Van Blanckendaell Park
| Van Blanckendaell Park | ||
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| Full name | Van Blanckendaell Park Foundation | |
| place | Veilingweg 9, 1747 HG Tuitjenhorn |
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| surface | 7 hectares | |
| opening | May 6, 2007 | |
| Animal species | about 120 species | |
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| www.blanckendaellpark.nl | ||
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Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ 14.4 " N , 4 ° 44 ′ 38.2" E
The Van Blanckendaell Park is a zoo in Tuitjenhorn , North Holland . The park, located between Alkmaar and Schagen , houses a zoological collection with around 120 species from all over the world, a windmill , a restaurant with a larger and a smaller playground , a zoo shop in the ticket office and a museum with a permanent exhibition on Dutch history.
history
As a private zoological collection, the animal population was limited to a few species of pheasant and other smaller species of birds and domestic animals. After the population's growing interest, the owner of the Dutch Van Blanckendeall Park Foundation decided to open the site to the public. The park opened its gates for the first time on May 6, 2007, at what is now the eastern end of the park. Due to complaints from the population about the increasing number of visitors who had to pass the site in order to use the entrance to the zoo, the management of the park moved the entrance to the western side of the zoo. In the following years the zoo was expanded and more exotic species followed, such as zebras , white-handed gibbons and pelicans .
Individual areas of the Van Blanckendaell Park
The zoological area
Pheasantry
Composed of ten aviaries, the pheasant gallery extends over the northern part of the park. Most aviaries are stocked with one species of pheasant and several tree-dwelling bird species. In addition to various species of parrots ( loris , parakeets , eclectus parrots , cockatoos and amazons ) also live here silver-cheeked hornbills , starlings , white- eared turaco , long-headed turaco and black-tailed prairie dogs .
Outdoor facilities
Several outdoor facilities extend over the zoo. Groups of different cloven-hoofed animals such as white fallow deer and sika deer , alpacas , guanacos , stag goat antelopes , saber antelopes , mende antelopes as well as plains zebras , capybaras , pampas hares and rheas live here .
Australian plants
Chicken geese and two different species of kangaroo ( red giant kangaroo , red-necked wallaby ) live on the Australian enclosure .
Large aviaries
The park has four large aviaries. House reindeer , peacocks, guinea fowl, domestic fowl breeds as well as desert buzzards and crows live in the large boreal aviary . In the marsh aviary live white storks , Japanese cranes , several Wildenten- and geese species and waders ( lapwing ), three different Ibisarten ( Scarlet , Sacred Ibis , buff-necked ibis ) and two species of heron ( Night Heron , Cattle Egret ). The stork aviary contains a breeding pair of saddle storks . The macaws are home to three species of macaws ( yellow and red macaw , dark red macaw , small soldier macaw ).
Bird of prey aviaries
In the southwest of the park in seven adjoining high houses aviaries and in three other large aviaries owls ( eagle owl , snowy owl , Ural owl , great gray owl ) and raptors ( bald eagles , golden eagles , sparrow hawks vultures , crested caracara ) and coatis and Crested Guinea Fowl , each red-legged seriema , southern screamer , South African Crowned Crane and Jungfernkranich ousted from the bird of prey gallery. These species have moved to the swamp aviary.
Primate aviaries
Three large and five small aviaries shows the zoos, two Capuchin ( black-striped capuchin , corn monkeys ), a Gibbon ( Gibbon ), two macaque ( Rhesus Macaque , Macaque ) and two species of lemurs ( Katta , black-and-white ruffed lemur ) and vervet monkeys .
Pelican pond
Three species of pelican live on the pelican enclosure ( great white pelican , red chalk pelican and spectacled pelican ).
Penguin and flamingo ponds
In the southern part of the park there are two facilities including ponds, each of which houses penguin and flamingo breeding groups. In addition to Humboldt penguins , shelducks live on the penguin enclosure. Directly next to the penguin pond is the flamingo facility with Chilean flamingo and greater flamingo . The wild gray herons and common gulls are permanent onlookers .
Petting zoo and farm animals
The petting zoo is home to chickens, pygmy goats and Shetland ponies. The zoo keeps rare Dutch goat breeds and pot-bellied pigs in the adjacent farm enclosure. Racka sheep and Kerry Hill sheep are kept in a separate enclosure.
Exotic breeds of farm animals
Farm animals from exotic countries are shown on two adjacent outdoor enclosures. On the larger one, trample , Watussi cattle and pygmy donkeys live in a community, while the smaller one houses llamas .
Small mammal systems
In four small aviaries, the zoo shows three groups of common marmosets and one group of Lisztaffen , and also meerkats and pygmy otters on two smaller outdoor enclosures .
Australasian small aviaries
Another small aviary shows birds and small mammals from the Australasian region, such as Moluccan cockatoos , Prevost squirrels and pointed pigeons .
building
restaurant
The restaurant offers cold dishes. There is also a covered area with candy vending machines and free WiFi.
Windmill
The park's windmill is located on a separate island that connects the western part of the park and the eastern part, separated by canals. The mill is not accessible.
playground
The playground is divided into two parts and is located on either side of the restaurant. In addition to an electric carousel, there is a slide and a small climbing frame.
Extension site
In the summer of 2016, the area was expanded to include a field south of the park. The former 7 hectare area was expanded by over one hectare. A plan published in previous years as well as an article from 2015 named tapirs , warthogs , baboons , jackals and seals as possible species in addition to pygmy hippos . The first landscape of the park, the savannah plant is next ungulates ( giraffes , zebras , Sitatungas , Addaxantilopen and blackbuck ), a group of monkeys (Baboons either or vervets accommodate). The partly small enclosures are to be replaced by larger communal areas, so that a more species-appropriate housing is guaranteed.