Surprise arrivals add to baby boom at Bedfordshire zoo

One of the lemur twins unexpected born at Woburn Safari Park this month. Credit: Woburn Safari Park.

All the attention may have been on the birth of Princess Charlotte at the weekend but in Bedfordshire they have been welcoming their own new arrivals - including two tiny surprises.

Woburn Safari Park has welcomed a giraffe calf Prudence, several baby wallabies and a new calf for Whitney the wilderbeest in recent weeks.

But earlier this month they were taken a little by surprise when Koko the ring-tailed lemur unexpectedly gave birth to twins.

The baby boom also three new Eland calves - two female and one male - and five Bongo calves called Othaya, Odongo, Okea, Orianna and Okimma. They include a set of rare twins.

A joey peeps out from its mother's pouch at Woburn Safari Park. Credit: Woburn Safari Park.
Whitney the wilderbeest with her, as yet, unsexed calf. Credit: Woburn Safari Park.
The park has also welcomed three Eland calves. Credit: Woburn Safari Park.
One of five Bongo calves born in Bedfordshire recently. Credit: Woburn Safari Park.