Anglesey Sea Zoo Marine Conservation Centre

🏆 🤩 OH WHAT A NIGHT! 🎉 On Thursday it was the glitzy Go North Wales North Wales Tourism Awards night at Venue Cymru celebrating the dedication, skill and achievements of the region’s tourism and hospitality industry. We were delighted to win the Go Resilience & Innovation Award sponsored by Plas Dinas Country House Now on to the National Tourism Awards for Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in March hosted by Visit Wales! 🏆🥂🏆🥳🏆🤩 Read more about the winners here: https://lnkd.in/eSq5cPDp

The clouds have cleared and the sun is out…and we have snowy mountains! What a view! 😍 #eryri #eryrinationalpark #snowdonia #menaistrait #viewfromtheoffice #lovewhereilive

A breathtaking and tranquil scene at the bottom of the drive this morning with the sun rising behind Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) reflected over the Menai Strait. Shame about the view looking back up the drive with the choking fumes from the Halen Mon smokery next door! 😡 Please support our Campaign for Clean Air in Our Community via this link: https://lnkd.in/eSJE9VPx

We haven’t given a turtle update for a while, but rest assured we have been very busy on our turtle rescue projects over the summer with lots of refurbs and improvements! We have managed to secure enough funding to insulate and upgrade the rehabilitation facility and tanks, and invested in exciting new air source heat pump technology to help heat the water. ‘Tonni’ our loggerhead was released by the Royal Navy in the Azores in September leaving us for now with just ‘Rhossi’ our second rescued Kemps Ridley Turtle - who was found cold stranded on Rhosniegr beach last winter. ‘Rhossi’ initially had significant injuries and carapace damage which took a while to heal but we are delighted to say that they have been given a full bill of health by Celyn Marshall our amazing turtle vet from Bennett-Williams Vets here on Anglesey! How cool is that turtle XRay?! 😍 We are now in the process of arranging ‘Rhossi’s’ repatriation to the Gulf of Mexico - the only place in the world where this critically endangered species still has a stronghold. We are excited to be working with many of the same amazing organisations as we did for the successful repatriation of our first Kemps Ridley ‘Tally’ who was released there in September 2022. Huge thanks to our USA colleagues including TURTLES FLY TOO, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) , Dr.Joe and his team at Houston Zoo and the truly awesome Dr. Donna Shaver! Once again we want to say a huge ‘thankyou’ to our wonderful supporters and everyone who has donated and continues to donate towards this crucial work. Sadly due to increasing sea temperatures and climate change, we are expecting more rescued turtles in our facility this winter - but we are ready for them! You can support our turtle rescue work here: https://lnkd.in/e7zVbhZf 🌊🐢🌊🐢🌊🐢🌊🐢🌊🐢

🐢😀Dyma clip rhaglen ‘Newffion’, cafodd eu ddarlledu bora ‘ma, yn dangos stori Rhossi â daeth i Gymru mewn storm ofnadwy yr holl ffordd o’r Gwlff o Mecsico i lanio yn Rhosneigr mewn sioc oer yn agos i marwolaeth. Lwcus i Rhossi dim dyna oedd y stori gan fod cafodd Meg i hyd i’r crwban pendew kemp yma sydd yn rhan o rhywogaeth mwyaf prin yn y byd. O ganlyniad i darganfyddiad anhygoel Meg, caofodd Rhossi eu achub gan y ni, Sw Môr Môn, ac y gobaith ydy eu hedfan i Texas yn y dyfodol agos i’w ailsefydlu yno. Rydan ni yn ddiolchgar iawn i Lwsi i siarad i Elis am siwrne arbenning yma a am ymdrech aruthrol Rhossi i frwydro ymlaen. 😀🐢 Mae’n bwysig cofio fod rydan ni yn dibynnu ar cyfraniadau i wneud ein gwaith achub a adsefydlu crwbanod i ddigwydd a felly os ydych chi eisiau helpu fod yn rhan o’r lwyddianau ni efo rhyddhau y crwabnod môr trofannol yn nol yn yr hinsawdd maent yn fod yn a i’w cynnal nhw pan maent yma, gewch chi rhoid arain trwy defnyddio y linc yma: https://lnkd.in/e7zVbhZf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🐢😀This is a clip from the program ‘Newffion’, which was broadcasted this morning, showing the story of Rhossi who came to Wales in a terrible storm all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to land in Rhosneigr in a cold shock close to death. Lucky for Rhossi, that wasn't the story as Meg found this Kemp's ridley turtle which is part of the rarest species in the world. As a result of Meg's incredible discovery, Rhossi was rescued by us, Anglsesey Sea Zoo, and the hope is to fly them to Texas in the near future to reestablish them there. We are very grateful to Lwsi for speaking to Elis about this special journey and for Rhossi's tremendous effort to fight on. 😊🐢 It is important to remember that we depend on contributions to make our rescue and rehabilitation work with turtles happen and so if you want to help be part of our success with releasing the tropical sea turtles back into the climate they are supposed to be in and to support them when they are here, you can donate by using this link: https://gofund.me/d15957d7

🐺🐕We have Mynydd Sleddog Adventures here over the winter! They will be delivering alternative education provision for young people through the Anglesey and Gwynedd Local Authority Education Departments. They will be based mostly on the field and in the circus tent - as there will be lots of sleddogs here for each session. They also have puppies at the moment, so they are a sight to behold!😍 🐺🐕You are welcome to come by to meet these wonderful dogs and support these amazing opportunities for young people. Mynydd Sleddogs will be available for post session husky hugs on the following dates from 3.15pm: 🐕🐺 Thursday _the 28th of Nov Friday _the 29th of Nov Thurs _the 5th Dec Thurs _the 12th Dec Friday _the 13th Dec Thurs _the 19th Dec #northwales #collaboration #partnership #supportlocal #community #alternativeeducation #outdooreducation #outdoorlearning

🎄 CHRISTMAS FACE PAINTING! 🎄 On December weekends during our Festive events drop on by for some Christmassy face paint! Each face paint costs £3, but if you have a ticket for our Santa's Grotto, or have booked for Tea with Elsa/Breakfast with Santa it comes included at no extra cost! 🎄⛄️🎅❄️🎄⛄️🎅❄️

This is a tadpole fish, or Raniceps Raninus. They like cold water, and get their name from the fact they look like a really big tadpole. They do not turn into frogs. -- Mae'r pysgodyn penbwl, neu Raniceps Raninus yn hoffi dŵr oer, ac yn cael eu henw o'r ffaith eu bod yn edrych fel penbwl mawr iawn. Nid ydynt yn troi yn llyffantod.

Please remember to look out for stranded turtles washed up on our beaches during the coming colder months, as covered earlier this week in The Daily Post Wales 🐢🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #turtle #seaturtle #coldstunned #turtlerescue Cofiwch gadw llygad am grwbanod y môr sy’n sownd wedi’u golchi i’r lan ar ein traethau yn ystod y misoedd oerach i ddod, fel y trafodwyd yn gynharach yr wythnos hon yn The Daily Post 🐢🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://lnkd.in/eHwXcT5k