Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park

Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park Askham Bryan Wildlife and Conservation Park is open on weekends and school holidays
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Help support our native species by signing up to iNaturalist and taking part in BIAZA Spotted on Site at Askham Bryan. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/askham-bryan-wildlife-and-conservation-park

Tuesdays are to talk about... Conservation 🌿- Every Tuesday we are going to be bringing you a snippet of our conservatio...
04/02/2025

Tuesdays are to talk about... Conservation 🌿- Every Tuesday we are going to be bringing you a snippet of our conservation highlights!

This week we are highlighting our White Lip Tamarins who are part of an EEP ( Ex situ programme) which aims to conserve healthy species populations. They are also known as the Red Bellied Tamarin, as you can see from their remarkable characteristics.

White Lipped Tamarins play a vital role in the rainforest as seed dispersers for a number of fruit trees -Their main threat is due to habitat loss, we must work together to protect this vital species.

Leonie and Fella are now proud parents of a baby which is doing really well! A success for the species. Did you know that in 2022 you helped us to support The World Land Trust Operation Ocelot. This initiative is designed to preserve areas that are not already protected in the Atlantic Rainforest. We managed to protect an area of forest the size of our Wildlife Park which could be home to White Lip Tamarins in the Wild! 🐒

We still haven't named the baby Tamarin. Got a name suggestion? tell us about it!

🥳🦜 1️⃣0️⃣ Today! 🦜❤️Our female Eclectus Parrot Rosemary celebrated her 10th Birthday today! She can normally be found lo...
03/02/2025

🥳🦜 1️⃣0️⃣ Today! 🦜❤️

Our female Eclectus Parrot Rosemary celebrated her 10th Birthday today!

She can normally be found loudly announcing herself to visitors and students as they walk past her aviary 🤣❤️

Check out todays story to see her enjoying her ‘birthday cake’ from our keepers 🎂

Head down today and come and introduce yourself to Winnie🐻 Don’t forget to tag us in any of your pictures 📸 We’re open ...
02/02/2025

Head down today and come and introduce yourself to Winnie🐻 Don’t forget to tag us in any of your pictures 📸 We’re open from 10am-4pm (last entry at 3pm)

🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site set in a stunning historic arboretum with rare trees and native wildlife.
🦔 Over 170 species of animals to see from across the world- visiting us supports conservation of threatened species
🚗 FREE car parking
👶 Children under 3 years old go FREE
🥪 Have a bite to eat at the HIVE café
🐷 Visit our NEW Heritage Conservation Farm
🤸‍♀️ Burn some energy at the playground
🎁 Peruse our ShopOcelot for sustainable treats

🎟 Book your tickets online or pay at the gate: https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

🐒Come on down and monkey around with us today! 🙊We’re open from 10am-4pm (last entry at 3pm) 🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site ...
01/02/2025

🐒Come on down and monkey around with us today! 🙊We’re open from 10am-4pm (last entry at 3pm)

🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site set in a stunning historic arboretum with rare trees and native wildlife.
🦔 Over 170 species of animals to see from across the world- visiting us supports conservation of threatened species
🚗 FREE car parking
👶 Children under 3 years old go FREE
🥪 Have a bite to eat at the HIVE café
🐷 Visit our NEW Heritage Conservation Farm
🤸‍♀️ Burn some energy at the playground
🎁 Peruse our ShopOcelot for sustainable treats

🎟 Book your tickets online or pay at the gate: https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

🟣🟠Wildlife Academy 2025🟠🟣We’re pleased to announce the 2025 dates for our Wildlife Academy are now live on our website! ...
31/01/2025

🟣🟠Wildlife Academy 2025🟠🟣

We’re pleased to announce the 2025 dates for our Wildlife Academy are now live on our website! 🐾🙂

Join us for 1-Day or 2-Day Wildlife Academy, both with jam packed activities from meeting your favourite animals to working as a team to help clean and feed them with our Education Team !! 🐑🐍🐇🐖🐾🐞🐌🦎🐓🦘🦜🦉🕷️

This year we have introduced the 1-Day or 2-Day option 👌🏻
(you wont be able to participate on just one day of the 2-Day like previous years)

🟣Wildlife Warriors: 7-10yrs old 🟣
🟠Exotic Explorers: 11-14yrs old🟠

Our first round will be;

🟣Wildlife Warriors 7-10yrs old🟣

🗓️Wednesday 19th February 2025🗓️

🟠Exotic Explorers 11-14yrs old🟠

🗓️Thursday 20th February 2025 🗓️

💻Follow the below link to our website and book online:

https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/wildlife-academy/

Have you got your ticket for … 🎉🎉KIDS GO WILD & FREE!! 🎉🎉Returning for February Half-Term (15th - 23rd Feb) come and joi...
30/01/2025

Have you got your ticket for …

🎉🎉KIDS GO WILD & FREE!! 🎉🎉

Returning for February Half-Term (15th - 23rd Feb) come and join us for talks, events, games and crafts 🐾😀

but more importantly.... KID GO FREE!!! 😁👍

🎟️THIS WILL BE A TICKETED EVENT 🎟️ WITH LIMITED NUMBERS 🎟️

Please go to our website to purchase your tickets 💚💻

https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

Watch out for more details being announced soon !! 😁😁

📚🐷Join us for a Educational Visit this Spring 🐾🐍 Schools are welcome for visits to the Wildlife Park Monday - Friday for...
29/01/2025

📚🐷Join us for a Educational Visit this Spring 🐾🐍

Schools are welcome for visits to the Wildlife Park Monday - Friday for Self-Guided Visits and Workshops ✏️📍🦜

Last weeks School visit where a Year 5/6 Class had a custom Workshop to help them gather information about Native Bird Species and what type of bird boxes they need, this was to help with their own bird boxes they were making in their woodwork class 🐦🐦‍⬛🪺!!

If you’re a primary or secondary school teacher and are interested in a potential Educational Visit to the Wildlife park, please send an email to:

📧: [email protected]

When you think of Tuesday a word beginning with C comes to mind...................That's right its Conservation 😉😅! Ever...
28/01/2025

When you think of Tuesday a word beginning with C comes to mind...................

That's right its Conservation 😉😅! Every Tuesday we are going to be bringing you a snippet of our conservation news!

🐌🐌🐌🐌 Do you remember last year we moved in 12 Critically Endagered Glutinous Snails?

Found in only one place in the whole of the UK, we are on a mission to bring this species back from the brink and back to England where it was once found. These were the first Glutinous Snails back in England for over 100 years!

So what is our news? We have successfully bred the snails over the summer but this picture is the first recorded image of mating in Glutinous Snails!!!! Amazing! Zoom in and excuse the algae (its what they like to eat)

Well done to our wonderful LVI Team for their dedication to our native species 💚

💚❤️ Practical Learning ❤️💚Our students have access to incredible facilities across site including our Wildlife & Conserv...
27/01/2025

💚❤️ Practical Learning ❤️💚

Our students have access to incredible facilities across site including our Wildlife & Conservation Park. This last term alone on the Heritage Farm, students have been getting to grips with some of our farm animals. Including exercising, weighing, foot care and even watching eye surgery for one of our alpaca Hugo, by our fabulous vets from WestPoint. 🦙🐑

Back open today as normal 🥰 How can you resist their little faces!🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site set in a stunning historic ...
26/01/2025

Back open today as normal 🥰 How can you resist their little faces!

🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site set in a stunning historic arboretum with rare trees and native wildlife.
🦔 Over 170 species of animals to see from across the world- visiting us supports conservation of threatened species
🚗 FREE car parking
👶 Children under 3 years old go FREE
🥪 Have a bite to eat at the HIVE café
🐷 Visit our NEW Heritage Conservation Farm
🤸‍♀️ Burn some energy at the playground
🎁 Peruse our ShopOcelot for sustainable treats

🎟 Book your tickets online or pay at the gate: https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

What's that you say? OPEN as normal tomorrow! 🥰After over 24 hours without power we are now back up and running and plan...
25/01/2025

What's that you say? OPEN as normal tomorrow! 🥰

After over 24 hours without power we are now back up and running and plan to be open as normal tomorrow. Thank you to everyone for their patience 🙏

Back to it with:
🌳 A beautiful 28 acre site set in a stunning historic arboretum with rare trees and native wildlife.
🦔 Over 170 species of animals to see from across the world- visiting us supports conservation of threatened species
🚗 FREE car parking
👶 Children under 3 years old go FREE
🥪 Have a bite to eat at the HIVE café
🐷 Visit our NEW Heritage Conservation Farm
🤸‍♀️ Burn some energy at the playground
🎁 Peruse our ShopOcelot for sustainable treats

🎟 Book your tickets online or pay at the gate: https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

Storm Eowyn Update 💨💨💨Yesterday the Wildlife Park sustained some damage in the storm including a power cut! We are still...
25/01/2025

Storm Eowyn Update 💨💨💨

Yesterday the Wildlife Park sustained some damage in the storm including a power cut! We are still without power this morning.
We have a generator which has ensured our life support systems for our animals are running, huge thanks to our wonderful friends at John Wrights Electricals. However we do not have power to none essential to life facilities.

This does mean we will remain closed today so our staff can focus on the welfare of our animals. If you have a booking we will be in touch this morning. The college open day is still OPEN and will be held at the rest of the site which still fortunately has power.

We hope to be open tomorrow if the power grid get to our line as hoped by the end of today. Many thanks for your support.

🦜🐥🦢🐓🐦🪶🪹Don’t forget it’s the this weekend! And we’ll have some of the RSPB team in with us to help if anyone want to t...
24/01/2025

🦜🐥🦢🐓🐦🪶🪹

Don’t forget it’s the this weekend!

And we’ll have some of the RSPB team in with us to help if anyone want to take part on our Wildlife Park! 😁👌🏻

🪲🪲🪲Integral members of our Wildlife Park team, Lauren & Luke, who are leading our Tansy Beetle Conservation Project, att...
22/01/2025

🪲🪲🪲

Integral members of our Wildlife Park team, Lauren & Luke, who are leading our Tansy Beetle Conservation Project, attended Parliament yesterday as MP’s delegated and voted for the winner of Great British Wildlife Restoration Projects 👏

It great to see so many unique and brilliant Native Species Projects being started and fulfilled by Zoos, Aquariums and Wildlife Parks around Great Britain 👍🐾🌲🪲🦫🪳🐸🦌

Share and spread the word… 🎉🎉KIDS GO WILD & FREE!! 🎉🎉Returning for February Half-Term (15th - 23rd Feb) come and join us...
21/01/2025

Share and spread the word…

🎉🎉KIDS GO WILD & FREE!! 🎉🎉

Returning for February Half-Term (15th - 23rd Feb) come and join us for talks, events, games and crafts 🐾😀

but more importantly.... KID GO FREE!!! 😁👍

🎟️THIS WILL BE A TICKETED EVENT 🎟️

Please go to our website to purchase your tickets 💚💻

https://abcwildlifepark.co.uk/book-a-session/

Watch out for more details being announced soon !! 😁😁

🧱With the new enclosures being developed in our Natives Section, our students didn’t want to miss an opportunity to help...
21/01/2025

🧱With the new enclosures being developed in our Natives Section, our students didn’t want to miss an opportunity to help out! 🌲

They assisted with a rather large limb that can be used for platforms, perching and hiding spots for our new residents 👀

❤️💚Heritage Conservation Farm💚❤️Over the weekend Farm Keepers Kelly & Declan completed their routine health checks on ou...
20/01/2025

❤️💚Heritage Conservation Farm💚❤️

Over the weekend Farm Keepers Kelly & Declan completed their routine health checks on our Devon & Cornwall Longwool pair 🐑🐑

Did you know that they’re known for their massive fleeces! It’s often said they’ll produce more wool per sheep than any other British breed 🧶

Have you made it down to our new farm and introduced yourself to our new flocks!🐑

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Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park, Askham Bryan College, Askham Bryan
York
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🔔🪶Helmeted Guinea Fowl 🪶🔔 This morning we asked if you could recognise a call from some of our animals we have at the Wildlife Park… we can confirm it was in fact the alarm calls from our Helmeted Guinea Fowl who reside with our Ring Tailed Lemurs 🐾 Their loud alarm calls make sure all the flock are aware of any potential danger … however todays danger was our education team film some content🤣👌🏻 #askhambryanwildlifepark #guineafowl #africa #wildlife #conservation #fundaysoutwiththekids #york #january

👂Can you guess which animals at the Wildlife Park make such a noise?? 👂 Let us know in the comments who you think it is ✍🏻 We’ll reveal in this evenings post 👀👀

👀When a look says a thousand words 👀 Something tells us that one of our Large Whites didn’t agree to this sleeping arrangement 🐷💚❤️

POV You're an alpaca and you like to recycle christmas trees 🌲

On Sunday we saw the most snow we have seen for a long time. Some of our staff were snowed in at home but some made it in and set to work along with a few staff from other departments who live close. But there was still time for a little bit of fun ❄️ A huge thank you to our dedicated staff and colleagues 👏

Another wonderful year has rolled by at the Wildlife & Conservation Park 💚here’s just some of our Highlights!! ⭐️ We sent over important conservation equipment to Vietnam and raised awareness for the Asian Turtle Programme 🐢 ⭐️Raised money for the Painted Dog Conservation programme for anti-poaching collars ⭐️Our staff and students learned a lot through various CPD opportunities 📕 ⭐️We built & opened our brand new Heritage Conservation Farm 🐷🐖🐐🐖🐑🐓🐏🚜 raising the awareness for native rare breeds and their importance ⭐️Introduced new breeds to our farm such as Large White & British Saddleback Pigs 🐷 ⭐️Introduced new sheep breeds to our farm such as Soay, Devon & Cornwall Longwools, Greyface Dartmoor, Manx Laughton and Boreray 🐑🐏 ⭐️Successfully Hatched 4 Cayuga ducks 🦆 ⭐️Our Pollinator Project came 3rd in the BIAZA Great British Restoration Award 🌸 ⭐️Our Tansy Beetle Arc was nominated for the BIAZA Great British Wildlife Restoration Award 🪲 ⭐️We took 12 critically endangered Glutinous Snails into a breeding programme which now hosts 100+ individuals 🐌 ⭐️Our keepers then spoke at a conference to explain their work and findings on the Glut. Snail Project 🐌 ⭐️Our keepers spoke at the Primate Conference to explain their success with introducing lemur groups 🐒 ⭐️Introduced the Gidyee Skins, Cinnamon Frogs, Panther & Parsons Chamelons, Green Tree Pythons and many more to our Reptile/Invert/Aquatic Rooms 🐍🦎 ⭐️We successfully bred our fire bellied toads & green tree skinks 🐸🦎 ⭐️Re-themed our Invertebrates enclosure 🪴🐛 ⭐️Taken on multiple new members of staff across different sections 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋 ⭐️Hosted enjoyable and Wild Wildlife Academies 👦🧒👧🐾 ⭐️Welcomed SO many new and returning visitors 💁‍♂️💁‍♀️💁 ⭐️Continued our volunteer internship programme 📚 ⭐️We toug

🎄🥳Congratulations - 24th December Winner 🥳🎄 Well done to Lauren , you have successfully won - a FREE 1HR ENCOUNTER 🐾!! Our Education Team will be in contact via E-mail with details on how to claim your reward 😁 Thank you again for your support🎄 Well done to all our winners this month and thank you again for all visiting over this Christmas period 😁 We look forward to seeing you all in the new year ! 💚 #seasonticketraffle #askhambryanwildlifepark #wildlifepark #thingstodoinyork #familydaysout #york #december #christmas

🎄🥳Congratulations - 23rd December Winner 🥳🎄 Well done to Paula, you have successfully won - a FREE ADOPTION PACK 🐾!! Our Education Team will be in contact via E-mail with details on how to claim your reward 😁 Thank you again for your support & Merry Christmas 🎄 Keep an eye out later for todays winner! 👀😁 #seasonticketraffle #askhambryanwildlifepark #wildlifepark #thingstodoinyork #familydaysout #york #december #christmas

🎄🥳Congratulations - 22nd December Winner 🥳🎄 Well done to Daniel, you have successfully won - a FREE ADOPTION PACK 🐾!! Our Education Team will be in contact via E-mail with details on how to claim your reward 😁 Thank you again for your support & Merry Christmas 🎄 Keep an eye out for tomorrows winner! 👀😁 #seasonticketraffle #askhambryanwildlifepark #wildlifepark #thingstodoinyork #familydaysout #york #december #christmas

🎄🥳Congratulations - 21st December Winner 🥳🎄 Well done to Kelly, you have successfully won - a FREE ADOPTION PACK 🐾!! Our Education Team will be in contact via E-mail with details on how to claim your reward 😁 Thank you again for your support & Merry Christmas 🎄 Keep an eye out for tomorrows winner! 👀😁 #seasonticketraffle #askhambryanwildlifepark #wildlifepark #thingstodoinyork #familydaysout #york #december #christmas

🎄🥳Congratulations - 20th December Winner 🥳🎄 Well done to Anna, you have successfully won - a FREE ADOPTION PACK 🐾!! Our Education Team will be in contact via E-mail with details on how to claim your reward 😁 Thank you again for your support & Merry Christmas 🎄 Keep an eye out for tomorrows winner! 👀😁 #seasonticketraffle #askhambryanwildlifepark #wildlifepark #thingstodoinyork #familydaysout #york #december #christmas

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Learning to Protect Nature

Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park is based at Askham Bryan College, York. The park is part of the college Animal Management Unit - it’s there to support students to become the next generation of conservationists, zookeepers and animal welfare specialists of the future. The park is open to the public weekends and holidays, when staff and students share their love of nature with our visitors.