This young sparrowhawk was found out in the open, on his own and so he was brought to us. We are quite alien to him and so initially he would not take food from us, as he would his parents. So for the first few days we have to force feed. Thankfully now he is feeding himself.We always minimise human contact to ensure wild animals remain wild, also human contact creates stress for them. We clean out and feed once a day, when he’s strong enough, he’ll be transferred into an aviary
Thanks you everyone who supported our open day last week, we took £4,794 a great achievement considering the current challenges we all face. The day is not only a vital fundraising event for us and other charities who attend, but also a opportunity for our community and supporters to see the work we do, thank…
Today we released three birds back into the wild. We released a blackbird and a pigeon which we had hand reared from young chicks. We also released an adult pigeon that came to us injured. All of our birds spend time in our aviary to prepare themseves ready for release.
Thank you to all of our volunteers who have spent days and days helping us prepare for our open day and many who arrived earlier on the day, working really hard so that the day was a success and what a success it was! With around 1,000 visitors throughout the day, with the lovely sunshine,…
Last week was devastating for us, losing two of our beautiful older cows in only a few days. We cannot possibly replace Herbie and Maisy, however this loss does create space to allow us to rescue more. Yesterday we took delivery of Rudy, Speedy and Gracie, these beautiful calves are now saved to live their…
www.makeminechocolate.co.uk We support the Make Mine Chocolate campaign. Each year thousands of rabbits end up in homes where they are neglected and not looked after in the manner they deserve.
