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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...
Rae Gellel
Jun 8, 20221 min read
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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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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...
Rae Gellel
May 7, 20222 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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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...
Rae Gellel
Apr 22, 20223 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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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...
Rae Gellel
Mar 22, 20221 min read
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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...
Rae Gellel
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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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...
Rae Gellel
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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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...
Rae Gellel
Mar 11, 20221 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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The Greenwich Wildlife Network, registered charity number 1197507
I am absolutely thrilled to be writing to you for the first time as the Director of the Greenwich Wildlife Network, registered charity...
Rae Gellel
Jan 14, 20221 min read
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