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After Travelling 70 Miles in a Car Engine, Peter the Rabbit is Released Back Home
Remember Peter, the wild rabbit who hitched a ride in a car engine from Camber Sands to Plumstead, and who took our volunteers hours to...
Rae Gellel
Jun 2, 20221 min read
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Tame Wood Pigeon Highlights Why Rearing Wild Animals Yourself is a Bad Idea
Anyone who works in wildlife rehab will tell you what difficult "patients" wood pigeons are. They can get so stressed just by the mere...
Rae Gellel
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Rabbit Rescued After 70-Mile Round Trip in Car Engine
Before noon today, our volunteers had already transported three birds to South Essex Wildlife Hospital and been called out on three...
Rae Gellel
May 31, 20223 min read
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Pigeon Entangled in Anti-Bird Netting is Released
The pigeon who was left dangling by the foot for hours after becoming entangled in anti-bird netting in Abbeywood was released today. He...
Rae Gellel
May 28, 20221 min read
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Orphaned Baby Pigeon finds Adoptive Parents
We had a hatchling pigeon brought into our care this week. A look at his poo through the microscope showed that he was healthy, so he was...
Rae Gellel
May 25, 20221 min read
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Mum & Ducklings Relocated from Roof Terrace
Yet another duckling rescue on a roof terrace of a housing block today, this time in SE10. Once again my mum was left in charge of...
Rae Gellel
May 18, 20222 min read
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A Sad Call Midnight Call Out
A very sad situation this evening - a fox hit by a car in Abbeywood. All the more heart breaking was the adult fox who kept hovering...
Rae Gellel
May 10, 20221 min read
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Abandoned Canary Rescued Just in Time
Although it isn't our usual catchment area, we couldn't ignore a post on SE16 community group about a canary who had been abandoned by...
Rae Gellel
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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Fox Cub Saved from Drowning in the Thames
Fox cub rescued from the river in Deptford just now thanks to the efforts of Tracey, Debbie and Katherine who shot over there. Debbie and...
Rae Gellel
Apr 28, 20221 min read
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Mum & 13 Ducklings Safely Relocated After Becoming Trapped
There's no doubt that nesting season has arrived - it's been an exhausting day! A happy outcome for this family of ducks during a rescue...
Rae Gellel
Apr 22, 20222 min read
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Crow Freed from Anti-Bird Netting
We encountered yet another victim of anti-bird netting this evening. Our volunteer Fran just happened to be passing this block of flats...
Rae Gellel
Apr 9, 20222 min read
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Sticky Pigeon Gets a Bath!
Our volunteer Paul Elliott had been concerned for some time about this pigeon at Southmere Lake in Thamesmead was covered all over in an...
Rae Gellel
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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"Troublesome Trevor" Safely Relocated by Volunteers
"Troublesome Trevor" was spotted outside Morrison's Supermarket looking a bit sorry for himself yesterday evening. Trevor the swan has...
Rae Gellel
May 28, 20211 min read
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Teamwork & Persistence Lead to the Successful Rescue of Injured Goose - Despite Dangerous Location
On Tuesday, we received a report of a Canada Goose with a suspected broken wing at the historic Broadwater canal in Thamesmead, SE28....
Rae Gellel
May 20, 20214 min read
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Dramatic Pigeon Rescue in SE2
Today, GWN volunteers Dave and Conchi responded to a report of a pigeon tangled in netting on the balcony of a flat in SE2. Based on...
Rae Gellel
May 13, 20212 min read
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