Each sunday over the last month I have been face painting at a bull breed awareness road show. My rescue, in conjunction with several other animal charities have been trying to raise awareness re the importance of neutering and microchipping bull breed dogs. In the U.K a bull breed dog is put to sleep every …
Well, the youngsters continue to POUR into the rescue relentlessly. By now we’ve all done our fair share of rearing youngters at home and I have to say…[touch wood] that we have been incredibly successful in rearing and releasing young birds. It’s an absolute joy to see a wild bird fly off and begin it’s long …
Well….it only seems like a few months have passed since I got Sam and Annie. How time flies by! I can hardly believe that Sam has now turned one and Annie is almost twelve months old. I’m getting a little bit more peace these days, as they don’t play all day and night, just MOST of …
Swans on Rydal Lake. Wide, wild, and open to the air, Which had built up everywhere An under-roof of doleful gray. With an inner voice the river ran, And down it floated a dying swan, And loudly did lament. Extract: Alfred Lord Tennyson To witness the death of a swan is a particularly disturbing experience, …
When I moved to Formby over 20 yrs ago, the red squirrels were everywhere. We used to love watching them in the garden, chasing each other up the tree trunks and endlessly burying the peanuts we left out for them. Then, about 8yrs ago they totally disappeared. Last week I saw one back in the …
For a long time now I have disliked driving at night on roads with no street lighting. The amount of creatures I have almost killed is unbelievable. Over recent years I have noticed a steady increase in the numbers of dead animals and birds on the roads, so I got involved in several studies to …
Badgers in a protected sett I was watching last summer. Well, once again it’s shooting season. The government has now given the thumbs up for badger culling to take place in two locations in Britain in yet another attempt to tackle bovine T.B in cattle which resulted in 25k cattle being slaughtered last year. After …
Last summer I nearly rode over this little bat. I picked it up and initially thought it was dead as it just lay in my hand freezing cold and not moving. Just as I was about to put it down, it stirred, so I took it home and called Jeff, usually referred to as the …
As it’s that time of the year when we’re all working away in our gardens, I thought I’d write a post about some of the UK’s most poisonous plants. Over five thousand people a year become ill through contact with plants, and the National Poisons Unit estimates that over ten people die, and hundreds are hospitalised …
I was at Martin Mere recently doing a series of talks on wildlife on behalf of the rescue. Martin Mere is a stunningly beautiful place, one of nine unique wetland visitor centres in the UK run by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. I began the day with a talk on hedgehogs. A large crowd had …
