Highland Wildlife Rescue

Highland Wildlife Rescue We rehabilitate native wildlife species, in Brora, in the Scottish Highlands. Join us on our journey!
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SASHA (and lovely Lucy) Our Hogspital volunteers are so amazing and really do love the VIPPs - very important prickly pa...
24/10/2025

SASHA (and lovely Lucy)

Our Hogspital volunteers are so amazing and really do love the VIPPs - very important prickly patients.

Lucy was on her way to us this morning for her volunteer shift ALL the way from Aviemore when I asked her to do an Inverness pitstop, en route!

Alison had found a little hoglet, alone, in the road last night and kept her safe and warm overnight. Her request for help this morning was so perfectly timed that Lucy was able to scoop her up, on her way.

SASHA was 191g on arrival and would have little chance on her own with no mum. We can't know if she became separated from mum by accident, wandered off on an adventure, or if mum was unable to return to her hoglets. Alison continues to check for others.

Meantime SASHA has had fluids, and is cosy warm with some yummy food. She's settling in nicely and has been kindly sponsored by her finder, Alison 💚

BILLYThey may be called Common Buzzards but each one is so beautiful.This young lad from Grantown-on-Spey had been grabb...
23/10/2025

BILLY

They may be called Common Buzzards but each one is so beautiful.

This young lad from Grantown-on-Spey had been grabbed by something and left with superficial wounds and feather loss, but then he got absolutely drenched, and cold. Sapped of all his energy, and already very skinny he couldn't do anything but sit and wait to hopefully be discovered.

Stephen spotted him and knew he needed to help, so he got him safely uplifted and took him home when his wife Susan rang us for advice.

Finders that really want to help and are happy to follow advice make everything better - for the patient, and for us, in turn, to be able to provide immediate care on arrival.

After travelling with Susan and Stephen to Inverness, our great friend Natalie, at the SSPCA checked him over and then BILLY hitched a ride with our very own Kirstin and arrived safe and sound.

He needs some TLC before we think about putting him into a large outdoor aviary, so for now, he's being completely pampered - just as he deserves 💚

It's always a treat to meet other people that are involved in our wildlife rehabilitation sector, especially when they'r...
23/10/2025

It's always a treat to meet other people that are involved in our wildlife rehabilitation sector, especially when they're helping a patient in serious need.

My sincere thanks to Sam from RSPCA Stapeley Grange, and his lovely wife Érin, whose holiday brought them to just the right place to be able to help this critically injured Curlew.

The poor bird had unsurvivable injuries so it was our duty and privilege to gently end its suffering - a task we carry out with the patient's welfare as our only priority.

Rest assured, every patient that can be helped, is helped. We hope Sam dried off and warmed up after a wee dip into the sea at Littleferry, Golspie.

When you take a run to the recycling centre and a patient approaches you for help.....No idea what happened to this wee ...
22/10/2025

When you take a run to the recycling centre and a patient approaches you for help.....

No idea what happened to this wee mouse but she's very poorly, so back to HQ in my pocket for checks, warmth and fluids 💚

ALICEGood morning!! Woohoo! We are up, medicated, and breakfasting! 💚
21/10/2025

ALICE

Good morning!!

Woohoo! We are up, medicated, and breakfasting! 💚

ALICEI'm hoping that after recovering from surgery, pain relief, antibiotics, some little fishes and a settled night I'l...
20/10/2025

ALICE

I'm hoping that after recovering from surgery, pain relief, antibiotics, some little fishes and a settled night I'll be able to introduce you to ALICE, a beautiful red-listedGreat Black Blacked Gull.

Megan raised the alarm, and Eloise and I dropped (not literally) our hedgehog duties and grabbed a landing net, PPE, scissors, a towel and carrier, and raced off to the Golspie High School sports field.

Trailing over 10 ft of fishing line the beautiful bird was mobile but unable to fly having swallowed this huge hook, and then getting wrapped in the line across her neck, back, wings, and right leg.

The only responsible thing to do was to get her off to professional help at Rogart Vets in Tain where Kavé then got her down to Invergordon for xrays.

Euthanasia must be considered where welfare concerns exist - it's important to assess the wild patient's condition, injuries, pain and likelihood of recovery and we never shy away from discussing our concerns and benchmarks.

We discussed options and agreed to go ahead with the procedure for hook removal as she is in otherwise good body condition, hoping we could remove the hook without causing further damage.

Success! Hook out, no further issues seen, and recovery treatment agreed. There's no guarantee of a full recovery, but we are cautiously optimistic 💚

19/10/2025

MILLER

This little Pipistrelle bat managed to escape the box his caring finder popped him into....and he refused to reappear for two whole days despite needing help.

The holes in his right wing are consistent with our working theory that a cat was the original cause of his visit inside her home but she needed to find him again, and contain him in a ventilated, but escape proof box before we could arrange transport. She was very determined to find him.

Once resecured he spent a night with our friends at the SSPCA in Inverness, and then came to us for his rehabilitation.

He's more than making up for lost meals by snacking on anything that moves. His severe dehydration was addressed first, and now we need to help.him regain some lost weight with super tasty food options 🐛

AUGUSTUSFrom 62g to 662g in 6 weeks.From handfeeds to falling asleep in the food bowl.From tiny to ready to go!
18/10/2025

AUGUSTUS

From 62g to 662g in 6 weeks.

From handfeeds to falling asleep in the food bowl.

From tiny to ready to go!

SATURDAY SQUIRREL UPDATEI am squirrel-less!!!While I'm really missing the super cute, scampering little red rockets our ...
18/10/2025

SATURDAY SQUIRREL UPDATE

I am squirrel-less!!!

While I'm really missing the super cute, scampering little red rockets our team is reflecting on the fabulous four...

❤️❤️ BEN, JERRY, SEAMUS, RIVER ❤️❤️

Bev, Kayleigh, Megan and Megan, the finders of these wee souls will be as pleased as I am to have seen these poorly little scraps pull through some difficult injuries and circumstances to rebuild strength and grow into the agile and cheeky little souls they now are.

Extra thanks to Ash and Tracey for building, maintaining, stocking and monitoring the soft release area to ensure the best transition from captive rearing to their fully wild lives.

RIVER (pictured) is in the soft release pen, and already scrambling, climbing, caching food and using the artificial drey. I really wasn't sure he could make it when he arrived on 7th September so his turnaround is especially sweet 💚

DIDSJuveniles like this little chap have a message that will hopefully get more hoglets to the help they need at this ti...
16/10/2025

DIDS

Juveniles like this little chap have a message that will hopefully get more hoglets to the help they need at this time of year.

❌️ OUT IN THE DAY, NOT OK ❌️

If you see them during daylight hours (or after dark looking ill, wobbly, injured, or laying around)

PLEASE DO
✅️ uplift into a high sided cardboard box
✅️ put a towel and hot water bottle in there for comfort and warmth
✅️ ring for advice (we are on 07957 584817)

PLEASE DON'T
❌️ provide food or water (we need to assess first, feed later)
❌️ syringe any fluids into any wildlife at any time (risk of death, or pneumonia)
❌️ keep them for any length of time before phoning

These complex little creatures need licensed, appropriate care and those that arrive days later have a much lower chance of recovery, and survival.

Generally Autumn hoglets are the sickest hedgehogs we admit. They are likely to be very poorly when you spot them, with both internal amd external parasites, skinny and dehydrated. Food and water alone will not save them.

As a priority they need warmth and a speedy route to help

📷 kindly sponsored by Alyson

13/10/2025

JOEY

All grown up and a bit of a bitey, fast handful!

Arriving as a tiny little kit this little weasel had been found on a path, by Jayne and Billy, alone and in big trouble.

She hitched a ride with Terry and looked like a little blind, kangaroo joey on arrival, hence her name.

Today she went off to the wild in a gorgeous dry stone d**e, at a quiet, rural spot where she can fully live her best, wild life.

Thanks to Mairi for help locating tbe perfect spot for her, and apologies for showing you her gruesome breakfast but we can't rear carnivores on carrots!

SATURDAY SQUIRREL UPDATE🐿 SEAMUS has been released and joins JERRY out in the wild. Interestingly, having been in separ...
11/10/2025

SATURDAY SQUIRREL UPDATE

🐿 SEAMUS has been released and joins JERRY out in the wild. Interestingly, having been in separate but adjacent housing here in the rescue as young kits JERRY has been making regular visits to the enclosure seemingly checking up on his young pal.

We didn't originally place SEAMUS into the soft release enclosure until we were certain that JERRY was fully independent, and in fact JERRY hadn't even visited the enclosure in the time between his release and SEAMUS's arrival.

As JERRY and SEAMUS (and actually BEN too) are the typical Red Squirrel bright tan colour it's becoming difficult to tell them apart from other squirrels in the area - good sign that their behaviour is typical considering their captive rearing and time in care.

🐿 RIVER has now mastered opening walnuts as well as hazelnuts and has moved to the bigger cage to start proper climbing and acrobatics. As well as enjoying the full range of foods he has been stashing or CACHING supplies - a natural behaviour essential for survival through Winter involving hiding food items for later meals. He is a much darker shade, standing out from the others which we hope will make his post release monitoring a little easier.

📷 SEAMUS in the soft release pen, and RIVER'S dinner debris

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