What a difference a day’s careful hand feeding makes! Our barn owl babies are picking up, they look stronger and are trying to stand up. The main thing is that they are hungry and taking food. When they came in they were weak and looked very miserable. Getting them to open their beaks so we […]
These baby barn owls have been brought in and we are trying to rear them. They are only a few days old and quite frail. We have to open their beaks and hand feed them, hopefully they will soon learn to take food from us, when they do we’ll feel a lot more confident about […]
When we released Little Dove she flew straight off. We saw her around a few times and were happy that she was free. We always put food out for the birds and Little Dove was coming back regularly. That’s fine by us, it’s lovely to see our rescued birds and know they are doing well. […]
We’ve managed to get her up on her feet, her leg is swollen and she doesn’t want to put it to the floor but she did hobble a few steps. All her leg is lacerated but the main wound goes round the top of her leg and to her shoulder, it is very deep. She […]
There were tears when Abe was brought in to the sanctuary – he is a much loved pet and his owner was so sad to have to give him up for family reasons. She has written a most moving letter : “Firstly I would like to offer my heartfelt thaniks for finding a space for […]
Buffy is a gentle, kind natured goat who has been in the sanctuary for the past eight years. She was placidly grazing but is in a bad way now though because a dog has got over the fence and savaged her. Her leg and shoulder have been ripped open and the wound is down to […]
The young barn owl who was brought in recently did well to survive. She was exhausted and underweight and had an injured foot. She made it though and and when she was fit, flying and up to weight, we took the decision to release her. We always release animals and birds back to the wild […]
We were able to let Rufus out in the field for a short while this week, it was a lovely sunny day and we’d brought the herd of ponies in to have their feet trimmed. We’re not able to let Rufus out with them until he’s had his operation, but even so he loved it. […]
We were hopeful of him surviving but our baby squirrel passed away in his sleep during the night. He wasn’t injured, he felt warm, yesterday he was moving around, drinking and all the signs were good – but it was not to be. It’s so sad that this little life has been lost ….. but […]
When the postman brought our mail this lunchtime, he brought us a special delivery – a baby squirrel! This little one was wrapped up in the postman’s jacket. He’d been found at the edge of a road on the outskirts of Chesterfield, people passing by didn’t seem to notice him lying there, this alert postman […]