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Impact Report 2025

Bristol Zoological Society's 2025 Impact Report, published 14 October 2026, reports 20 field conservation projects with 28 partners across eight countries, 15,611 schoolchildren inspired, 418 higher education students supported, 474 white-clawed crayfish hatched, and 7,819 native saplings planted in Madagascar.

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The conservation and education charity behind Bristol Zoo Project, protecting wildlife in the UK and worldwide through field projects, breeding programmes and learning

Key Metrics

Field conservation projects 20 field conservation projects delivered with 28 local partner organisations across eight countries and four continents in 2025
Schoolchildren inspired 15,611 schoolchildren inspired to discover wildlife and learn about conservation; 2,580 people given greater access to nature
Higher education students 418 higher education students supported across six courses in 2024-25, plus practical training for 206 veterinary students at Bristol Zoo Project

Key Outcomes

  • Threatened species protected through conservation breeding, including 474 white-clawed crayfish hatched for recovery of Britain only native freshwater crayfish
  • Habitats restored: 7,819 native saplings planted in threatened Madagascar forest and 600 native trees planted in Bear Wood
  • Next generation of conservationists equipped through higher education partnerships, while 239 captive-bred crayfish released to strengthen wild populations

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
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5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
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137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
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101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
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326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
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2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
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15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
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17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy