Trevor’s Week for 2017
Hi All, Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be looking back at 2017 to some of the most memorable rescues. 2017 was yet another busy year for...
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Trevor’s Week
This year has seen been a record breaking year for WRAS. We have dealt attended or admitted over 3000 casualties for the first time, July has been our busiest...
Malta Diary Malta and Gozo – the Coral Islands
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: From an early age I was a habitual bookworm, reading everything that was readable. Road signs, displayed...
Ecology has High Status in Montreuil sur Mer.
The steadfast little town of Montreuil sur Mer is situated just a little south along the coastline from Calais. This settlement has always taken pride in its support of...
Trevor’s Week for 30th Nov 2017
We have had a spate of swan crashing recently, as you may have already read in previous weeks too. We are advising motorists to keep an eye out for...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No 92. November, 2017.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs by Reginald J. Dunkley Facebook: Patricia Newell-Dunkley Artist/Writer Google: Patricia Newell-Dunkley and you will see all past Shelly Beach Snippets. Website: Books available....
The Herrings are Here!
By Lyn Funnell. At last the herrings have arrived on the Hastings coast. They’re several weeks late this year as the weather has been too warm for them. Herring...
Trevor’s Week for 23rd Nov 2017
Congratulations to both WRAS volunteers Kathy Martyn and Daryl Farmer, who attended the BBC Sussex & Surrey Community Heroes Awards on Monday night. Kathy was a finalist in the...
Winter Warmer Appeal By Sussex Animal Charity
A Sussex Charity is gearing itself up for a busy winter after an already busy year taking in sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue...
Trevor’s Week for 9th November 2017
Monday turned out to be a rather busy day with our ambulances dashing around all over the place. The day started with me being woken up about 2am with...
ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH NO.535a WHO ARE THESE “ALIENS”?
For over 20 years, J. Allen Hynek was a scientific consultant for the Air Force on Project Blue Book. His instructions were to study UFO reports and...
B Bakery Halloween Afternoon Tea Bus Tour
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Trevor’s Week for 2nd November.
For the first time this autumn / winter I woke up to a sheet of ice covering the ambulance windscreen. Temperatures are starting to drop to the point that...
Trevor’s Week for Thursday 26th October
We have a very special little creature in care at the moment. An amazing hazel dormouse. Over the last few years we have started to see more and more...
Goodbye Christopher Robin! Winnie The Pooh Country, Hartfield, Sussex.
The new film, Goodbye Christopher Robin, will no doubt make Hartfield an even more popular place to visit than it already is! The film is about the young Christopher...
Trevor’s Week for 19th Oct 2017
Its that time of year when we are starting to admit quite a few road casualties. Last week we rushed to the aid of a badger hit on King...
Trevor’s Week for 12th October.
This buzzard is now in care at WRAS after being found caught up in a wire fence at Crowhurst. Chris from Bexhill Wildlife Rescue attended on site to cut...
FAREWELL TO THE BEARS
By Ann Evans Follow me on Twitter: The Big Sleuth, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity art trail featuring 100 bear sculptures has ended after 10 amazing weeks. Ann...
Trevor’s Week for 5th October 2017.
We’ve had a lovely bat come into care this week from Bushbury Lane, Blackboys, which we think is a Whiskered Bat. They are fascinating creatures. This one managed to...
Trevor’s Week for 21st September 2017
Well rescues have been challenging this week. A very poorly goose had to be rescued at Arlington Reservoir last week. Very hypothermic and dehydrated, the bird was rushed to...
Malta Diary Melos = Melita = Malta = Land of Honey and Busy Bees
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Where did the name ‘Malta’ come from and how did it originate? Historic research has established it...
Trevor’s Week for 14th Sept 2017
Rescue Co-ordinator Chris Riddington received a very strange call this week about an owl sat on a rabbit warren at Chalvington. The bird was spotted in the evening by...
Time to walk on Guernsey Islands! – World Meanderings (n°44)
By Annick Dournes and Frederic de Poligny From Sept 23 to 0ctober 8, Guernsey and its little sisters islands Lihou, Herm, Sark and Alderney, organize their Autumn Walking...
Trevor’s Week for 7th September 2017
Fishing tackle has been a big issue this week. On Sunday we have had three gulls admitted in one day with fishing gear stuck in their feet and beaks....
Secrets from the Sahara; Desert Fish
By : Hatem Dhwibi Facebook : Linkedin : Twitter : Cool Burn Hatem @Hdhwibi There is a sea ship and there is also a desert ship which is the camel. I...
Trevor’s Week for 31st August 2017.
The number of casualties we are dealing with has increased again this year with another record year of figures for WRAS. We have dealt with a minimum of 2055...
FERAL CATS – WHO CARES?
By Ann Evans Follow me on Twitter: Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography We’re a nation of animal lovers yet the problem of feral cats continually grows. Ann...
Trevor’s Week for 24th August 2017
Young Ben Sherlock and his mum Carmen joined the WRAS team last week helping with the feed and clean shift, taking a bat up to Jenny at the Bat...
Mumbai Memoir 79- Meowing at Mumbai’s Cat Café Studio!
Cats had been a part of my life until year 2001. My childhood memories are flooded with me and my brother playing with cats. We used to fight on...
Trevor’s Week for 17th August 2017
A big thank you to the South East Coast Ambulance Service who found a road casualty Tawny Owl on the C7 between Lewes and Newhaven on Monday morning. The...
Trevor’s Week for 10th August 2017
WRAS volunteers and staff had a very busy Saturday to deal, whilst Kathy and I were up early and spent 13 hours preparing and attending the Uckfield...
Injured Seal Rescued on Eastbourne Beach.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) Rescue Coordinator and British Divers Marine Life Rescue Medic Chris Riddington took a call at this morning to reports of...
Trevor’s Week for 3rd August 2017
This year has been an exceptionally busy one for WRAS. We have dealt with over 1843 casualties so far this year and our database is nowhere near up to...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 88 July, 2017.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley. Website: Facebook: Patricia Newell-Dunkley Artist/Writer Greetings from down under where Christmas in July is being celebrated all over the country. Now...
Trevor’s Week for 27th July 2017
This new little hedgehog has joined our orphan room this week after being found out during the day, in Moore lane, Ringmer. We have quite a few like...
Trevor’s Week for 20th July 2017
Rescuer Tony has been across to Bodiam to rescue a grounded and underweight fledgling Buzzard. We hope he will be a quite turn around and back out again. Its...
Trevor’s Week for 13th July 2017
Rescuers Fiona Palmer and Chris Riddington had a very difficult rescue on Monday evening in Claremont Road Seaford. Three floors up a gull had got caught in some...
Secrets From The Sahara. Desert Ship
Anybody else has noticed how long are the days of July ? I feel that these days are so slow and boring and exhausting, well in my city Kébili...