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.
We admitted this beautiful Jackdaw some weeks ago, he arrived with a broken wing. Where possible, we try to repair, if repairable and when there is a realistic chance of the survival and being able to be released. The break was complicated, the only way to repair it was for an operation, fortunate for this…
On Sunday we were called to see if we could rescue a poor Canadian Goose at the Riverside Festival, he had collapsed amongst the crowds of people. We soon caught him and put him into a goose bag to safely transport him back to our wildlife hospital, then just as we were leaving, the Festival…
The three grounded baby little owls we admitted in early June have all been successfully hand reared and released. Two arrived from the same location and very dirty, one of which had a couple of injuries, including trauma to the left eye, probably from falling from the nest. Its taken weeks of treatment including antibiotic…
This beautiful sparrow hawk flew into a mirror causing concussion and a broken toe, they have overcome the concussion and the toe healed. After a week in our hospital they were moved to an aviary and now released.
We don’t take Herons in very often, when we do they have usually come on the wrong side of man. Often they have been been shot with air rifles, swallowed plastic or tangled up with fishing wire. This chappie though is a bit of a puzzle. Rescued from Attenbourough Natutre Reserve, he came to us all…
Click on image to enlarge A few weeks ago we were presented with an injured pheasant, she had been shot, the shot had penetrated one leg and injured the other. We persevered with her, the main difficulty was her broken leg. To our amazement this beautiful bird made a full recovery and today she was…
