A penguin living in a Gloucestershire park has been renamed after it was found she was actually male. Ten-year-old king penguin ‘Maggie’, of Birdland Park and Gardens, Gloucestershire ...

King penguins do not build nests. In their constricted space, the male and female take turns incubating a single egg balanced on their feet and covered by a loose fold of skin. They brood the ...

King penguins in the Falklands only bread twice ... start to hatch from the end of December until March. Both male and female take turns sitting on the egg or looking after the chicks.

Birdland is now awaiting the arrival of a young female king penguin from Germany to ensure the long-term success of the colony.