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. In fact whilst I was cutting up a fresh mackerel for him he decided he couldn’t wait, scooted over and dragged the large fillet off whole…………self service I guess!!
A few weeks ago we put out an appeal for materials for our hay barn. A few massive thank yous are now due. Nutbrook Aggregates ( http://www.nutbrookaggregates.co.uk/) have very kindly donated two 20 tonne loads of stone for the base. If that wasn’t generous enough, Longcliffe (http://www.longcliffe.co.uk/) kindly collected and delivered one load free…
Springtime is a particularly hard time for us at the rescue, with plenty of baby wild animals coming in, almost every day. Each animal can take a huge amount of time and effort, so it puts an extra strain on the charity. Firstly we need to assess the patient, we need to be sure of the…
So Prince Harry does 100 mile round trip to get his girlfriend to a wedding but we have done 400 miles and 8 hours of driving over the weekend to get Barney to his forever home. I think our trip was far more important and far more newsworthy and worth every mile of travel. Barney…
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.
Lottie, this beautiful and loving cat , was brought to us by a friend of the charity after being found dumped at the side of a road. She has recently given birth to kittens before she arrived which is probably why she was dumped. Although we don’t usually take in cats, she desperately needed some where to stay until a…
Due to the success of our 2015 Bring & Buy sale, we are holding another one on Sunday 24th April 2016 – 11am – 2pm at the sanctuary. We will have our famous Rocky Road cafe serving fab vegan and non vegan cakes, coffee, tea and cold drinks. A vintage clothes store, bric-a-brac, books, games…
