We have had a few instances this year of people turning up at our Southport and Rochdale nature reserves with injured birds. Please note that NONE of our Lancashire sites have hospital facilities; BOTH our Cumbria sites at Wigton have hospitals alongside the reserves there, and are managed by the staff at Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue.

Please refrain from bothering our neighbours in Southport and Rochdale; they are supportive of our work with the birds, but it is distressing for them if people try to push injured birds their way, when the rescuer has not read properly where our hospitals are. Quite apart from the human distress, the trauma to the casualty from being ferried around unnecessarily can prove fatal in many cases, and is not fair on anyone.

The link at the top of this website page will help you locate the nearest wildlife rescue centre to you. If you cannot get your casualty there, or the RSPCA are unable to help, then the next best thing is your local 24hr vets; even if this means the life ending to prevent further suffering.

We do take calls from all around the UK and on occasion from abroad - so sometimes the line gets very busy, especially at weekends. Hence please do make full use of the Website and all the information it contains - especially while we have the issues with the local transmitter affecting our phone signal.

Nigel