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Gull Horrifically Pierced & Entangled With Fishing Hooks & Line
The team were all really disturbed and upset by the recent rescue of a gull with a fishing hook embedded in his wing, which was then...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 22
- 3 min
This Mother Duck Chose the Most Dangerous Spot Imaginable for her Nest!
A few weeks back, a building company called Ardmore Construction got in touch with the GWN in regards to a duck that had laid eggs in a...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 22
- 2 min
Rescuing a Stranded Moorhen is Wet & Dirty Work!
A local person was out walking at Hall Place in Bexleyheath this afternoon when they heard the cheeping of a moorhen. They quickly...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 22
- 2 min
Rabbit in Shocking Condition Rescued in Oxleas Woods
We need to raise funds for veterinary care for Merlin, a rabbit who was found in Oxleas Woods after either being lost or deliberately...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 22
- 3 min
Kitten Rescued by GWN & Fire Fighters After Five Hour Effort
What an exhausting evening we’ve had, desperately trying to free a kitten trapped inside a car in Frances Street, Woolwich for over five hou
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 7
- 2 min
Recent Rescues: Swans in Need of Relocation in Blackheath & Collapsed Heron in Eltham
These two swans were being chased out of the pond at Blackheath by another territorial pair of swans. This is a really common issue at...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 7
- 1 min
Lethargic Swan in Thamesmead Rescued
This swan was reported as sat in the same spot on a muddy bank in Thamesmead for an entire day and night. Although there were no obvious...
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Rae Gellel
- Nov 1
- 1 min
Collapsed Fox in SE15
We were asked by Fox Angels Foundation to assist with a fox collapsed in a garden in SE15. Although SE15 is a long way outside of our...
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Rae Gellel
- Oct 21
- 1 min
Recent Rescues: Peregrine Falcon & 'Savage Beast' of a Fox Rescued
It was a baptism of fire for newbie volunteer Bethany today when she attended her first ever fox rescue, with support from experienced...
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Rae Gellel
- Oct 4
- 1 min
Gull was Minutes from Being Washed Away by the Thames
This afternoon we attended to this waterlogged gull on the foreshore of the Thames with suspected botulism. With the tide rapidly coming...
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Rae Gellel
- Sep 29
- 2 min
We Couldn't Let Arwen Fall Into the Wrong Hands
This tiny little lady is Arwen, an 8-month old unneutered cat who came into the care of the Greenwich Wildlife Network after a volunteer...
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Rae Gellel
- Aug 21
- 1 min
We Went Outside Our Catchment Area to Help this Fox with Severe Mange
Although East London has a little bit of coverage by rescue organisations for wildlife, it has almost no rescue coverage for foxes in...
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Rae Gellel
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Stranded Moorhen Chicks Are Reunited with Parents
Every summer we are contacted about moorhens nesting next to the weir at Hall Place in Bexleyheath. Although they insist on nesting in...
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Rae Gellel
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Collapsed Fox in SE18 Rescued
Before we’d even finished our moorhen rescue at Hall Place today we’d received pleas for help with two collapsed foxes in separate...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Volunteers Dig Out Trapped Swan with Their Bare Hands
An absolutely exhausting rescue today in Thamesmead, when for the second day running, a swan crash landed into a fenced off area which...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 18
- 2 min
A Double Rescue in the Pouring Rain
We’ve just returned from two consecutive and very sodden rescues in the same area. The first: A mother duck had nested on a roof terrace...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 31
- 2 min
Spring 2023 Has Arrived - & We're Already Back Rescuing Ducklings at the Royal Arsenal...
Today we had nine separate rescues in a row, and exhausted isn’t the word! The day isn’t even over yet. One of these nine was at our old...
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Rae Gellel
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
End of An Era: Famous Plumstead Peacock Relocated to Sanctuary
It's the end of an era for Plumstead, as our famous wandering peacock is set to start his new life at a sanctuary tomorrow afternoon....
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Rae Gellel
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
Ricky the Ticky Magpie is Released!
Goodbye to Ricky the Ticky magpie, released today. He was found by a local Veterinary Care Assistant dragging himself along the ground,...
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Rae Gellel
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
Cygnets Brought Back from the Brink of Death
An unexpected and at first, very upsetting rescue occurred this evening. Two of our volunteers, Darren and Fran, we're waiting on the...
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