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Did you know that pumpkins make tasty treats for wildlife, birds and mini beasts? With lots of us buying pumpkins at this time of year we want to make people aware of some of the great ways that you can help your local wildlife with your leftover pumpkins. We have put together some simple ideas below.
(Ensure to check through beforehand for spilled wax, tea light holders and signs of it starting rot before placing out for wildlife. If so, it makes great compost!)
If your pumpkin is in good condition check out our tips below:
1) To help feed mini beasts remove the pumpkin seeds and chop your pumpkin into small chunks, burying them into the soil at roughly 25cm deep. Mini beasts can then feed on them and recycle the nutrients into the soil.
2) To help feed your garden birds save the pumpkin seeds and cook them in your oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. Then place them out into a bird feeder in your garden.
3) Create a Pumpkin Bird Feeder and fill with bird seed and place in your garden.
4) Remove any seeds and chop up your pumpkin into small chunks. Leave out for small animals such as foxes, badgers and squirrels to feed on.
(You can save this post for use after Halloween)
“The one-acre contemporary landscape is hidden within the nature reserve. Oudolf’s dreamy naturalistic planting weaves together with the wilderness of the park and provides a sanctuary for the wildlife to flourish” –
📷 – With thanks to Cedar Magazine
For the full publication and fantastic captures please visit the link provided below:
www.cedarmagazine.co.uk/autumnrituals
Escape to the North Norfolk outdoors this October and discover our four glorious gardens offering autumnal displays of auburn and golden. Our award winning Millennium Garden is recognised globally as a safe haven and place of tranquillity.
📷 - The Millennium Garden taken this morning
#northnorfolk #themillenniumgarden #pensthorpenaturalpark
Are you open in November? We were hoping to visit not this week but the week after but the website isn't letting us.
Providing the most sublime of views, our Wave & Wave Line Garden has been created to induce a sense of calm, with the garden having structure by semi-circular seating areas. Here it is looking blissful on a crisp autumn day.
📷📍- Wave & Wave Line Garden
Join our Halloween themed family scavenger hunt this October Half Term, and escape to the North Norfolk countryside to explore the creepy crawlies that call our nature reserve home.
#eerieexplorers #northnorfolk #pensthorpenaturalpark
Sheridan Antonia Kemp
Paul Browse
Georgina King
Beth Hutchings, shall we book ?
Charlotte Jade Noll
Me and my friend came yesterday ... I brought my son... and she brought hers we had an amazing time thank you ! X x the kids loved going on the hunt x
Are the timed sessions for a certain time? If you get a 10am slot do you have to leave at a certain time?
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We wanted to share the idea of how you can reuse your pumpkin this year and help your local #wildlife. If your pumpkin is in good condition chop it up into small chunks, burying them into the soil roughly 25cm deep. Mini beasts can then feed on them and recycle the nutrients.
“The one-acre contemporary landscape is hidden within the nature reserve. Oudolf’s dreamy naturalistic planting weaves together with the wilderness of the park and provides a sanctuary for the wildlife to flourish”
📷– Thanks to Cedar Magazine
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Full of texture and colour, our Millennium Garden is forever brimming with bold drifts and enchanting hues whatever the season.
What’s your favourite thing about our gardens? #Pensthorpegardens #Gardens #NorthnorfolkA wet and wild day with my little 'duck whisperer' 🦆🦆🦆🦢🦢🦢🦩🦩🦩 @Pensthorpe and may I say the tea shop did the most amazing food!! Fresh soup! churro's filled with melted chocolate and a warm salted caramel dip 🤤🤤..... We had a lovely day out.... Much needed ❤️
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Did you know that pumpkins make tasty treats for your local wildlife? At this time of year lots of us buy pumpkins, but what do you do with them after Halloween is over?
We have put together some simple ideas that you can do with your leftover pumpkin to help your local wildlife.
(Ensure to check through for spilled wax, tea light holders and make sure it hasn’t started to rot before placing out for wildlife. If it has started to rot it makes great compost!)
If your pumpkin is in good condition check out our different ideas below ⬇️
1) To help feed mini beasts remove the pumpkin seeds and chop your pumpkin into small chunks, burying them into the soil at roughly 25cm deep. Mini beasts can then feed on them and recycle the nutrients into the soil.
2) To help feed your garden birds you could save the pumpkin seeds and cook them in your oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. Then place them out into a bird feeder in your garden.
3) Remove the seeds and create a Pumpkin Bird Feeder and fill it up with bird seed.
4) Chop up your pumpkin into small chunks and leave out for small animals such as foxes, badgers and squirrels.
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#Pumpkin #autumn #wildlife #pumpkinrecycle #helpwildlife #nature #october #pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark“The one-acre contemporary landscape is hidden within the nature reserve. Oudolf’s dreamy naturalistic planting weaves together with the wilderness of the park and provides a sanctuary for the wildlife to flourish”
📷 – With thanks to @cedarmagazine
For the full publication and fantastic captures visit the link provided in our bio.
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#inspiredbynature #slowlived #pursuepretty #thehappynow #liveauthentic #livethelittlethings #littlestoriesofmylive #embracingtheseasons #flashesofdelight #seekinspirecreate #mybeautifulsimplicity #gardenersofinstagram #garden #gardening #aseasonalshift #seasonspoetry #changingseasons #slowautumndays #upandautumn #thewildgardeners #howdoesyourgardengrow #botanicaldreamers #thebeautyinnature #thatautumnmagic #autumnvibes #autumnfeelsFull of texture and colour, our Millennium Garden is forever brimming with bold drifts and enchanting hues whatever the season.
What’s your favourite thing about our gardens?
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#pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark #northnorfolk #norfolk #fakenham #norfolkgardens #pietoudolf #pietoudolfgarden #gardens #gardening #ukgardensEscape to the North Norfolk outdoors this October, and discover our four glorious gardens offering autumnal displays of auburn and golden. Our award winning Millennium Garden is recognised globally as a safe haven and place of tranquillity.
📷 - The Millennium Garden taken this morning
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#Escapetheeveryday #norfolkgardens #gardens #garden #norfolk #northnorfolk #millenniumgarden #waveandwavelinegarden #corteninfinitygarden #wildlifehabitatgarden #pietoudolf #julietollOur Senior Aviculture Warden, Kat, captured a short clip of this Red flanked bluetail at our park on 11th October. This is the first sighting we have of a Red flanked bluetail on our sightings record.
(Please note the time stamp is faulty on our camera device).
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#sighting #bird #birdwatching #norfolk #redflankedbluetail #northnorfolk #wintermigration #wintermigratorybird #pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalparkProviding the most sublime of views, our Wave & Wave Line Garden has been created to induce a sense of calm, with the garden having structure by semi-circular seating areas. Here it is looking blissful on a crisp autumn day.
📷📍- Wave & Wave Line Garden
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#garden #gardensofinstagram #gardens #norfolk #norfolkgardens #northnorfolk #julietoll #pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark #fakenham #october #autumnJoin our family Halloween themed scavenger hunt this October Half Term and escape to the North Norfolk countryside to explore the creepy crawlies that call our nature reserve and park home.
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#EerieExplorers
#Octoberhalfterm
#October
#Halloween
#naturereserve
#naturereserveuk
#Pensthorpenaturalpark
#Pensthorpe
#Northnorfolk
#NorfolkAlthough all around is showing displays of auburn and golden hues, our Corten Infinity Garden offers a rainbow of vibrant flowers; here we have Ginger which you are able to see as you walk towards our outdoor play area, WildRootz.
📷📍- Our Corten Infinity Garden
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#norfolkgardens #gardens #northnorfolk #pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark #escapetheeveryday #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalOur outdoor play area, WildRootz, offers a large open space for children to enjoy adventure and play in the fresh air.
Join even more fun on our Eerie Explorers family activity event starting Thursday 22nd October.
#Eerieexplorer #OctoberHalfTerm #familyday #familytime #pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark #family #northnorfolk #escapetheeveryday #Norfolk #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalbusinessAuburn leaves and blue skies captured earlier today in our Corten Infinity Garden. What is your favourite thing about autumn?
#autumncolours #autumn #pensthorpenaturalpark #pensthorpe #family #familyday #familydayout #nature #nature_perfectionTake a Sunday stroll around the park and discover the amber displays that dress our reserve and gardens, or get involved in our NEW family Hootz & Friends Tree-mendous trail to find more about trees and their leaves.
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#autumn #autumnwalks #autumnvibes #autumnvibes🍁#pensthorpe #pensthorpenaturalpark #family #familytime #trees #treesofinstagramImmersing yourself within nature is believed to be a great release for stress and anxiety; whether it be a 15 minute stroll around your local park, or sitting and admiring the visiting birds in your garden, nature is suggested to help us all in many different ways.
To mark #WorldMentalHealthDay we have put together a few words in our latest blog (link in our bio).
📷📍- Piet Oudolf Millennium Garden
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#nature #wildlife #worldmentalhealthday #therapy #gardens #naturereserve #reserve #nature_perfectionSaturday 10th October marks World Migratory Bird Day 2020, a day to celebrate the migratory birds that are beneficial to our ecosystems because of seed dispersal, pollination, pest control to name a few. Bird migration is the movement and crossing over of birds from the Northern and Southern hemisphere for survival and breeding purposes; bird migration has its challenges, however is a key aspect for bird survival and breeding.
We expect to see some of our winter visitors appearing on our nature reserve very soon; with species including redwing, wigeon and fieldfares, whilst our Wader Scrape offers the best sighting platform to see winter visitor species such as wigeon and teal.
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#worldmigratoryday #sightings #birdmigration #autumn #pensthorpenaturalpark #pensthorpe #north_norfolk #birdwatching #birdwatchersIn the autumn months you will start to see winter migrants appear on our reserve, including Redwing (shown in this photo). The first Redwing appear in the UK in October and spend the majority of autumn in hedges feeding on fruits and berries. #birdwatching
📷- Darren WilliamsThis famous fungi is called ‘Fly agaric’ and can be seen in the birch woodland areas of our reserve and park. Fly agaric can be easily distinguished by their red cap, scattering of white spots and white stalk.
If you spot one around the park, take a photo 📷 however please don’t touch ✋.
We would love to see your autumn days out exploring the nature reserve and park by tagging @pensthorpe_natural_park or using #pensthorpenaturalpark
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#pensthorpenaturalpark #autumn #autumnvibes #pensthorpe #flyagaric #nature #naturereserve #naturereserves #wildlife #fungi #fungiphotographyStep out into the crisp fresh air and discover the dazzling displays and amber autumnal hues that are starting to peer through in our gardens and nature reserve.
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#autumngardens #gardens #naturereserve #reserve #autumnal #autumnvibes🍁To all grandparents inspiring their grandchildren over the years, we would like to say ‘Happy National Grandparents day’. Here’s to making more memories.
📷 - Thanks to @mumlifeandmealtimes for the beautiful capture.
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#grandparentsday #nationalgrandparentsday
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#family #familyday #familydaysout #familydays #flamingoOur nature reserve and four gardens offer you the chance to get closer to an abundance of wildlife.
An ivy bee was spotted by our Wildlife Education Officer, Allan, in our Wildlife Habitat Garden last week. Did you know...the ivy bee is a relatively new arrival to the UK and is typically seen in the autumn months feeding on the nectar of ivy flowers.
What wildlife have you recently spotted?
#wildlife #pensthorpe #naturereserve #naturereserves #northnorfolk #autumn #gardensofinstagram #gardens #garden #wildlife #ivybee #bee #bees #natureSharing your passion for adventure and wildlife is the ever more enchanting with a loved one.
Celebrate #nationalgrandparentsday this Sunday with a memorable family day out to the hidden beauty of the North Norfolk countryside in our 700 acre nature reserve and gardens.
📷- Steve Adams
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#pensthorpenaturalpark #grandparentsday #pensthorpe #nature #naturelover #familytime #familyday #northnorfolk #norwich #northnorfolk #kingslynn #naturereserve #naturereserves #uknatureA momentous occasion for Pensthorpe Conservation Trust who embarked on their final corncrake release here in the Wensum Valley on 10th September.
Corncrakes were once widespread across the UK with the population now declining, this species of bird has become increasingly vulnerable due to factors such as habitat destruction on wintering grounds and hunting on their migration routes. Pensthorpe Conservation Trust have been actively involved in the breeding of captive bred corncrakes for release back into the wild since 2006 and have collectively helped build up the corncrake population at the Nene Washes reserve in Cambridgeshire with the help of the ZSL and RSPB Love Nature.
We hope to see these little ones fly back next spring to continue the circle of life. In order to gain a good measure for success of the release project it is vital to monitor all returning males. With this in mind, we are asking people to listen out for their distinct ‘crex crex’ call, typically made at night. If you hear this call please email crex@pensthorpe.com.
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#breedingprogramme
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