We have all sorts of wonderful wildlife here at Chillingham. Most of which is wild in every sense of the word. However, occasionally something will decide to become less wild and join the team at the Pavilion. Our latest addition is a cock pheasant who now goes by the name of Leonardo. He comes to the Pavilion every morning for [...]
This year's AGM is set to take place on the 10th July in the Minstrel's Gallery in Chillingham Castle, by kind permission of Sir Humphry Wakefield. Lunch will be served at 1.00pm with the actual AGM beginning at 2.00pm. Please could all those Members planning to attend book their lunch asap. Lunch can be booked here. After the formal business [...]
Ellie has been very busy over the last few months developing her Wilding Woods wood school area just behind the Pavilion. Good as it was, it did have one downside – the weather! Like all outdoor learning areas, activities could be curtailed if it turned wet. Although we do have the benefit of the covered veranda back at the Pavilion, [...]
Some of the rarest animals in the world, the iconic Wild Cattle of Chillingham have lived untouched by human interference in the same Northumberland parkland for hundreds of years. Stories of the noble Chillingham herd, often mentioned with White Park, had occasionally popped up as I chatted with owners and keepers of the old English rare breeds I’d visited over [...]
Seasonal Warden – 2026 Season Chillingham Wild Cattle Association Chillingham Park, Northumberland NE66 5NP Seasonal role - Approx. 28 hours per week We’re looking for a friendly, enthusiastic Seasonal Warden to join our small team for the 2026 season at one of the UK’s most unique and fascinating conservation sites. Our season runs from 30th March until 1st November, but [...]
Nobody knows more about the Chillingham Cattle and their Park than Prof Stephen Hall. His first involvement at Chillingham was in the 1970s and he has been involved in various capacities ever since. Not only has he conducted much research in the Park, but he has promoted the Cattle and the Park as a research resource and co-ordinated much of [...]
Like most of the country, Chillingham Park has seen little in the way of proper rain since February. Fortunately, we have had occasional showers and not too much burning sun so the grass has kept growing through the summer. The streams have also kept flowing so the cattle have not been short of food and drink. As we come to [...]
At the recent AGM of the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association, Charles Bain-Smith was elected Chairman of the Association. This event was witnessed by his Mother who had traveled from Kent for the occasion. That is hardly an extraordinary event, except that his Mother is Lady Corisande Bain Smith (Ne Bennett), daughter of the 8th Earl of Tankerville and Violet, Countess [...]
On the 11th June we were delighted to welcome 20 pupils from Belford Primary School, along with their teachers, for some outdoor education. The main purpose of the day was to examine how the Wild Cattle interact with, and benefit, their surrounding environment. The day consisted of field work in the Park and some table top analysis back at the [...]
Angus Collingwood-Cameron, has been involved at Chillingham for over 20 years, firstly as a Trustee and then as Park Manager since 2019. On the 7th June, he will be leading a special long walking tour of the Park with a particular focus on the built infrastructure of the Park. Chillingham Park is best known for its famous inhabitants, its landscape [...]
The cuckoo finally made its return at the end of April. It was first heard by Ellie on 29th April. That is a little later than usual but it is always a joy to hear its distinctive call in the Park. It is not that long ago that the call of the Cuckoo was the ubiquitious sound of spring and [...]
It was very nearly 3 full years ago that Storm Arwen struck north Northumberland, flattening literally millions of trees. My initial thought was that it would take two years to clear up the damage but I had rather underestimated the challenge. This week, the last of the forestry harvesting machinery finally departed from Chillingham. The scale of the damage in [...]
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