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We rehabilitate native wildlife species, in Brora, in the Scottish Highlands. Join us on our journey!
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16/09/2025

3 days and nights.

3 days of being watched on the cold ground

No help

Not moving

Just getting colder, weaker

Flies buzzing around him

And then a phonecall asking for advice but not prepared to uplift him, help him, secure him or provide comfort, nor take him anywhere. No point judging anyone as people have their own reasons for being unable or unwilling to assist.

So thank goodness for our frontline SSPCA colleagues. Rachel you did a phenomenal job today for this little guy. Thank you!

I've removed hundreds of fly eggs, gently warmed his freezing cold little body.

We'll see how things go tonight 🤞💚

15/09/2025

POGO

We love our volunteers as much as we love our patients.

As soon as we heard that Layla (Bunny to her friends) was back home for weekend hedgehog help we jumped for joy and so did recent hedgehog admission POGO.

Bunny helps to cover Saturday volunteer shifts with regular longterm volunteer Dani, her mum, and as a team of two they are just fabulous.

POGO needed a vet visit when he arrived after being found in the road by finder Luci, and here's where our transport volunteer group helped out. New joiner Mike fetched POGO to go to Easter Ross Vets for xrays and brought him back with a great report of no broken bones!

There is simply no way we could do this without such an incredible team. I dont know how we've been so lucky to find so many amazing people.

THANK YOU ALL 💚

14/09/2025

WALK FOR WILDLIFE

Over £4,500 raised for patient care by those who walked, all that sponsored, and every supporter that bought the special t-shirt from our KSTM friends.

However you helped last weekend...THANK YOU for making our first annual such a success.

Let's do it all again next year! 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶‍♂️💚💚💚

Special thanks to Tracey for her idea, organisation, and making it happen 🦅

13/09/2025

SATURDAY SQUIRREL UPDATE

JERRY - ready to move to the big soft release enclosure, the last stage of his rearing journey ❤️

SEAMUS - growing a beautiful tail and building strength ❤️

TO BE NAMED - a ittle miracle, surprising me every day after arriving last Sunday, quiet, weak and super skinny, refusing food and just wanting to be held ❤️

My thanks to Lorraine at Lafeber International for the supply of Emeraid Omnivore that has transformed the progress of weaning squirrel kits in our care

12/09/2025

ELDERFLOWER

When Hare mums have their babies they're born fully furred with eyes open (unlike rabbit kits born hairless and blind).

Typically they're left alone in field margins in shallow scrapes called forms while mum goes off and feeds, does a bit of shopping, gets her nails done.... just kidding. Her young are left alone, to keep perfectly still in a bid to avoid predation.

She pops back to feed and groom her youngster only once or maybe twice a day - just a quick pop-in visit, before disappearing again.

Unwittingly finders can think that a lone leveret is abandoned and needs help, but that's rarely the case and most should be left in peace.

ELDERFLOWER, however, was found not far from a deceased adult that was suspected to be mum, and was on concrete, at an industrial site at risk of injury from heavy machinery and vehicles so she relied on finder Thomas to get her to help.

Safe and doing well, we have a soft spot for these gorgeous creatures. Isn't she beautiful 💚

11/09/2025

OLLIE

Shy in care and best left as undisturbed as possible, Barn Owls are a favourite here.

This poor lad was found grounded in a quiet lane by Patsy and Don but he was reluctant to come in for checks so stayed hidden in thick gorse when approached, for over 24 hours.

Determined to get him some help he was eventually caught and contained and made his way to us from Strathy Point, so that we could assess him.

Arriving dehydrated and very underweight, we suspect he had been grounded for a while, too weak to fly away.

He's uninjured but needing to gain weight and condition before we rebuild his stamina and endurance in the flight so for now is indoors with a buffet of food choices, that he's definitely making the most of.

📷 rubbish image as I took a sneaky pic, while trying not to be noticed 💚

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10/09/2025

WEDNESDAY WISHLIST - URGENT!

We've had an absolutely AWESOME response to our appeals for food - thank you to everyone that has sent wet and dry cat food for the hedgehogs, it really is hugely appreciated.

With the Hogspital bursting at the seams with 50 prickly patients we have so much cleaning and p**p to deal with, gloves must be changed multiple times to prevent the spread of parasites, skin conditions, and tummy upsets.

It's not a glamorous thing to ask for but we're desperate for nitrile gloves in medium as our stocks are almost gone!

https://amzn.eu/d/g8DlguJ

It doesn't matter where they come from as long as they're nitrile (we dont use vinyl) and medium size.

Any sent to us at

146 Ladies Loch, Brora KW9 6NG

Will be a huge help 💚 💩💚💩💚

📷 Sweetie Pops from the Isle of Lewis showing what a mucky wee thing she can be

09/09/2025

FRED, GORDON, KYOGO and HARRIETTE

Zoe found three little male hoglets in her Kincraig garden and with fabulous transport help from Shivonne and Fiona they travelled over 90 miles here to the Hogspital, all cosy and warm. Finder Zoe and her husband sponsored Fred and Kyogo, and Fiona was delighted to sponsor Gordon.

The next day a fourth hoglet was found in a neighbouring garden and she spent the weekend with vet Gaby of Strathspey Veterinary Centre in Aviemore - thank you Gaby!

Again, transport hero Shivonne stepped in, and soon little Harriette joined her siblings, and she has been sponsored and named by the Fenns after a dearly departed special canine family member 💝

This foursome have been tricky to stabilise, but are now progressing....... slowly.

⚠️ Hoglets found out in daylight, with no mum, are in URGENT need of help
⚠️ Please UPLIFT, CONTAIN, PHONE FOR ADVICE

📷 From bottom left, clockwise - HARRIETTE, GORDON, KYOGO, FRED

07/09/2025

Bats for company this morning.

Fed Joey the weasel at 05:30 and set off on my sponsored

Amazing sponsorship from everyone, thank you very much.

So close to hitting DOUBLE my crazy target in just 4 days - brilliant for the patients 💚

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/jane-walks-for-wildlife

06/09/2025

JOEY

Jayne and Billy in Alness have unwittingly provided me with a bit of an extra obstacle to tomorrow's because Joey the little baby weasel is currently on a 2-3 hour feed schedule, 24 hours a day!

I need nearly 2 hours for my sponsored walk. You've all so very kindly helped me to meet and exceed my crazy target and with a bit more of a push it might nudge even closer to doubling!!

If you wish you'd signed up to walk, or love to get out in nature, or enjoy our posts and reading about our patients, there's still time to sponsor me. I'm walking for patients like JOEY.

Now to work out where in the day I can have a wee nap - I'm going to need it 💚

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/jane-walks-for-wildlife

📷 milk container lid for scale - currently 14.89g

05/09/2025

Young gulls having some fun...George and Andrew (iykyk 🤣)

They both arrived with leg issues - swelling, limping, sore.

Our lovely pal Cal Major - Ocean Advocate sent one to us via our phenomenal transport volunteers after an overnighter with the lovely caring Janis from Ullapool Sea Savers and our frontline friends at the SSPCA in Inverness sent the other as he didn't seem to be improving.

We advocate for these intelligent, threatened, beautiful seabirds because

We treat them because they deserve our care.

Makes my heart happy to see them fly freely again.

04/09/2025

MARA and her 4 babies

Hoget season marches on and these 4 new arrivals came in with mum after an unfortunate shed demolish job in an Inverness garden.

The carimg contractors from G Force, Alness were absolutely horrified to find that in the rubble mum MARA and her 4 babies had been made accidentally homeless and they got in touch immediately for help.

These hoglets are brand new into the world and were transported separately to mum to minimise the kind of stress that can result in total disaster. Transport volunteer Shivonne to the rescue 💚

They've been carefully reunited and we will see how things progress in the coming days and weeks but with absolutely no more disturbance than is essential to top up food supplies for this busy mum.

We will need new hoglet sponsors for these and some other wee ones so if you're interested, do please let us know.

Address

146 Ladies Loch
Brora
KW96NG

Telephone

+447957584817

Website

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/highland-wildlife-rescue

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