Duckling Rescue
The ducklings separated from mum are coming in thick and fast, current count is 17, we have separated them into two groups based on thier size and needs.
The ducklings separated from mum are coming in thick and fast, current count is 17, we have separated them into two groups based on thier size and needs.
We took this greylag in a few weeks ago, today he was released back into the wild where he came from.He was admitted as he had poor use of one leg, he could hardly walk. X-rays revealed an old injury to the good leg, a shotgun pellet embedded in the leg and an old bone…
On Friday night, after dropping off the pony gorgeous George to his new home we got back thinking we might be able to go and catch some abandoned goats in Gunthorpe……………no chance!!! We got back to find a couple with a very poorly tawny owl on our doorstep. This little guy was found in the…
Another day and another bird of prey, we now have 7 Tawny owls with us. This chap got himself caught in netting at a school, thankfully workmen on site built a scaffold to get access to him so he could be freed and brought to us. We carefully removed the remains of the net that…
This female kestrel was admited to our vets at the weekend as she was found grounded. From the X-ray you can see there is a clean break to the left wing. The wing has been strapped to allign the broken bones and allow them to fuse correctly. Now in our hospital she’s receiving pain relief…
This Tawny Owl has this week been successfully released back into the wild, we now have another Tawny Owl and Kestrel being prepared for soft release.This Tawny was the victim of a road traffic accident, he had been hit by a car and grounded. An X-Ray reveled that he’d received a broken wing however we…
Hedgehogs arrive with all kinds of life threatening issues, generally inflicted by man, anything from poisons to getting tangled in garden netting or attacked by dogs. We don’t know the history behind this girl, but she arrived at our vets with a broken jaw, a condition certainly seen before and often fatal. In this case,…