South Essex Wildlife Hospital

South Essex Wildlife Hospital Dedicated to putting “life” back into the “wild”
veterinary care and rehabilitation for wildlife.

We have a little request for you all today... can you please help our patients stay warm and fed? ❤This time of year is ...
25/09/2025

We have a little request for you all today... can you please help our patients stay warm and fed? ❤

This time of year is a busy one for us at SEWH. With patients both arriving and leaving at quite a rapid rate we are running very low on both canned dog food and towels! 😫

If you do have any spare tins of food or clean towels, we would be so thankful if you could drop them down to our hospital in Orsett (RM16 3BH) between 9am and 10pm! Alternatively, you can buy food for us directly through our Amazon Wishlist at https://amzn.to/43vgA21

Thank you all so very much!

It's freedom day for our first two common seal pups! 🦭❤🦭These girls have been with us since the start of Summer and have...
24/09/2025

It's freedom day for our first two common seal pups! 🦭❤🦭

These girls have been with us since the start of Summer and have needed a lot of work to get to this stage. Seal rehabilitation is a long, expensive process, but watching those little faces head back to the sea makes everything worth it, don't you think? 🥰

Although initially a little reluctant to leave the safety of their carrier, the call of the wild was just too strong and both set about exploring their new world.

With the last photo showing both of these girls on their arrival to us, we can't believe just how much progress they have made and wish them the best of luck in the big blue! 🦭

We have some lovely news for you this evening... the Lakeside swan is FREE 🥰He was rescued at the beginning of September...
23/09/2025

We have some lovely news for you this evening... the Lakeside swan is FREE 🥰

He was rescued at the beginning of September with a nasty tear to the webbing of his foot. The injury was so severe that he managed to cover half of our hospital in blood before Tom could suture the wound closed! 😫

Luckily, he has made a perfect recovery and, after release, quickly flew back to the other swan for a beautiful reunion display! ❤

A very long fall for a very small fox! 🦊Earlier today, we were called to a house in Brentwood where this little lady had...
22/09/2025

A very long fall for a very small fox! 🦊

Earlier today, we were called to a house in Brentwood where this little lady had taken quite the fall... Unfortunately, at around 2am this morning she seemed to have slipped under a fence and fallen the 5m (16.5ft) into a basement lightwell with no chance to escape.

Luckily, we always carry a ladder with us and rescuer, Lawrie, soon had her contained. After such a long fall and with a worry about a possible mouth injury, she was taken back to the hospital for a checkup... and it was here where vet, Alda, found something horrible.

This poor girl had been shot in the head.

The projectile - a pellet from an air rifle - had passed through her mouth before stopping just behind her skull. With the entry wound already fully healed, this injury will definitely be an older one and she is set to make a full recovery (she just needs treatment for a small injury under her tail), but it just shows how much these poor animals have to face from Mankind...

21/09/2025

Guess what... TOM IS FREE! 🥰

We have the best supporters here at SEWH! ❤Today, we want to say thank you to the amazing team at IronmongeryDirect who ...
21/09/2025

We have the best supporters here at SEWH! ❤

Today, we want to say thank you to the amazing team at IronmongeryDirect who managed to raise £253 for us through a bake sale! It looks delicious and we're thrilled to have been able to enjoy such generosity!

Yet another life claimed by the brutality of glue traps... 💔This thrush hadn't done anything wrong, but these traps don'...
20/09/2025

Yet another life claimed by the brutality of glue traps... 💔

This thrush hadn't done anything wrong, but these traps don't discriminate so easily... It had become so stuck to a rodent glue trap that there wasn't a single millimetre of feather that wasn't coated in glue and, if this wasn't bad enough, it had been ripped free, tearing a huge number of feathers from the body. The pain this would have caused is nothing short of unimaginable.

Sadly, the damage was so severe that it did not make it.

Make no mistake - these traps are banned for public use in the UK under The Glue Trap (Offences) Act 2022, but that doesn't seem to stop them being easily available both online and in stores. We've said it again and again, but PLEASE never use these horrific devices - even for rodents. This is a terrible way for anything to die and many better alternatives exist. Please spread the word as far as you can. This has got to stop.

We have a great update for you today... Tom the peregrine can fly again! 🥰It's been three weeks since this 14 year old b...
19/09/2025

We have a great update for you today... Tom the peregrine can fly again! 🥰

It's been three weeks since this 14 year old boy arrived in our care with a damaged coracoid and a gun pellet lodged in his leg, but we're thrilled to say that he is now able to fly once more!

With the pellet causing no concerning issues and worries arising after another male was spotted in his territory, we hope to have this stunning tiercel (the name for a male peregrine) back where he belongs very soon...

WATCH THIS SPACE ❤

Fulham and Barnes Peregrines

There's nothing quite like giving a bird back the gift of flight... ❤This sparrowhawk originally arrived in our care wit...
18/09/2025

There's nothing quite like giving a bird back the gift of flight... ❤

This sparrowhawk originally arrived in our care with a nasty double fracture to the wing. With both the radius (smaller bone) and ulna (larger bone) fractured, we only had one option if we were to save the wing - orthopaedic surgery.

Surgery like this is far from easy. Metal pins have to be drilled into the bone fragments to realign everything before being secured in place with a metal frame. With so many nerves, ligaments and other delicate structures in the way, it's a very complex procedure and, if that's not enough, it all needs to be removed again before release!

Luckily, surgery worked PERFECTLY on this bird and we were recently able to finally let her taste freedom once again! Cases like this take a lot of work and a lot of time, but seeing that final moment makes it all worth it 🥰

The final freedom bounces of 2025! 🦊❤What better way to celebrate National Fox Day than with our last fox cubs heading b...
17/09/2025

The final freedom bounces of 2025! 🦊❤

What better way to celebrate National Fox Day than with our last fox cubs heading back to freedom! With our first cub arriving all the way back in February, we're raised more than 100 of these little ginger terrors this year and we're delighted to have been able to give them a second chance in the wild!

Huge thanks to all of the staff, orphan feeders, volunteers, rescuers and vets who have had a part to play in the lives of these little ones. You guys have done an amazing job and, of course, none of this would be possible without the support of each and every person reading this!

Thank you for making this possible. Good luck foxy friends! ❤

🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊

It's now been more than a month since little 'Bluebell' (the name given to her by British Divers Marine Life Rescue) was...
16/09/2025

It's now been more than a month since little 'Bluebell' (the name given to her by British Divers Marine Life Rescue) was flown into our care from Jersey and she's made great progress in that time!

Initially requiring force feeding, she is now happily eating for herself, enjoying our outdoor pool and putting on weight at a surprising rate! Common seal pups need to reach 30kg before being ready for release, but this beautiful girl is not too far off... Hopefully she will be able to head back to freedom very soon!

Look at that stunning face! ❤🦭

BDMLR Channel Islands

In the world of wildlife rescue we don't tend to get many updates on our patients after their release... but that change...
15/09/2025

In the world of wildlife rescue we don't tend to get many updates on our patients after their release... but that changes today! 🦊🥰

Some of you may remember the little pirate fox we released almost a year ago (time has FLOWN by! 🤯)... Originally arriving with a really nasty eye injury (photo in comments if you're interested), we had to perform a surgical removal of the damaged eye and guided him through several months of recovery. Released at the end of 2024, we thought that may be the last we heard from him, but we were very wrong!

Fast forward to September 2025 and, thanks to Leyton Allotment Society, we have photos to prove that he has not only survived, but is THRIVING!

We are thrilled that he has done so well and wish him the best of luck with his foxy family! ❤

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Orsett
RM163BH

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