributing food, general up-keep and cleaning enclosures. Lunch is included from our Coffee-Shop and the session ends in the eraly afternoon, so that you have enough time to view the rest of the Park. Price is £150. Please email the office on office@hamertonzoopark.com for full details and a brochure, or use the 'Contact Us' page.

Keeper-for-a-Day

Malayan Tiger

Big Cats

Oncilla or TigerCat

Small Cats

Greater Grison

Other Carnivores

Ring-tailed Lemurs

Primates

Bennett's Red-necked Wallaby

Marsupials

Giant Anteater

Other Mammals

Little Bittern

Birds A to I

Kookaburra

Birds J to O

Ruppel's Griffon Vulture with nesting material

Birds P to Z

Grand Noir du Berry Donkey

Domestic Animals

Giant Spurred Tortoises

Reptiles & Invertebrates

The Park covers a total of 75 acres of permanent grassland to the north of Hamerton village in the old county of Huntingdonshire. All of the following species have been seen on the Park grounds, and whilst none are rare or endangered like the exotic species we work with, many are very interesting. Their photos have been taken by friends who live in Hamerton village. This is a Southern Hawker Dragonfly.

Local Wildlife

Plans are being drawn up for a new attraction we we hope could be open in 2019. Our new Zoo Museum will have three core displays. 1 - it will showcase model zoos and toy animals made in Germany, France, the UK, Denmark, East Germany and Czechoslovakia during the 20th Century. The animals and the models were often copied from the zoo buildings, enclosures and animal species of their time. They provide a fascinating insight into times gone by. 2 - in addition, the Museum will display information about the zoos which have opened and closed within our visitor catchment area. There is a surprising number, and details and knowledge of them is being rapidly forgotten. 3 - the third area will focus on exhibits and attractions of the past which are often unknown to modern generations, who know nothing of Chimps Tea Parties, Elephant Rides or Llama Carts; let alone human exhibits in Zoos, be they ethnic peoples in Germany or premature babies in America...

Zoo Museum (summer 2019)