Belfast Zoo celebrates a first with flamingo chicks!
Zoo keeper, Geraldine Murphy, has had her hands full over the last few weeks as she has been hand-rearing the first ever Chilean flamingos to hatch at Belfast Zoo!
Belfast Zoo has been home to flamingos since the zoo first opened in 1934 but first became home to Chilean flamingos in 2010. However, in this time the birds never laid eggs, despite attempts by the zoo team to encourage breeding behavior.