This little man came to us late one Sunday evening from Animal Accident Recue Unit (www.aaru.org.uk).
He was not in a good way, he could not even stand and had his legs straight outwards. After recuperating he was released earlier tonight. After flying around, he did 5 circuits before finding his bearings, he then disappeared from sight on his way back home.
This was mum with her remaining 4 ducklings back in July. Mum makes a nest and hatches her young each year on the roof of the QMC Hospital, unfortunately this year she and her duckings walked over a newly sealed roof and were covered in sealant. Mum and the surviving 4 duckings were brought to us, very…
We often refer to Spring as the silly season, that’s because we get a constant precession of baby animals that need rescuing, everything from pigeons to foxes, hedgehogs to birds of prey. These two chaps are scwabs, baby wood pigeons. Unfortunately due to limited resources, we cannot cope with the shear number of calls to…
This guy has a broken wing, he will have to be suspended in a harness for a couple of weeks in a hospital cage. Then we can remove the bandage supporting his wing, he should then be fit enough to be moved to an aviary to start the rehabilitation process before final release. Update 20 September…
We have admitted yet another patient injured by fishing line, this time a tawny owl. On admission he was a very sorry state, a very bedraggled lifeless owl. We carefully cut away and entangled the line, ensuring we removed it all without causing him injury. The line was wrapped around his body and a wing,…
This handsome barn owl came to us a few weeks ago after being involved in a car collision. When we saw that one of the legs was broken we feared the worst as he had no feeling in the leg, but, after we had X-rays carried out and after much discussion with our amazing vet…
Just as we successfully released one swan, we rescue and admit another. This juvenile landed and got caught up in brambles and was still in the same location a few days later. After collection we carried out our initial examination and continue to assess. Theres no evidence of injury and we are confident it will…
