27 May 2009
IT'S NOT just the weather that has been heating up this week. The number of call-outs and advisory calls have certainly increased this week. Wednesday night last week Tony rescued a fox cub in Eastbourne with a nasty ear infection.
The poor creature was wandering round in circles I the middle of a road and may have been hit by a car.
Unfortunately he did not make it and passed away during the night.
Later that evening Kathy and I rushed across to Morrisons in Hastings to save a Herring Gull caught up in razor wire at the top of a wall.
After erecting a ladder and laying towels over the razor wire to prevent injury I was able to untangle the gulls wing.
Luckily the wing was not damaged apart from a few cuts, bruises and pulled muscles.
He is currently in one of our aviaries and will hopefully be released soon.
ON Thursday we received a call from Alan Knight OBE from International Animal Rescue after they received a call about a deer caught in stock fencing at Maresfield.
When we arrived the male fallow deer had freed itself by dislocating and pulling apart the ankle joint. It never fails to amaze me what wildlife are capable of surviving.
The deer managed to limp over 300 metres down the field when we arrived.
We had to stop the deer from dragging itself through the hedge and gently pull the deer back through. Once secure I was able to assess the wounds.
The joint was put back into place and medicated on site with the help and advice of our locum vet and veterinary staff at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.
The deer was then bedded down in our veterinary ambulance and rushed up to St Tiggywinkle's Deer Hospital. The deer was successfully transported, treated and bedded down and will be operated on this week.
WRAS has made several trips to Brighton Marina this week. Patrick and Sheila, the resident swans which WRAS caught during an oil spill at the Marina back in February this year, have hatched five cygnets.
As their nest is 3ft up on a ledge the cygnets are unable to get back to their nest. Local residents have constructed a couple of floating platforms for them to use.
Cygnets, like ducklings, are not waterproof and should not stay on water long term and especially not at night when it can be cold and hypothermia can set in.
Luckily only having five cygnets they were all able to fit on mum's back and that evening they were able to get out of the water and rest during the night.
WRAS is visiting the marina on a regular basis to keep an eye on their health and we hope they will survive thanks to the help and caring nature of the local residents and staff at the marina.
I will be at Michelham Priory today for the Wildlife Wednesday event, so please come along and say hello.
We will be showing video footage of our rescues as well a photos plus there will be a colouring competition too.
There will also be other wildlife and conservation organisations present too. Michelham Priory is off the A22 at Hailsham.
Photos and videos of the above rescues and more can be seen at www.youtube.com/user/
EastSussexWRAS as well as www.twitpic.com/
user/eastsussexwras
WRAS would like to thank Jessie's Trust for raising 639.64 with Jessie Day raising funds from items purchased via the Lavender & Sage website. Also to Polegate and Hailsham Town Councils for donating 500 each.
WRAS was surprised to receive 500 from staff and customers at the Concorde 2 club on Maderia Drive, Brighton this week too.
A big thank-you for your support, which is very much needed at the moment.
East Sussex WRAS is a voluntary organisation which relies on donations. We do not receive funding from government nor the RSPCA. Anyone wishing to make a donation should contact The Treasurer at PO Box 2148, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 9DE. www.wildlifeambulance.org 24-hour rescue line: 07815 078 234
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Weather for Eastbourne
Saturday 11 February 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: -6 C to 2 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North west
