Twinnies Pelican and Seabird Rescue

29/11/2025

We’ve just been down at Coochin Creek boat ramp with our friends from the community coalition, and we need your help to protect this special place. 💚🌊

👉 Step 1: Sign the petition
👉 Step 2: Make a submission before December 8 to object to the proposed music festival development application.

Submissions are quick and easy, and over the next week the community coalition will share simple guides to help everyone write their own.

Please add your voice and protect the Pumicestone Passage and our greenbelt:

🔗 Sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/protect-pumicestone-passage-and-the-greenbelt-refuse-highly-inappropriate-developments

Protect Pumicestone Passage and the Greenbelt – Refuse highly inappropriate developments

28/11/2025

PLEASE HELP PROTECT THE INTER-URBAN BREAK and the PUMICESTONE PASSAGE!!!!

There are no winners here, all we want is to leave the beautiful passage how it is, as we know we have a big impact already, but if this goes ahead it will be triple tragic for the wildlife and the residents who live there.

All the birds will loose there home and territory, this will stress them out trying to find another area to live, also they will be affected by botulism and the poor waders birds won’t be able to rest before there journey back home.

PLEASE!!!!!! JARROD BLEIJIE please think hard before you go ahead as we do have plenty of entertainment centres here on the coast, don’t need this one , so please think hard as its going to break our hearts and the birds and the other wildlife too.

Everybody is probably aware of this but we need your help to STOP 🛑 this from happening !!!!

Twinnies

ONLY KINDNESS MATTERS

27/11/2025

Five days ago we released another five pelicans, two of them had botulism and three of them had line entanglement.

But there was one very special girl that these lovely people rescued and drove her down to us a few months ago, her leg was a mess, but we weren’t going to give up on her as she was very under weight and the infection was going through her body, but we put her on pain relief and antibiotics straight away, also gave her the intensive care she needed, as you can see in the pics look at the ending results, she walked out of the pet pack with her two other mates, it was a beautiful feeling seeing her wing and leg healthy again, it was worth the time and efforts and love , she was in our care for a few months, all the other pelicans were special too.

That’s why we make sure they recover properly from all there injuries to weakness ,line entanglement, botulism, so that’s why we don’t push them out to early.

We have been worried for all wildlife with these nasty storms.

19/11/2025

This morning we got a phone call about this pelican, but we couldn’t go straight away this morning as we had appointments.

But as soon as we had the free time we went with mum, glad mum came along with us this time as mum had to hold the pelican so we could climb the wall.

When we approach the pelican she croaked at us, as she recognised us, she was very hungry , as she was in our care ten years ago for her foot injury.

This pelican would have been euthanised but we had Dr Chris Brown to help us with her, all the bone was showing she had dead skin, but she fought the infection with our help and doctor Chris Brown.

Yes she is missing part of her toes and web foot but look she is walking perfect on that foot.

While she was in our care ten years ago she had to wear a flipper that Chris made for her, so thats why we nicknamed her flipper .

We were so glad we removed the two hooks and the line wrapped around the wing.

Best of all she was release back, while we were holding her we knew she was thinking of that big mullet as soon as we put her down on the grass, she was on to it, as you can see her in the pic.

It was so lovely to see her again , we seen her twelve months ago ,but she had no hooks which was great!! glad we went to Maroochydore this afternoon to rescue this beautiful pelican flipper .

17/11/2025

Yesterday we received a phone call from the coast guard in Caloundra about this beautiful big male pelican.

When we arrived he was asleep with his head tucked in , while it was raining, we got his attention to come over, thank god we did as he was really limping, no wonder he had two hooks and line wrapped around leg.

It was a frustrating rescue to us yesterday as we didn’t want to leave him in pain another day, it was pouring down rain too but all we were focusing on is getting this big boy in our arms, he has been in our care before.

We were over the moon having him in our arms after twenty five minutes as we weren’t going to leave him behind, we removed both hooks on site then we gave him antibiotics and pain relief as soon as we got him back to our rehabilitation centre.

This morning he is doing a little better, enjoying his fish as he was a bit under weight too, due to pain and not able to paddle properly.

16/11/2025

Two days ago we released a mangrove heron that had a bad wing injury, he was in our care for two years, but at the end of the day he finally got released as we said before we give them time to heal.

He didn’t loose any instinct, he flew off and landed well on the mangrove tree , he wiggled his little tail feathers then position himself like a branch, this little fella touched our hearts, but we got him back out there, best of all we seen him fish for himself.

The white face heron was line entanglement, she was so beautiful to care for, she knew she was back home.

The two silver gulls, one had hook in mouth and the juvenile one was under weight, so we found a flock so they had friends.

It was beautiful to see them back in their natural habitat.

10/11/2025

This beautiful female adult pelican has been suffering for one whole month, but the rescue group Gertz and Colleen never gave up on her from Noosa, so a big thank you.

This beautiful girl came to us eight days ago, by Gertz and Colleen, we did try and remove the hook but it was to bedded in, so we said instead of having the risk of having a operation we gave her antibiotics and pain relief, also in between doing that we were massaging the jaw area where the hook was.

While we were doing this she was so calm, it was amazing to see all the goop coming out of it, which was great.

Before we knew it the swelling was going down.

Today we removed the hook, it actually was so easy to remove as all the infection was out of the hook area.

She is a sweet pelican

09/11/2025

This afternoon we had the chance to release some pelicans, one had botulism, the other two pelicans were line entanglement.

Actually it was a beautiful release as the other pelicans greeted them so lovely.

The water was so calm and no wind, a nice afternoon seeing them get released it’s a great feeling to see them healthy again.

04/11/2025

This beautiful juvenile silver gull came into us by lovely people, he was just sitting on the beach.

He is under weight, also has a superficial wound to the wing.

We love the silver gulls too, they are a very smart intelligent little birds.

This one is enjoying his small fish while being in care our care.

03/11/2025

This was a beautiful release this afternoon for a reunion was amazing to see, this swan was rescued by Australia zoo rescue team, then she was seen by Australia Zoo wildlife hospital, then she came into our care, we thought she would have a permanent limp but that all healed up with a extra week in care.
Quinnie wanted out so she could see her partner again, she was overwhelmed again to see her partner.

31/10/2025

Deaclan’s Story!!!

We got a phone call from the Australia zoo wildlife hospital to see if we could care for him.

When the nurse came out to hand him over with medication they said it’s a poor prognosis as the other little cygnets died on site where Deaclan came from, the xray showed something on his lungs.

He had to go back every week for a vet visit at Australia zoo wildlife hospital to check his breathing and lungs, to see how things were going .

We were so glad they gave him a go as he was a little figher, there was times we thought hope he makes it home with us, we were waiting on the phone call to pick up.

He was a regular patient there going from one week visits , then down to two week visits towards the end.

Growing with a illness he has beat all the odds.

We made sure he had that special care he needed over the few months.

When we took Deaclan for a visit this week it was good news for him, no more visits he is now a healthy little juvenile swan.

He touched alot of hearts up there at the hospital , thank you nurses and the vets who care for him too.

We are so glad you all gave him a second chance of life after us saying can you give him a go ,with time to recover .

25/10/2025

Look who greeted us yesterday morning, Rob the pelican, he just finished having a swim as his beautiful feathers were still wet.

Almost every morning he greets us, if not he is having a swim or he has his beautiful face tucked away having a morning sleep with other pelicans.

We are honoured that he has stayed with us, that means he must be happy flying around our area.

Just wanted to share this beautiful moment that we have with him.

So glad he hasn’t had a hook or fishing line around him, glad he is in a safe haven.