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 [...]
Children and adults had an amazing time at our Children's Pollinator Workshop! Lead by Wardens Ellie and Denene, a group of local children learned all about the pollinators of Chillingham Park. They made bee drinkers and bug hotels, played games, enjoyed a trailer ride through Chillingham Woods and a walk and talk in the Cattle Park! Anthea attended [...]
Professor Stephen Hall will be traveling north from his home in Lincolnshire to attend the CWCA AGM. Following the meeting he has offered to lead a special tour for Members and visitors. Embark on an unforgettable adventure into the heart of Chillingham Park and walk in the footsteps of the Wild Cattle themselves. Guided by the unparalleled expert knowledge of [...]
This week we have taken delivery of a strange looking piece of new equipment. Do you know what it is? It is designed to be towed behind the Polaris. The wheels are just to make it easier to be towed to where it is going to be used. Then they can be detached and the barred cylinder can be [...]
Back in November 2021, north Northumberland was battered by Storm Arwen, the worst storm for 40 years. Like many places in the area, Chillingham suffered a huge loss of trees. Clearing them up, and the associated necessary tree felling, was never going to be a quick job but we did think we might be finished in two years, but no. [...]
We are delighted that a pair of Swallows found our Pavilion to their liking and are now busy rearing four chicks. Our visitors dont seem to bother them one bit, with both parents busily swooping in and out with food for their chicks. Sadly, returning swallow numbers seem to have declined over the last few years so it is particularly [...]
This July, we welcomed Ford School to Chillingham Park. The 45 children, and their teachers, learnt all about the inhabitants of the Park as well as finding out how to identify various plants and trees. This was the first time that we have been able to host a school party on an educational visit. Our new Visitor Pavilion contains the [...]
Here at Chillingham, we do like to offer our visitors some quirky items in our new Pavilion. We have just added these rather nice children's soaps to our range. They are locally made and each soap contains a fun creepy-crawly. Although perhaps not completely identical, each one in the range can relate to creepy-crawlies that live in the Park. Yes, [...]
We can now offer specialist Photography Tours. These tours are by arrangement with the Warden as Ellie or Rick will take you right in amongst the cattle in our Polaris Ranger. It can accommodate two guests and the tour costs £100. Out of hours, or out of season, we can take up to 5 photographers on tour (£50 a head) [...]
The Chillingham Bulls do fight on a regular basis and there are historic accounts of them fighting to the death. In more recent times, quite a few deaths have been attributed to fighting due to the visible injuries, but no such event has been witnessed - until now. On the 7th April, the Park Manager was approaching two bulls at [...]
This spring, the Warden has been busy planting 70 new trees within the Park. The planting was done to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. 50 oak and 20 beech were planted in very fine metal guards to protect them from the Wild Cattle and the Fallow Deer. The guards are firmly staked but time will tell if the [...]
Back in November, Robson Green and Si King, he of the Hairy Bikers, spent a morning filming the Chillingham Wild Cattle in their magnificent Park. They were filming for Robson's new series: "Robson Green's Weekend Escapes." In each episode, Robson and a celebrity guest, spend a weekend seeing and doing the less usual things in the North East. The series [...]
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