This is a lucky Collard dove, we found him at the sanctuary, grounded and immobilised due to a broken left leg, broken in two places.
We swiftly splinted the leg and put him in a cage for rest and rehabilitation. He certainly chose the right place to get a broken leg!
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…
Come and do some Christmas shopping whilst helping out your local recue centre/ We will open up the rescue centre from 11am until 4pm, admission is £1 for adults and free to children when accompanied by an adult. Dogs on leads welcome. We have ; Fund Raising Stalls Guest Stalls Raffles Competitions Food and drink Stalls…
Its sad to say goodbye to Woody as he leaves us for a new home, but really we are happy, he now has Acorn to keep him company. Too many people don’t do their research before buying pigs as pets and they go to breeders, over looking those in rescue centres, then we get inundated…
It’s very rewarding finally releasing ducks back into the wild where they belong. So far we have released 18 ducks that have come to us as ducklings and have had to be reared and cared for, ducks are very messy and need to be cleaned out twice daily, so we are happy to see these…
We have some very good news about the piglets were rescued in April, but also have some very sad news. The two boars went to the vets to be castrated, unfortunately one was found to have a very large hernia, whilst he was not suffering, the hernia was not operable and he would suffer within…
Based as far away from the sea as we possibly can be it isn’t that often we get in gulls. However they are well known scavengers at tips and do come inland to see what human food they can scrounge. This cocky young gull came in last week and is eating all on his own….
