One of our last rescues in 2020 was caused by something we have seen a huge rise in this year – discarded litter! This black-headed gull was found tangled in fishing line... Read more »
Simon and Lawrie were recently called out to a rescue that is sadly, all too common. Entangled in garden netting, this fox needed freeing – before constriction wounds could set in. Did... Read more »
#5 – Fox cub gets head stuck in a wheel! Our team was called out to a fox cub ‘stuck in a fence’, but when rescuer, Goff, arrived, it turned out to... Read more »
Fox cubs are becoming a very common sight here at Wildlife Aid! With our number now up to an incredible THIRTY FOUR, we will be sharing some of their … source Read more »
Whilst the vast majority of our rescues go smoothly, occasionally we are faced with a rescue that takes a lot of skill, patience and luck to pull off. We were recently called... Read more »
2020 marks a very special year for us… we have been in operation for FORTY years! Having started as a hobby in our founder, Simon’s, kitchen, we have now grown into one... Read more »
Sparrowhawk rescues can be some of the most difficult rescues we deal with but, over the years, we have developed a catch method that (usually!) enables a quick and gentle way of... Read more »
So-called ‘squirrel-proof’ bird feeders are often anything but and we are often called out to help rescue stuck squirrels from this unlucky predicament! Luckily for this one, it was not held tightly... Read more »
Birds stuck in chimneys are quite a common call here at Wildlife Aid. The unfortunate victim usually falls down the top and doesn’t have the room to climb back out! Simon was... Read more »
Being called out to rescue an adult squirrel trapped in a room always causes a bit of trepidation here at WAF – they can be incredibly fast and definitely don’t want to... Read more »