This is Valerie’s filming yet again, but just look how good Lundy looks, his leg is better, he’s not knuckling his foot over any more and he’s finally waterproof.
He’s now getting everything he needs to be released thanks Newquay Zoo it really won’t be long until he is ready to go! He’s eating sand eels as his staple diet now which is his usual food in the wild.
Soon my boy, soon! 💚
Last week we finally released the last of the large group of ducks and the Browns Antiques & Reclamation (brownsantiquesandreclamation) duckling. They seem no worse for their little mishap with the first attempt at release. They were released to their own private pond with no other ducks in sight. The release was a LOT smoother than their previous release, I have learned that I won’t release ducks on a small pond together in future unless I plan on potentially having to dive in to rescue them from other ducks.
I apologise for the awful camera work, I was unable to attend the release so had to rely on Valerie to get some footage of the release, unfortunately she was talking and filming and she can’t do two things at once as evidenced by the fact she has to stop walking to have a drink. You do get the gist that they were very happy with the new found freedom and amount of water they now have to swim, dive, eat and play in. Their new feeders were also thrilled by their arrival.
Little more action of our superstar puffling Lundy for you all. I didn’t manage to capture his little excitement noises sadly.
This is Slug, she was found yesterday on a path in the garden and was named Slug as that’s what the finder thought she was. She’s very wriggly and a nightmare to feed as she hasn’t got the hang of keeping still!
What is she?
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Update*
Tho those who said vole congratulations. Slug was indeed a vole.
She is far too small and hairy with too short a tail to be a squirrel and too small to be a member of the mustelid family.
Swimming puffling.
Enjoy! Only my hand got wet today.
I thought I’d show you our baby house martins. There is also a large fledgling swift in there who jumped in to be with the babies. It’s not my plan to have them in together, but what on earth do I know? I’m only a human!!
The chick who is stretching out its wings is doing so to make sure that the others open mouth are covered and it gets all the food that Mummy bird (me on this occasion) is providing. It amuses me every time, as well as the fact that they eat each others heads in an effort to feed.
Just a light hearted puffling content for a Tuesday afternoon.
These babies were found on Monday, and only today taken to the vets who then called me.
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE BABIES FOR THIS LONG!!!
These babies are lucky to be alive, one lost its life due to starvation and cold. Babies this young should be left alone maximum of 2 hours without checking on them. Luckily this week has been warm which has helped them survive.
If you find a hedgehog nest please contact a rescue for advice. I don’t care how far away the rescue is that you contact, just get advice about how best to proceed with them and if you have to step in to help.
Apologies for my gurgle whilst filming I’d just had a cold drink!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you the inaugural flight, well elegant fall of one of our wrens, collected from Devon 4x4.
You may notice the wobbly sleep of the grumpiest chick in the world in the background. Also, who knew birds legs in particular wrens legs were that long and that they could move in such a strange way!
Lucy Harford assures me that all the robins, dunnocks and sparrows that have grown up with her thus far are all doing really well and I know that I couldn’t have done with her invaluable input with the garden birds this season. Her commitment to keeping these little ones alive, has been second to none.
This is Tiny, I think she’s a wood mouse rather than a field mouse. She has been attacked by something and has an injury to the top of her head and her eye.
She’s had pain relief and is now happily tucking in to her food.
I’m not giving her any antibiotic treatment as there is currently no need for it. But at the first sign of anything she will be put on a course. I think she may have lost her eye, but we will wait to see about that tomorrow as she heals.
As I typed this, Tiny sadly had a massive seizure and died.
This is Sage and her new friend Wilhelmina (who only shows the back of her head). They are both enjoying getting to grips with lunch. If I could post pictures with this I’d show you Wilhelmina’s face, I’ll do that in a post later. Sage is actually a little bit bigger than her friend, but they get on well together, it’s lovely to see her interacting and playing with another weasel.
This is Sage and her new friend Wilhelmina enjoying their lunch. Unfortunately Wilhelmina keeps her head turned away from the camera all the time, but Sage is a star and pops up from time to time.
I’ll add some photos of Wilhelmina later on.
Thank you for the deliveries of starter mousse the hoglets really appreciate it, the washing liquid - the humans really appreciate it and of course for the donations coming in to pay for the ‘bloody bin’. We still need £100 to fully pay it off, but we have 10 days to find it in. (If you see me standing on any street corners just throw me some change 😂😂)
Is anyone able to collect a nestling from Crediton for me and bring to the rescue please?
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Our 4 tiny babies have one way of defending themselves and it’s to huff and spin and pop.
They do this at every feed time when we have to handle them. They are doing it for survival reasons, it doesn’t make it any less frustrating and difficult to feed them. However, I am very pleased at how well they are feeding once the teat is in their mouths. We are still in the danger zone for both sets of tinies, and can’t be confident or complacent about their survival until a lot longer down the line. Until then we keep plodding on!
Today one of our 5 boy babies decided that it was time to try big boy food and came out after volunteer Amber had finished cleaning them out and feeding them. He was a brave boy and did this with Mummy still in the nest with his brothers.
How amazing are hoglets to look at?
