Orphaned Badger Cub

This little bundle of fur is Martha, she is an orphaned young badger cub and she is approx  8 weeks old…..We will never know why she was found above ground and all alone, but here she is with Chris and Sarah, two of our wonderful rescue volunteers…

Tawny Owl almost ready for release

This young Owl is Soron, after weeks of treatment and care by DWR volunteers Chris and Sarah, he is ready for a few more days of fattening up before release from his hacking pen…. Excellent job guys….

Foxy antics

Dorset Wildlife Rescue volunteers doing a superb job with this years fox cub orphans………..

Two day old orphaned fox cub

This so very wonderfully beautiful creature is ‘Tabs’, a two day old orphaned fox cub….. Found above ground alone, distressed and very cold… She has now got over the first 24 hours since her rescue and the signs are promising…she’s a  feisty little lady and the spark of life is bright in her…… here she is with a full belly and sleeping off one of her many bottle feeds everyday..

Lucretia flies free

This beautiful and very wild bird is Lucretia, a Kestral who has certainly lived up to her namesake…. Yesterday afternoon she was released back into the wild in her home territory on Cranbourne Chase after several days of treatment for concussion following her traffic accident…….

Leighton the injured Buzzard flies back to the wild after 3 weeks of treatment

Please click on photo to watch the video………..

Supermarket Swan

This swan was rescued from Poole Asda’s car park, all the shoppers cars were just driving around the terrified creature and only one lovely woman cared enough to not only call us, but to stand guard over her to stop her being run over… She needs a medal… After a check over, we were able to release the swan out on to Holes Bay, none the worst for her ordeal…other than the sheer fright she got from cars and uncaring people…hope she learns quickly…

Buzzard Central

Every winter we have Buzzards come into us due to the bad weather… Because the cold snap was late, so were they. But two have arrived in the last few days and more are expected soon… Most people don’t realise that 90% of a Buzzards diet is earthworms…and frozen ground means no worms… the birds slowly starve and even now that the ice has gone, many are too weak to fly properly…. The wonderful looking girl is Gertrude… she was foragimng by a main road and was struck by a car… She was rescued by passing Firemen and we are now treating her for serious concussion….even so, as you can see she is one fiesty lady…….

And this young chap is Leighton, ( my most sincere apologises for the pun, I blame Sarah, one of our volunteer rescuers for the awful name choice) He came in having been grounded, but he also has strange ligature cuts on both legs…… His progress will be slow, but he has a very healthy appetite.

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Cedric’s Crash Landing

This fine young chap is Cedric… last night he flew into power cables and crashed to the ground. He has suffered only minor injuries, including a small crack in his beak… This has been repaired by the vets and after he has recovered from the stress of his ordeal we fully expect him to be released safely as soon as possible.

Little Hoggies, still they come.

The warmish Autumn has been a life saver for huge numbers of hedgehogs… Every year we over winter baby hoggies, but this year many more have been found than previously. Last year we had freezing temperatures and snow on the ground by now and thousands died… this year young Millicent here has joined others taking advantage of the DWR Hoggie Hotel