Fota Wildlife Park Announces 2025 Educational Weekends Line-up
Fota Wildlife Park has confirmed the return of its annual summer educational weekends, a programme of interactive, family-oriented events set to run across July and August. The three themed weekend...
Ireland’s first pilot headstarting programme for dunlin (Calidris alpina) is taking place in Fota Wildlife Park, Cork, as a project partner of the Breeding Waders European Innovation Partnership (E...
Breeding Waders EIP Launched Ireland’s First-Ever Dunlin Headstarting Programme
Breeding Waders EIP Launched Ireland’s First-Ever Dunlin Headstarting Programme The Breeding Waders EIP, in conjunction with its project partner, Fota Wildlife Park, has launched Ireland’s first-ev...
Baby boom at Fota Wildlife Park this summer
Baby boom at Fota Wildlife Park this summer. Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the birth of three meerkat pups (Suricata suricatta) to mother Biggy and dad, Snaggles, who are the dominant...
Biodiversity Week at Fota Wildlife Park, May 16–25, 2025
Biodiversity Week at Fota Wildlife Park, May 16–25, 2025 Join us this May at Fota Wildlife Park for Biodiversity Week, a celebration of Ireland’s rich native wildlife and biodiversity. Enjoy native...
Fota Wildlife Park Irish Native Biodiversity Poster Competition for Primary Schools
Fota Wildlife Park Irish Native Biodiversity Poster Competition for Primary Schools COMPETITION CRITERIA THEME: Irish Native Biodiversity at Fota Wildlife Park. Create an educational and visually ...
Bank Holiday Weekend with unforgettable family fun at Fota Wildlife Park!
With a packed schedule of exciting activities, there's something for everyone to enjoy this May Bank Holiday at Fota Wildlife Park. From daily animal feeding times, the return of the hugely popular...
World Curlew Day marks the launch of the 2025 Breeding Waders EIP Headstarting programme.
World Curlew Day marks the launch of the 2025 Breeding Waders EIP Headstarting programme. World Curlew Day on April 21st, marks the commencement of the Breeding Waders European Innovation Partners...
Fota Wildlife Park Welcomes Five Endangered Ring-Tailed Baby Lemurs this Easter
Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the arrival of five ring-tailed lemur pups to its free-roaming troop; classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUC...
Easter Break Events at Fota Wildlife Park
Looking for a fun-filled family day out this Easter mid-term? Fota Wildlife Park has an exciting line-up of daily animal feedings, wildlife talks, and special events — many included with your ticke...
Fota Wildlife Park Launches 35-metre-high Panoramic Wheel
Fota Wildlife Park Launches 35-metre-high Panoramic Wheel Today a 35-metre-high Panoramic Wheel at Fota Wildlife Park was officially opened, attending the event were Aileen Tennant, Director of Fot...
Olympian Athlete Marian Heffernan and Rising Stars Regan and Tara Heffernan Launch the 2025 Cheetah Run at Fota Wildlife Park Carrigtwohill, Co Cork – March 26th, 2025 –Olympian Marian Heffernan, a...
Second Endangered François' Langur Born at Fota
Second Endangered François' Langur Born at Fota Wildlife Park on St. Brigid’s Day Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the birth of a François' langur monkey (Trachypithecus francoisi), a sp...
Panoramic Wheel - Extended for the summer!
Due to Popular Demand - Extended for the Summer! A New Perspective of Fota Wildlife Park – Miss It. Miss Out. Due to popular demand, Fota Wildlife Park is thrilled to announce that the Panoramic Wh...
Fota Wildlife Park Welcomes Three New Meerkat Pups
Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the birth of three meerkat pups (Suricata suricatta) to mother Biggy, who gave birth on January 23rd 2025. These arrivals bring the meerkat mob’s total p...
Fota Wildlife Park to Host Recruitment Evening for Seasonal Staff
Fota Wildlife Park to Host Recruitment Evening for Seasonal Staff Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce a Recruitment Evening on March 13th, 2025, aimed at attracting enthusiastic and custome...
Concert for Conservation – a fundraiser for Wildlife Madagascar
Concert for Conservation –a fundraiser for Wildlife Madagascar Featuring the string quartet – Cascade Strings Saturday, 29th March In the Auditorium in the state-of-the-art Education, Conservation ...
Measures help prevent the spread of avian influenza
To help prevent the spread of avian influenza (bird flu) and protect the bird species at Fota Wildlife Park, precautionary measures have been implemented based on guidance from the Department of Ag...
Fota Wildlife Park to close Friday 24th January due to Storm Eowyn
Fota Wildlife Park will close Friday, 24th January 2025 due to the predicted extreme weather of Storm Eowyn.We apologise for the inconvenience caused.This decision is for the safety of our visitors...
Fota Wildlife Park announces new Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger Dao
Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the arrival of Dao, a two-year-old male critically endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris), from Zoo Krefeld in Germany as part of a European Endange...