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April/May 2024 - What a hoot!
April and May saw the arrival of some Tawny Owlets, 8 in total! Half of those came to me directly and a couple were really quite poorly...
jonewson
May 29, 20241 min read
March 2024
We've reached the end of March - already! The following photos shows the rescues I've been on since the beginning of the year and the...
jonewson
Mar 29, 20241 min read
February 2024
It's still raining! The weather makes rescues challenging but also makes life challenging for some animals. As if that isn't bad...
jonewson
Feb 29, 20241 min read
January 2024
I'm going to try and do monthly updates on my website, as I keep forgetting to do individual rescues. Although I work independently, I've...
jonewson
Jan 31, 20241 min read
Ravishing raptors
I think I have had more call outs to raptors, than anything else recently. Sadly the only time we really get to see these beautiful...
jonewson
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Fabulous foxes!
You may notice the change of name to the website. I will explain that in another post but as it is, it's a bit more apt these days. Over...
jonewson
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Duckling season arrives.
The silly season is with us, when orphan babies turn up thick and fast. At the time of writing I have 14 ducklings here, but know many...
jonewson
May 2, 20231 min read
A busy start to 2023
Although I predominantly rescue waterfowl, I will go out to most animals sometimes independently but also in conjuntion with other...
jonewson
Mar 27, 20231 min read
A white December!
Sorry for the lack of news updates, things have been a bit busy. The first few weeks in December saw a cold front arrive and our area saw...
jonewson
Dec 30, 20221 min read
Ducklings, ducklings everywhere!
April and May have mostly been about ducklings! Injured ducklings, lost ducklings and one set of ducklings complete with mum came to stay...
jonewson
May 30, 20221 min read
Cygnets washed over Ware weir.
9th May 2022 I had a call from GSK in Ware to say 3 cygnets had been washed over the weir with no way of getting back to their parents....
jonewson
May 9, 20221 min read
Hook, line and sinker........
I was asked to check a report of a swan with fishing tackle at Abbots Lake, Stansted Abbots. When I arrived I saw what I thought was the...
jonewson
Mar 30, 20222 min read
A call out to Wetherspoons!!
A call came in from a lovely lady concerned about a duck with a damaged wing. Off to Wetherspoons in Bishop's Stortford I went. She was...
jonewson
Mar 23, 20221 min read
March has started with a flurry of activity.
I collected two more swans in the first few days of March. Both needed further medical assistance and were transported to the Sanctuary...
jonewson
Mar 5, 20221 min read
Cygnet with badly damaged wing
I received a call about a cygnet covered in blood, in a small backwater in Tempsford. I ended up getting rather wet to retrieve it! The...
jonewson
Mar 1, 20221 min read
A beautiful release! 22nd February 2022
Today I released the swan who was rescued on 3rd February. The poor thing was found with a nasty pike barb through its tongue. After...
jonewson
Feb 22, 20221 min read
February storms 2022
It wasn't just humans affected by the storms that hit the UK in February. Our poor wildlife took a battering too and I was called out...
jonewson
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Kings Weir, Broxbourne. 3rd February 2022
A fantastic team effort after a call came in about a swan with a 3 barbed pike lure through its tongue. Mark from Swan Rescue...
jonewson
Feb 3, 20221 min read
A late call to Stanborough Lakes, 20th Jan 2022
A lovely gentleman called to say there was a swan collapsed in the carpark of the restaurant at the lakes. He kept an eye on it to make...
jonewson
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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