Rae Gellel
Baby Pigeons Saved from Being Crushed to Death!
Two pigeons had nested on a window frame in the stairwell of a housing block in Plumstead. The windows were electronically controlled and...
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Rae Gellel
- Aug 7, 2021
- 1 min
Ducklings Trapped in Fountain Rescued
Many thanks to volunteers Fran and Conchi for reuniting a mother duck and her ducklings this afternoon, after the ducklings became...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 5, 2021
- 2 min
Why You Shouldn't Put An Animal "Out of Its Misery"
We can't believe we have to say this but: please do not attempt to euthanise animals yourself. Many times when our volunteers are tagged...
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Rae Gellel
- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Help Us to Find Land in Greenwich or Bexley
We're looking for a small, affordable piece of land, smallholding, or space, in or around SE18, where we can house a small number of...
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Rae Gellel
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
Rescue Equipment Donation Appeal
We are receiving more reports than ever about trapped, injured or distressed animals, are in need of vital protective gear and equipment...
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Rae Gellel
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min
"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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Animals are Being Maimed & Killed with Impunity at our Local Parks
We are so tired of receiving reports of animals, particularly waterbirds, being shot with slingshots, air rifles and other weapons by...
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Rae Gellel
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
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....
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Rae Gellel
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Rae Gellel
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Appeal for Information - Animal Cruelty Incident at Woolwich Dockyard
On the morning of the 8th, two local wildlife rescue volunteers, Dave and Kate, responded to a report of an injured fox on Brewhouse Road
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Rae Gellel
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Why I Created the Greenwich Wildlife Network
On September 27th 2018, Rae Gellel, a founding member of the Greenwich Wildlife Network, published the following on a newly created Facebook
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min
Pigeon Cull in Kidbrooke Village Cancelled!
Excellent news - the mass pigeon killing that was due to begin today at Kidbrooke Park Village has been suspended following public...
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Rae Gellel
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Pigeons to be Shot & Killed in SE3
Residents of Kidbrooke Village, SE3 have recently been informed of a planned pigeon cull in their neighbourhood. The program of 'daily...
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Rae Gellel
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Merry Christmas from the Greenwich Wildlife Network!
Merry Christmas everyone! I know tomorrow won’t be the day that many people in the group had hoped for, it won’t be for me and for many...
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Rae Gellel
- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
Swan's Thameside Home Given a Makeover by Volunteers
During our recent litter picking sessions at the lakes in Woolwich, we twice noticed this swan living on a particularly litter-strewn...
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Rae Gellel
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Second Major Clean Up of Polluted Lake at Woolwich Dockyard
An absolutely amazing turn out for the clean up of the second lake at King Henry's Docks in Woolwich today, with some volunteers coming from
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Rae Gellel
- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Twenty Bags of Litter and Countless Dead Fish Cleared Away from Woolwich Dockyard Lake
Volunteers from the Greenwich Wildlife Network and The Royal Arsenal 5k Clean up removed approximately twenty bags of litter from the lakes
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Rae Gellel
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
We Did It! Anti-Bird Netting Removed at SE18 Kirkham Street Flats
Our campaign worked! Today they removed the anti-bird netting on a housing block in Kirkham Street, SE18 that was etangling pigeons, as a...
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Rae Gellel
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
Pigeons Subjected to a Slow & Painful Death in SE18
It came to the attention of a volunteer today that pigeons are regularly becoming entangled and slowly dying in anti-pigeon netting on a...
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