I'll start with the sad news. After much consideration I very sadly had the tawny from my previous post put to sleep. He'd been with me four weeks and while he'd improved so much initially, he plateaued and there were so many things he wasn't able to do, making him non-releaseable. How long we give something is a personal thing I suppose. But I try to balance the time in captivity, any stress the bird shows, with prognosis. The good news. The poorly barn owl (Bailey) who c

It seems 2026 has been a good year for owls breeding, but during the last few weeks, nearly all my calls have been for owls. On 4th September Anita called me to say she'd found a young barn owl on the ground where she keeps her horse. Sadly I found two very thin young barn owls, one 200g and the other 230g. Both should have weighed around 350g for their age of around 2 months old. Another bigger and more developed sibling was still high up in the box. Although both were gi

I wasn't planning to do another update so quickly but the past 24 hours has been rather busy. Yesterday my calls were: Barn owl trapped in a Warehouse in Essex. Sorting this is challenging due to the size of the building - on going. Muntjac trapped in railings in a local carehome. Thank you to the fireservice who assisted me in a sucessful rescue/release in situ. I came home with a swift from the muntjac rescue that had been cared for by another rescuer and needs readying f

Welcome to my new updates page! A huge thank you to everyone who has made the move over from Facebook. Since that page is now retired, I wanted to ensure my very first post here was a special one. Some of you will remember the young tawny owl I took in from another rescue last year. Because the owlet had become deeply imprinted on humans, "she" (whom we named Claudia) was far too tame. She spent a few months in my care before moving to the outdoor aviary to learn how to be

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...

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...

It's still raining! The weather makes rescues challenging but also makes life challenging for some animals. As if that isn't bad...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Although I predominantly rescue waterfowl, I will go out to most animals sometimes independently but also in conjuntion with other...

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...

April and May have mostly been about ducklings! Injured ducklings, lost ducklings and one set of ducklings complete with mum came to stay...

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....

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...

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...

I collected two more swans in the first few days of March. Both needed further medical assistance and were transported to the Sanctuary...

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...

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...