Co-operation, transportation, and rehabilitation

May 14, 2017

On our latest trip up to the reserves at Wigton, we were accompanied by some of our feathered friends from other sanctuaries, who needed a helping hand with returning these birds to the wild;


As you can see from this articles photo, we took a pair of sibling tawny owlets, which had tumbled from their nest onto a dog-walking pathway, and with the nest over 50 feet high in the tree, it was not possible to return them to the nest. This was one of the rare occasions when it WAS correct to remove the owlets to sanctuary care - often baby tawny owlets DO leave the nest early, and are sometimes found at the base of a tree - but these were too young to have been out of the nest so soon, and would not have been able to climb back into the tree, and hence needed extra help.


In addition we had a young gosling which had been found on it's own wandering around, also a pair of pigeons which had been long-term rehabilitated, and needed a staged return to the wild.


All these birds were transferred to the care of Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue, who will bring them on and ensure they are returned to the wild when ready.


Whilst at the sanctuary, George proudly took us on a tour of the latest work done to the Watermeadow Reserve - there is now a true watermeadow (complete with water!) in part of the reserve, and a huge bonus was to see a small flock of sandmartins feeding, drinking and collecting mud from the edges of the pond , from which to build their nests. We will watch for further developments with great interest.


A huge Thank You again to Knoxwood for helping out once more with these final stages of rehabilitation.


Nigel

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