Rare flamingo chick born at wildlife park

Staff at a wildlife sanctuary are celebrating the hatching of a fluffy, white Caribbean flamingo chick.

The team at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall, welcomed the arrival, labeling it as "wonderful news". They said it was only the third Caribbean Flamingo chick to hatch at the park.

The chick is a sibling to Derek, who hatched and was hand-reared in 2019, and Frankie, who hatched in 2025 and was parent-reared before escaping and flying to France. It is being reared by its parents on their nest in the park's flamingo lagoon.

Caribbean flamingos are not born with their striking pink plumage. Their colour comes from the carotenoid pigments they eat as part of their diet.