Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park

World Otter Day 2026! 🌍

Meet the Asian Small-Clawed Otter 🦦

The smallest otter species in the world, the Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus), may be tiny, but it’s full of personality!

📏 Size: 60 - 90 cm
⚖️ Weight: 2 - 6 kg
🦀 Diet: Crabs, molluscs, and other bottom-dwelling creatures
⏱️ Gestation: Around 9 weeks
👶 Offspring: 5 - 4 cubs

These social and intelligent animals are under threat due to habitat destruction, hunting for fur, and demand for the pet trade.

Their conservation status is currently Vunerable

By spreading awareness, we can help protect these incredible little otters and their fragile ecosystems 💚

This week from the 26th until the 30th of May is the week! 💚

For this nationwide annual event, we’re celebrating what makes zoos so special for visitors, wildlife, and conservation 🌍

Why not pay us a visit and help us continue to support nature?

Family Feeds with our Wallabies! 🐾

Our Gentle Lemurs are not the only specie on site celebrating some new arrivals! Our Wallaby group has grown by not one, but two new individuals!

We hope to see you all soon, to help us welcome our new arrivals!

Come and see the “bearcat” on World Binturong Day! 🐾

Saturday 9th May is World Binturong Day, and we hope you will come to see our two binturongs, 16-year-old Bibsi and 7-year-old Thor! Binturongs are primarily active in the twilight and nighttime, so these civets do not venture out into the light often. Despite this, they still appear enough in the day for their distinct personalities to shine, as while Thor (who has white markings on his dark fur) is particularly food-curious, Bibsi (who has fully black fur) is much more chilled out!

We hope you enjoy seeing these curious creatures on Saturday!

Celebrating Sir David’s 100th with free tickets! 🌍

Sir David Attenborough will be 100 years old on Friday 8th May 2026, and he has been presenting programs advocating for the natural world since the 1950s! To commemorate many years of Sir Attenborough on our screens, we will be admitting the first 100 children aged 3 to 15 years old for free Friday! Please note that we will not be able to refund online bookings with child tickets for this day, but on-the-door admission is always available for purchase!

We hope to see you to celebrate Sir David’s legacy on Friday!

Bank Holiday Monday 4th May is calling for a proper family day out ☀️🐾
This lovely lot came for a visit and ended up fully embracing the face paints and honestly, we don’t blame them 🦊🎨
We’ll have the paints ready, the animals waiting, and plenty to explore. Bring the family down, have a wander round the park and make a day of it🧡

🚧 *Important Visitor Update – Sunday 3 May*
Due to the Great Birmingham Run, Pershore Road (Zone 7) will be closed from 6:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
This means access to the car park will be unavailable during these hours.
Please plan your visit accordingly and consider visiting us outside of these times. Thank you for your understanding! 🐾

Baby Galore here at BWCP! 🦦

Easter has been in full swing, and we have loved welcoming so many of you to meet our adorable new arrivals.

Here’s a little peek at our playful otter pups to help you through the end of this week! Or even better - come and see them in person!

Two curious faces, one very cool secret 🌿🐾
This , we’re shining the spotlight on Bibsi and Thor - our resident binturongs here at Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park.
Now here’s the fun part… binturongs might look like a mix between a bear and a cat, but they’re actually part of the civet family - the same group known for their incredible scents and important roles in the wild. And Bibsi and Thor? They smell like buttered popcorn 🍿 yes, really it’s one of nature’s strangest and most wonderful quirks!

These nocturnal members of the civet family are busiest after dark. While they snack on fruit high in the trees, they spread seeds through the forest.
So while they’re busy being adorable and smelling like movie night, they’re also helping protect the future of their habitats.

Come and meet these popcorn scented forest heroes on your next visit 💚

Come and visit BWCP this Easter Break!🐣

We have a bundle of activities for visitors of all ages - ranging from face painting to fossil hunts, and many more!

It has also been a very special season here at BWCP, as we have had quite the baby boom!

Come and see our adorable new arrivals, including our Porcupine, Gentle Lemur, Spider Monkey, Goeldi’s Monkey and Wallaby!