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Cook up a tasty treat from the Mud Kitchen in our WildRootz outdoor play area - offering the perfect sensory experience for children of all ages and abilities to explore nature and providing them with perfect opportunity to let their imaginations and creativity run wild!
We have an array of natural and traditional play equipment for children to enjoy. Choose from den building, pooh sticks, hop scotch, noughts and crosses or a classic game of hoopla!
Look out for the locks similar to 📷 2 - you will find all of our additional family activities as part of our Secret Garden Wildlife Trail.
With over 700 acres to explore our park and nature reserve guarantees a fun filled day out perfect for every generation.
Tailor your day out and choose from the below:
🍃An outdoor play area filled with twisty worm like slides
🍃An indoor play area perfect for when the weather turns
🍃Bird watching from one of our seven bird hides
🍃Woodland walks
🍃 Four Gardens
🍃 Courtyard Cafe & Shop (FREE entry)
🍃Learn more about wildlife in our Discovery Centre (FREE entry)
🍃Enjoy an off-road adventure tour of Pensthorpe on our Pensthorpe Explorer*
Visit the website to book tickets now:
bit.ly/3ebE0Oz
📷 - Photography by Keiron Tovell
*Additional fee
#BeautifulButterfly Alert!! Silver-washed fritillary feeding on bramble flowers in the Wildflower Meadow this morning. Not a common butterfly on site, this species only returned to Norfolk around 10 years ago after going extinct in the county in the 1980s. #pensthorpesightings
We’re pleased to announce that the Eurasian curlews that experts from our Pensthorpe Conservation Trust team reared from incubation have been released earlier at Sandringham Estate in the presence of HRH Prince of Wales.
Today was a huge milestone as it saw the release of one of the country's most iconic yet threatened birds, the Eurasian curlew.
Our Head of species management at Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, Chrissie Kelley, (photographed at Sandringham Estate today with HRH The Prince of Wales and Natural England’s Chair, Tony Juniper) reared the endangered birds by hand following an initiative in partnership with Natural England, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
Chrissie Kelly, head of species management at the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, said: “The Pensthorpe Conservation Trust has been working in partnership with these organisations to protect the curlew and we’re really proud to have been involved in this innovative project to boost the population in the East of England – we knew that it was imperative to step in and make a change before it became too late."
There has been some extraordinary coverage over the last day from The Times and The Express discussing the mission to help the endangered bird species, the curlew. Pensthorpe Conservation Trust have been a key part of this project, along with a keen team of conservationists including Natural England, BTO, Wild Ken Hill and DEFRA.
As the article below states, the first release of the depleting species will be happening this week at Sandringham so, ensure to keep your eyes peeled!
www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1467254/queen-elizabeth-ii-provides-sanctuary-curlew-sandringham-est...
'Grieving' Queen seeks 'gladness in the sound of the Curlew' with conservation project
QUEEN Elizabeth II is riding to the rescue of one of Britain's most iconic birds - the curlew. -
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👀 Please report any sightings of Curlews with yellow flags here: https://t.co/1aSYnUIL6Q These birds are being released at Norfolk's @WildKenHill and @sandringham1870 but will soon begin to venture further afield. We need to know where they end up!
Join our Secret Garden Wildlife Trail bringing the whole family the ultimate summer adventure.
Unlock the trail, discover amazing facts you never knew about our four gardens and wildlife whilst getting closer to nature.
For full details 👇
https://t.co/wtejggOXqqWith over 700 acres to explore our park and nature reserve guarantees a fun filled day out perfect for every generation!
Tailor your day...
🍃 Outdoor play
🍃 Indoor play
🍃 7 hides
🍃 Woodland walks
🍃 Four Gardens
🍃 Courtyard Cafe & Shop (FREE entry)
📷 - @keironphoto#BeautifulButterfly Alert!! Silver-washed fritillary feeding on bramble flowers in the Wildflower Meadow this morning. Not a common butterfly on site, this species only returned to Norfolk around 10 years ago after going extinct in the county in the 1980s. #PensthorpeSightings
It has been a busy but exciting last few weeks leading @_BTO's part in this project, but @Pensthorpe have been fantastic to work with (they've got the hard job!), and the unfailing support & egg collection work of @NaturalEngland has been vital. https://t.co/T574cKozaK
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Cook up a tasty treat from the Mud Kitchen in our WildRootz outdoor play area - offering the perfect sensory experience for children of all ages and abilities to explore nature whilst providing them with the perfect opportunity to let their imaginations and creativity run wild!
As part of our Secret Garden Wildlife Trail we have an array of natural and traditional play equipment for children to enjoy. Choose from den building, pooh sticks, hop scotch, noughts and crosses or a classic game of hoopla!
Look out for the locks similar to that in 📷 2!
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#SecretGarden #FamilyFun #Familyevent #SummeratPensthorpe #Pensthorpe #Pensthorpenaturalpark #Northnorfolk #Norfolk
With over 700 acres to explore our park and nature reserve guarantees a fun filled day out perfect for every generation.
Tailor your day out and choose from the below:
🍃An outdoor play area filled with twisty worm like slides
🍃An indoor play area perfect for when the weather turns
🍃Bird watching from one of our seven bird hides
🍃Woodland walks
🍃 Four Gardens
🍃 Courtyard Cafe & Shop (FREE entry)
🍃Learn more about wildlife in our Discovery Centre (FREE entry)
🍃Enjoy an off-road adventure tour of Pensthorpe on our Pensthorpe Explorer*
Visit the website to book tickets now:
https://bit.ly/3ebE0Oz
📷 - Photography by Keiron Tovell
*Additional fee
#BeautifulButterfly Alert!! Silver-washed fritillary feeding on bramble flowers in the Wildflower Meadow this morning. Not a common butterfly on site, this species only returned to Norfolk around 10 years ago after going extinct in the county in the 1980s.
#PensthorpeSightings #butterflies #naturereserve #wildlifewatching
Join our Secret Garden Wildlife Trail this summer! Bringing the whole family the ultimate summer adventure.
Unlock the Secret Garden Trail and discover amazing facts you never knew about our four gardens and wildlife at Pensthorpe whilst getting closer to nature.
Manage to unlock all of the facts? Continue your adventure with the family other activities we have on offer. Including:
🍃Wind down with Hootz and friends in storytelling sessions
🍃Get creative and join our Hootz House team with craft making
🍃Get closer to nature with our pond dipping activity
To mark World Nature Conservation Day today (28th July), we wanted to say a big thank you and shine recognition onto Pensthorpe Conservation Trust for their hard work in conservation over the years.
The PCT team have been involved with a number of captive breeding programmes and national conservation partnerships since 2003, with their most recent project focusing on the aim to increase depleting numbers of the Eurasian curlew in the East of England.
The team played a crucial role in the incubation and rearing of all the curlew chicks prior to their releases, with a purpose built facility placed on site at Pensthorpe.
Other projects have included the rearing of captive bred corncrakes for release in Norfolk, helping to build the population of corncrakes at the Nene Washes reserve.
Did you know that your admission to Pensthorpe supports all of these projects!
Read more about yesterday's release at Sandringham Estate in the article. Link in bio 👆
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#nature #conservation #curlewproject #conservationproject#PensthorpeConservationTrust #PCT #corncrake
Pop down to our Discovery Centre where Allan, our Wildlife Education Officer is TODAY with findings of different moth species from our moth trap.
If you have any moth or wildlife questions, please ask away! Allan will happily answer these for you.
Don't forget! Our Discovery Centre (founded in the Courtyard) is FREE to enter. You don't have to be a Pensthorpe visitor to come and enjoy our education hub.
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#mothsmatter #wildlifepark #naturereserve #teammoth #insectphotos
We’re pleased to announce that the Eurasian curlews that experts from our Pensthorpe Conservation Trust team reared from incubation have been released earlier at Sandringham Estate in the presence of HRH Prince of Wales.
Today was a huge milestone as it saw the release of one of the country's most iconic yet threatened birds, the Eurasian curlew.
Our Head of species management at Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, Chrissie Kelley, (photographed at Sandringham Estate today with HRH The Prince of Wales and Natural England’s Chair, Tony Juniper) and her team reared the endangered birds by hand following an initiative in partnership with Natural England, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
Chrissie Kelly, head of species management at the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, said: “The Pensthorpe Conservation Trust has been working in partnership with these organisations to protect the curlew and we’re really proud to have been involved in this innovative project to boost the population in the East of England – we knew that it was imperative to step in and make a change before it became too late."
📸- Photography by @Martin Hayward -Smith
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#birds #wildlife #curlew #PCT #PensthorpeConservationTrust #conservation #Pensthorpe #PensthorpeNaturalPark
Our flamingo talks are BACK! Join us every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4pm at the Flamingo Enclosure to learn incredible facts about our flock of over 50 Greater flamingos.
Each talk is led by one of our aviculture team and is included in our admission price.
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#flamingo
#FlamingosinNorfolk
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#wetlands
#wetlandbird
#weloveflamingos #mingo #flamingolove #pensthorpenaturalpark
#Norfolk #NorthNorfolk #naturereserve #naturereservesUK #Norwich #Pensthorpe #lovenature
#flamingos
#flamboyanceofflamingos
#wetlands
#wetlandconservation
#wetlandawareness
Discover the wondrous new addition to our home and lifestyle range in the Courtyard Shop - we welcome the @thecandlebrand to our shelves! Bringing you a wonderful selection of vegan and plastic free candles, diffusers and wax melts (which all smell utterly divine!)
The ready made sets make the perfect gift!
Which scent would you love?
🌿Coconut & Peach
🌿Eucalyptus with lemon
🌿Very Vanilla
🌿Sandalwood musk
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#thecandlebrand #shoplocal #shopsmall #CourtyardShop #Norfolkshopping #homeliving #fragrance #northnorfolkshopping
We’re delighted to be supporting a number of projects with the @theforumnorwich this year!
Have you spotted us at their most recent event, the Brick Dino tour? This event is the ultimate event for lovers of all things dinosaur! 🦖
Due to the success and popular demand of the Brick Dino tour at @theforumnorwich we want to let you into a little secret…more tickets are to be released from Monday onwards - so keep your eyes peeled! 👀
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#theforum #cityofstories #dinosaur #norwich #exhibition #pensthorpenaturalpark #lego #summerholidays
Our off-road adventure tour is BACK FROM TODAY!
Enjoy a behind the scenes tour of Pensthorpe on our off-road adventure truck and discover the hidden parts of the reserve not accessible by foot.
Make sure to bring along a pair of binoculars - our tour is a perfect opportunity to spot some of the wildlife that call Pensthorpe including an abundance of bird, butterflies, dragonflies and flower species.
This adventure is open to EVERYONE! A park admission is not required for this. That's right! You can enjoy our off-road adventure without entering the park - please see our website for more details.
https://www.pensthorpe.com/nature-reserve/pensthorpe-explorer/
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#PensthorpeExplorer
#behindthescenestour
#landrovers
#wardentour
#wildlifetour
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#naturereserves
#pensthorpeestate
Have you spotted us in the latest copy of @northnorfolkliving?!☀️
Talking all things summer including our NEW family summer event Secret Garden Wildlife Trail taking you on adventures around our four gardens and park; our flamingos, off road adventure explorer and a Q and A with our Head Gardener, Jonathan Pearce!
You can pick up your copy from our shop and admissions area.
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#summer #northnorfolk #northnorfolkliving #norfolk #pensthorpenaturalpark #pensthorpe #norfolkcoast #norfolkdaysout
The exciting news is finally out! ✨
We are pleased to announce that we will be the headline sponsor of Norfolk Heritage Open Days 2021 @norfolkhods - part of England's largest festival for heritage and culture.
From Friday 10th September until Sunday 19th September you can enjoy 10 days of exploring the wonderful heritage and hidden treasures founded across Norfolk for FREE with the @norfolkhods brochure.
You can pick up your brochure from our admissions area, @theforumnorwich and other locations across Norfolk.
Along with this exciting venture, we are also delighted to announce that we will be headline sponsor of @norwichsciencefestival, with great ambition to help bring nature to the city.
📷 - Photography by @keiron_photo
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#visitnorfolk #pensthorpenaturalpark #visitnorwich #enjoynorfolk #norfolk #norfolkfamilyoutings #heritageopendays #norwichsciencefestival #headeastuk
On the MOOve. Yesterday our longhorn cattle 🐄 were led to the Rushy Marsh, to graze this lush riverside meadow. Look out for them from Dragonfly Bridge or near the Fishing Hut. #conservationgrazing #wetlandmanagement #naturereserve #pensthorpenaturalpark
From Saturday 24th July our Pensthorpe Explorer RETURNS!
Enjoy an ‘off-road’ adventure on our Pensthorpe Explorer and discover the far outreaches of the reserve visiting some of the more remote areas of the Estate which are not accessible on foot. A perfect opportunity to spot and learn more about some of the wonderful wildlife that calls Pensthorpe home.
For more information about our off-road adventure please visit our website
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#PensthorpeExplorer
#behindthescenestour
#landrovers
#wardentour
#wildlifetour
#naturereserve
#naturereserves
#pensthorpeestate
If you've recently visited and enjoyed your day out with us, or if you've visited us before we would appreciate your support in voting for us in the finals of Norfolk Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021 in the category 'Family Attraction'.
🌿 VOTING CLOSES 5PM FRIDAY 23RD JULY 🌿
To place your vote, please follow the link in our bio
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#MuddyAwards2021 #MuddyStilettosAwards #inlovewithlocal #supportlocal #supportlocalbusiness #awards #vote #localbusiness #localbusinesses
The safety and welfare of our visitors, staff and wildlife is our top priority...that is why we kindly ask that all visitors adhere to the safety measures that we have implemented effective from tomorrow, to ensure that we provide the safest experience possible for everyone.
Please visit our 'Before you visit' page for full information about the easing of some of our restrictions
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http://bit.ly/39UN8Eh
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#pensthorpenaturalpark #pensthorpe #restrictions #freedomday #norfolk #weregoodtogo
Our summer family event starts TOMORROW!
Join us for our Secret Garden Wildlife Trail family event as it takes explorers across our park and nature reserve to unlock unknown facts about the different species that call us home, whilst uncovering the hidden treasures of Pensthorpe!
The fun doesn’t stop there! There will be lots of additional activities for you to enjoy including:
🌿 Pond dipping sessions
🌿 Craft making activities
🌿 Storytelling
🌿 Bird feeding
🌿 Pop up educational sessions in the Discovery Centre
🌿 A trip on our off road experience on the Pensthorpe Explorer*
*For an additional fee
For more information or to book tickets please visit our website:
https://www.pensthorpe.com/event/secret-garden/
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#SecretGarden #FamilyFun #Familyevent #SummeratPensthorpe #Pensthorpe #Pensthorpenaturalpark #Northnorfolk #Norfolk
Have you discovered our Monet Inspired Bridge unrevealed by the willow trees in our Millennium Garden?
This hidden treasure provides the perfect platform to witness the abundance of bloom and colour that fills our Piet Oudolf world-renowned garden throughout the summer months.
📸 - Photography by Martin Hayward-Smith
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#Gardens #Gardening #PietOudolf #MillenniumGarden #Monet #NatureHeals #Wildlife #NorfolkGardens #Pensthorpenaturalpark #pensthorpe
And it's dinner time for the residents of Pensthorpe! 🦆
📷 - Photograph by our Aviculture Warden, Claudia
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#Pensthorpe #PensthorpeNaturalPark #NorthNorfolk #Norfolk #Waterfowl #Wildfowl #Flamingos #Wetland
