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Garter Snake Found in Eltham Garden
A recent unusual case that required some help from our friends at South East London Reptile Rescue to resolve. Yesterday, we were alerted...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
We Were Too Late to Save These Cubs
We've had two very sad cases involving fox cubs lately. The first was in SE14, an area we typically struggle to cover even in quieter...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
Terrapin Surrendered to Vet Starts New Life at Sanctuary
Many thanks to the Turtle Sanctuary in Staplehurst for agreeing to take in another South East London terrapin today. This one was found...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 10, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 7, 2022
- 2 min
Can Foxes Simply be Relocated?
"There's a fox living in my garden and I don't want it there - can you come and get it and move it somewhere else?" We get this request...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 28, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 22, 2022
- 3 min
Appalling Act of Animal Cruelty at Fairlawn Court
Really disturbing scenes at Fairlawn Court in Charlton, SE7 today, a Peabody property. We had previously been made aware that pigeons...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- Apr 9, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 22, 2022
- 1 min
Volunteers Transform Litter-Strewn Area Around the PDSA
To everyone who turned up for the big clean up effort around the PDSA Thamesmead this afternoon - I cannot thank you enough for your hard...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Greenwich Wildlife Network Founder Recognised with Community Award
I was very surprised but also very touched and honoured to receive an award this evening, at Women's Day Event to celebrate the...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 15, 2022
- 1 min
Training Day at the Slade Church
A big thank you to all the very promising potential volunteers who attended our transport volunteer training session today. The session...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
A Session in the Capture & Handling of Waterbirds
A very big thank you to Ann Aitken-Davies for leading a training session for volunteers today at Danson Park on the capture and rescue of...
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