A future Manchester Duck Park

Make room for rare ducks in the city.

Alford Ducks is working towards a secure, welfare-led home for rare and heritage ducks: a place for careful breeding, wetland habitat, learning and responsible hatching eggs.

We want people to be able to meet ducks up close on planned education days, understand what good duck care looks like, and take that knowledge into their own flock.

Help make it real →Learn before you hatch ↗

This is a future vision. Land has not been secured and the public site is not open yet.

Illustrative vision of a circular duck conservation park with a pond, native planting, solar panels and sheltered duck homes
Illustrative future vision — not a photograph of a completed Alford Ducks site.

The project in simple terms

A safer, more visible future for ducks and the people who care about them.

Start with one secure Manchester site, build it carefully, then share a model that could bring more nature and duck knowledge into other UK cities.

01 — Welfare

Safe, purposeful duck homes

Secure housing, water, shelter, space and careful flock management designed around the ducks’ needs.

02 — Heritage

Rare and heritage breeding

Responsible, well-documented breeding that helps keep distinctive duck breeds and pure lines visible and valued.

03 — Learning

See, ask and understand

Future supervised visits, practical sessions and clear guides about duck welfare, hatching, food and habitat.

04 — Habitat

Nature built into the site

Wetland edges, native planting, wildflowers, rainwater capture and simple solar features, added in sensible stages.

Keeping the purpose clear

Good duck keeping, useful education and a fair way to support both.

The commercial and public-benefit parts need to be clear. Alford Ducks keeps the practical breeding and egg side honest; the wider community and conservation work is intended to grow through a future Community & Nature CIC with separate finances and governance.

  • 01
    Alford Ducks
    Breeding, eggs, hatching eggs, ducks, practical care and shop orders.
  • 02
    Future Community & Nature CIC
    Education, volunteering, habitat, community access, grants and sponsorship.
  • 03
    One shared goal
    Put welfare first and reinvest support into safe homes, learning and better habitat.

Help make it real

Could you offer land, funding, materials or time?

We are looking for the right long-term partner, not a rushed quick fix. If you can help make the first site possible, please tell us what you can offer.

See ways to help →Offer support ↗I can offer land ↗

No online donation is taken on this website yet. Contact us first so we can agree the right route for a grant, donation, sponsorship or practical partnership.

  • LAND
    A suitable site or lease

    Unused or underused Manchester land with safe access, space for a managed duck project and room to grow.

  • FUND
    Founding funding or sponsorship

    Help with land, legal work, secure housing, welfare equipment, water systems or planting.

  • BUILD
    Materials or skilled help

    Timber, fencing, rainwater systems, planting, solar advice, design, building or professional support.

  • JOIN
    Future volunteering and learning

    Register your interest in helping with habitat, public learning days or responsible duck care once the site is ready.