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700 acres of space filled with rivers, streams, lakes, woodland, gardens and wildlife 🌳🦦🦆
Doesn’t the reserve look great from above?
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We need your help! It’s COMPETITION TIME!
A mini T-Rex escaped its pack this summer and we need to help Dipple & Conway Opticians get it back by tomorrow- can you identify the 9 places it has been spotted in this summer to help them find it?
If you correctly guess all nine locations, you can WIN some fabulous days out to Norfolk Snowsports Club, Roarr Dinosaur Adventure and our very own park!
Entries need to be in midnight on 26th September 2021- what have you got to lose?!
Simply:
🦖Take a closer look at these nine pictures featuring our @GoGoDiscover Dino in Disguise
🦖 Identify the Norfolk locations he’s been sighted at in each photo
🦖 Email your list of guesses to info@dippleconway.co.uk by midnight Sunday 26th September 2021.
🦖 Please include ‘Dino in Disguise’ in the email subject line.
After the 26th September, we will pick the winners and return this adventurous little Breakasaurus to @Break and the @GoGoDiscover team so they can pack him off to school!
For all the competition details, terms and conditions and more, head over to the website www.dippleconway.co.uk
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Missing the Chelsea Flower Show?
Keep your garden fix going by paying our gardens a visit- you’re bound to take some inspiration home with you 🌺
https://t.co/3lDK5jggGw700 acres of space filled with rivers, streams, lakes, woodland, gardens and wildlife 🌳🦦🦆
Doesn’t the reserve look great from above?
https://t.co/mrwHdN1ROSStrike a pose! 📸
Bar-headed geese breed in the high plateaus of Central and South Asia- their migrations to winter grounds (most often, India) means crossing some of the highest passes in the world, making them some of the highest-flying birds on earth.
https://t.co/2b0pPETjkfOnly one month to go!! 🚀🌼🧪 Today we're throwing it back to 2019 when we last saw everyone in person at the Festival. We can't wait to see you all again! #NorwichSciFest #NSF21
Autumn is on its way, and the park is starting to be painted in reds, yellows and oranges.
Capture nature’s fireworks next time you’re at our park- there’s over 700 acres of lakes, rivers and woodland to explore.
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Join us this October half-term for some Halloween fun including:
🎃 Pumpkin Carving
🕸 Wicked Wildlife trail
🥇Free Family Passes up for grabs for best Halloween costume
🐛Junior Wildlife Talks
👻 Hootz Haunted House and Wild Rootz activity mini-trail
🚜 Pensthorpe Explorer Tours
Click the link in our bio for more information!
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Doesn’t the reserve look great from above?
700 acres of space filled with rivers, streams, lakes, woodland, gardens and wildlife 🌳🦦🦆
#pensthorpe #wildlife #nature #aerial #aerialphotography #drone #park #parkland #woodland #fromabove #view #norfolk #northnorfolk #norfolkcoast #fakenham #pensthorpenaturalpark #landscape #wetlands #wetland #country #countryside
Strike a pose! 📸
Bar-headed geese breed in the high plateaus of Central and South Asia- their migrations to winter grounds (most often in India) means crossing some of the highest passes in the world, making them some of the highest-flying birds on earth.
🌎🌏🌍
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Autumn is on its way, and the park is starting to be painted in reds, yellows and oranges.
Capture nature’s fireworks next time you’re at our park- there’s over 700 acres of lakes, rivers and woodland to explore.
#autumn #helloautumn #autumnequinox #norfolk #norfolkcoast #fakenham #landscapephotography #woodlandwalk #walk #naturereserve #pensthorpe #treescape #norfolklandscape #momentofcalm #park #trees #woodland #naturephotography #landscape #nature #wildlife #northnorfolk #eastanglia #eastofengland
The intricacy of nature.
We don’t know if we’re more impressed at the beauty of the dragonfly or the speed of its photographer! 😅
📸 Taken by @andrewblake53 here at Pensthorpe
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Space to let imaginations run wild!
Our play areas:
🦉 Hootz House- our award-winning indoor play area has slides, climbing walls, crooked walkways and lots of crevices to explore!
🍃WildRootz- our outdoor play area with epic slides, a running stream and giant climbing frames.
Entry to Hootz House and Wild Rootz are included in your admission fee, but we always recommend booking your entry slot in advance.
Click the link in our bio to reserve your slot!
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Pretty flamingoes!
Fact of the day: “Flamingo” comes from the Spanish and Latin word “flamenco” which means fire 🔥
Next time you’re at Pensthorpe why not listen to one of our free flamingo talks? They run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 3.30pm 🦩
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The Reserve Team have started the annual cut of the Wildflower Meadow ✂️
It takes important management and good timing to maintain a diverse range of flowers & grasses- here’s a time lapse video of our Wardens at work (if only it was that quick in real life!)
🐝 🐮 🦋
#WardensatWork #conservation #habitatmanagement #naturereserve #wildflowermeadow
Join us for our fangtastic October half-term event and discover the gruesome side of nature with an extra special trail around the park and enjoy some family fun events including:
🎃 Pumpkin carving/decorating (pre-book your slot online!)
🐛Free Junior Guided Wildlife Tours
🎨Craft activities
🎃Mini Pumpkin Trail
🚜Pensthorpe Explorer Tour
And don’t forget, the Hootz Haunted House will be open for some hair-raising thrills and fun too! 👻
Click the link in our bio for more information!
#nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelovers #pensthorpenaturalpark #norfolk #norwich #northnorfolk #norfolkcoast #fakenham #visitnorwich #visitnorfolk #pensthorpe #wildlife #autumn
Where do Barnacle Geese go in winter? (No... it's not a joke...)
It's a bit of a mystery where these striking geese go in winter, but we are a part of an exciting project to find out where they disappear to- so watch this space!
In the past, it was believed that they dive into the sea and become barnacles on boats... where do you think they go?
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Meet the team! 🐮
All year around, our Longhorn cattle wander around the park and make sure our grass doesn't get too long- it's a very important job on a 700 acre estate.
Their horns look lethal but don't be fooled... our cattle are very docile and love having their picture taken 📸
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A young hoglet 🦔
🍁As autumn creeps in you are more likely to see a hedgehog out and about as it looks for a nice sheltered spot to curl up and hibernate in.
🤫Keep quiet around hedgerows and woodland floors and you may just hear some snuffling and grunting as they search for food.
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Have you ever seen a more beautiful bird? These stunning creatures are an endangered species, and we are beyond lucky to have a couple in our park.
Grey-crowned cranes stand over a metre tall and spend most of their day foraging to eat as much as they can (who can relate?!)
📸 Thanks to @davidhubphotography for this stunning photo.
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Join us on Wednesday for an after-hours garden tour!
Enjoy a coffee and cake in our cafe learn the inspiration behind our four gardens:
🦋 The Wildlife Habitat Garden
🌊 Wave and Wave Line Garden
🌺Corten Infinity Garden
🌼Millennium Garden
⭐️Just £13.95 for members and £19.95 for non-members ⭐️
Click the link in our bio for more information
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Heritage Open Days Update- please read!
We have now SOLD OUT of tickets for Monday 13th September- thanks to the incredible response to our Heritage Open Day offer!
⭐️ If you have managed to book your tickets with the offer, please remember to bring your booking confirmation with you to get your free entry, otherwise we won’t be able to let you in (as we don’t have any tickets left!!) ⭐️
Thank you for your understanding, we are so overwhelmed with the response for Heritage Open Days and can’t wait to welcome you!!
See you soon!
There have been some great wildlife sightings from our Pensthorpe Explorer over the past few days, including barn owl, peregrine, hobby, red kite, wheatear, kingfisher, brown hare & basking common lizards. (📷 Amanda & David)
#PensthorpeSightings #naturereserve #wildlifewatching
Where will your feet take you? 👣
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Don't mind us... we're just filling your feed with colour this morning!
Isn't our Millennium Garden stunning this September? 😍
Click link in bio to book your entry tickets!
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Did you know that every time you purchase a bag of bird feed from our shop the money goes straight to our bird conservation projects? 🦆
So not only are you making our birds very happy- you’re helping us take care of them too!
Click the link in our bio for more info
📸Thank you @rjourneyphotos for the photo!
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We're so excited to be the proud sponsors of this year's Norwich Science Festival! 🧬🧪🧲
From 23rd-30th October there's an array of fantastic science events taking place across Norwich, and we'll be there talking about our incredible wildlife and conservation projects!
Let's bring nature to the city 👊 🌳
Click the link in our bio for more information.
@norwichsciencefestival @theforumnorwich
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