Tonight we released four birds back into the wild.
First we released a wood pigeon that we reared from a baby chick, then we released two young collared doves and a feral pigeon. One dove was also hand reared by us, the other came to us with an infected eye.
Another day and another patient. We collected this Little Owl from a school, he was found at the base of a tree. The owl was quite dirty, you can see the debris falling off him on the examination table, he has a swollen eye and torn skin. It is probable that the injuries were sustained…
These two doves were released together in early July. One came to us as a chick which was hand reared, the other had a broken leg, which was repaired prior to release.
This handsome guy came to us with a ruptured crop. The crop is like a first stomach for a seed eating bird, it is at the front in the breast are just below the neck. This condition can be caused by a pigeon overeating and causing strain on the crop. If not treated straight away,…
Early this morning 8 orphaned Mallard Ducklings arrived, mum was nowhere to be seen and so if left unattended, they would not have stood a chance. These really cute fluff balls are all now tucked up together, on a heat pad in our animal hospital, where we are also caring for many other different animals,…
Wildlife is arriving think and fast, in the past few days we’ve had several hedgehogs, several pigeons, a fox cub, two wild rabbits and two tawny owls.This photo is one of the Tawny Owls who arrived yesterday after being hit by a car, we were sure he had a broken left wing which is often…
This male sparrow hawk has had a lucky escape thanks to the staff at the City Hospital, Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade and ourselves. He was found hanging pretty much upside down in a tree, in fact he was glued to the leaves by the ousing sap, he tried but could not escape the sticky leaves. We…
