Meet a few of our many, many animals and birds 

Status: Endangered 

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Common wombats are a short, strong marsupial native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. 

Our wombats love cuddles and pats so make sure to ask about our unique encounters. 

Status: Least Concern 

Scientific Name: Scythrop novaehollandiae

The Channel-billed Cuckoo migrates to northern and eastern Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia. This occurs between August and October each year. The birds leave Australia in February or March. 

The call of the Channel-billed Cuckoo, a loud ‘kawk’ followed by a more rapid, and weaker ‘awk-awk-awk…’, is as distinctive as the bird’s appearance.  

Scientific Name: Camelus 

Our camels are known as dormedaries, because they only have one hump, but they employ it to great effect. The hump stores up to 36 kilos of fat

Status: not endangered 

Scientific Name: Cervus elaphus 

The red deer is the UK's largest deer. Males have large, branching antlers, increasing in size as they get older. During the autumnal breeding season, known as the 'rut, males bellow to proclaim their territory and will fight over the females, sometimes injuring each other with their sharp antlers. 

Status: not threatened by extinction 

Scientific Name: Tachyglossidae Aculeatus

Echidnas belong to a very unique group of mammals called monotremes. They are unique in that they are an egg laying mammal. Other then Echidnas, the only other animals in this group is the platypus

Status: Least Concern 

Scientific Name: Albeno Macropus fuliginosus 

The Albino condition is caused by a genetic change in which all pigment in the skin is lost and also results in the animal forming red eyes. Despite their condition, they behave quite similar to a normal coloured Kangaroo or wallaby. 

Status: not endangered 

Scientific Name: Macropus giganteus

Kangaroo Island kangaroos or KI's as they are commonly known are noticeably different than their mainland cousins, with a shorter and stockier build and much darker chocolate brown fur. Adult male kangaroos can stand up to 105–140 cm tall and females up to 85–120 cm tall.

Status: Vulnerable 

Scientific Name: Canis lupus dingo 

A dingo is an Australian wild dog with a pointed nose, pointed ears and a bushy tail. Dingoes like to eat animals, such as rabbits, mice, birds, lizards, kangaroos and wallabies, but will also eat plants and berries. Dingo pups depend on their mothers' for milk for the first six to eight months of their lives.

Status: endangered 

Scientific name: Aquila audax

With a wingspan of up to 2.5 metres, the wedge-tailed eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia. It soars and glides majestically in air currents for up to 90 minutes at a time,