A rare hazel #dormouse has been captured on camera foraging for food at Longleat Safari Park in #Wiltshire.

The #UK population of #dormice has plunged in recent years due to habitat loss, but the majority of the woodland at #Longleat is managed to preserve it for wild creatures.
#hazeldormouse #bilch #wildlife

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cx2glzpydx2o

Longleat team captures footage of rare hazel dormouse foraging

The rare creatures are rarely seen as they spent a lot of time sleeping and only come out at night.

Celebrating International Red Panda Day at Longleat

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Giant floating #elephant at sunrise anyone? #baloons #longleat

Longleat keepers helping raise fennec fox kits - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c90zz78vdgko

#Longleat
#FennecFox
#Kits
#Cubs
#Foxes

Longleat keepers helping raise fennec fox kits

It is the first time the foxes, native to Africa, have been successfully bred at the safari park.

Fungi Friday!!! Went for a wonderful rainy forest walk in #Longleat and found all of these beauties. Identification tentative, please correct me if you know better. South West England, UK. #FungiFriday

Today is International Red Panda day, and fittingly two new red pandas have been born in Longleat!

#GoodNews #RedPandas #Babies #Red #Panda #Longleat

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23791222.welcome-news-endangered-red-panda-twins-born-longleat/