There will be another wildlife calendar for 2020! I’ll be posting the photos that don’t make the cut from the photoshoots here! Please stay tuned for when buying information is announced in the next few months!
This poor bat was stuck to a glue trap. The people who found him managed to peel him off using the oyster card - but he just stuck to that instead, as he was covered in glue. Sadly this guy didn’t make it - the stress of being stuck, and all the handling before and after being bought in was just too much for him.
Please don’t use glue traps - they are indiscriminate in what they catch, and cause immense stress and pain for the unlucky trapped animals.
Pigeons are my favourite patients, not going to lie. Here are two pigeons from yesterday - a wounded adult just admitted, and a wee baby who’s just been seed fed. We get hundreds of pigeons every year, I love them all.
Grey seals are born with a thick white pupcoat to keep them warm and dry. It doesn’t take long for them to shed most of it. You’re always pulling handfuls of what looks like golden retriever fur out the drain!
Serafina is an orphan pup, who came in with open wounds to her flippers and a bad eye. She is making a good recovery, and currently learning to eat by herself. She will be released when she is big enough!
Serafina enjoying a salt water flood of her cubicle!
When seals are injured/ill, on medication or not eating for themselves, they are inside in a cubicle. Once they are strong enough they are moved outside to an intermediate pool where they can build muscle, and then onto a big, deep pool with other seals, before being released
Grey seals have a huge variation of colours and patterns - I love how two the same age can look so different. These two are now grown and were released!
Badger cub found in a ditch of water with bite wounds to her back. After she finished her course of antibiotic injections, she was moved to another rehabilitation centre that specialises in orphan badger cubs, with lots of potential release sites.
Very cute baby robin. Cat caught and bought into us. The second photo is of two pellets he has produced - the black one on the right from his last meal with his parents - insect shells mostly. The one on the left is from his meals with us - a special mix for growing young passerines. I thought it was very cool to see the diet difference in pellet form!
If you rescue a sick/injured wild animal PLEASE handle them as little as possible. They DO NOT want you to pet them. They are not “grateful” to be rescued. They are terrified and want you to leave them alone. We are big scary predators and having a big scary predator touch your face or back is not comforting in any way. If they are sitting still while you touch them they’re either really sick/injured or so terrified that they’ve shut down. Petting them is not comforting. Keep them in a warm, dry, quiet area in some kind of box or container until you can get them to a licensed rehabber. Don’t feed them, and don’t interact with them. Your intentions may be good but you can stress or even kill a wild animal by doing these things.
