Trevor’s Wildlife Week; WRAS’s Monthly Casualty Up-date.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) is committed to continuing to help our wildlife as much as possible during the current Coronavirus situation. However, along with everyone...
It’s a dog’s life.
Ann Evans is feeling fortunate that she adopted her rescue dog before the Coronavirus outbreak, when life was normal. It’s isn’t just people who are having to...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week. Sparrowhawk inside St Mildred Church Tenterden.
VIDEO: With Logo: Without Logo: A sparrowhawk became trapped inside a church in Tenterden this morning after chasing a pigeon inside for lunch. Chris Brown was in...
Coping With Coronavirus 6. Feed the Animals!
Sadly, many of the victims of Coronavirus will be the pets. A lot of people have large energetic dogs that need plenty of food and exercise. Animal food...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week. Poorly Fox Cubs Rescued in Eastbourne.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) has had its first fox cubs of 2020 admitted into care. WRAS received a call from a gentleman in Upperton Gardens...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 25 Cameroon: Open Enclosure
The vast, secretive Equatorial forests are home to an eclectic family of animals. Antelope, elephants, buffalo, pangolin, bongo, drill, numerous species of monkeys and abundant birdlife. An aged eco-system...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week WRAS’s Rescue Report – February 2020.
February despite having an extra day in it this year has so far been quieter than normal. The figures for January have been calculated and we dealt with 136...
Charles Rennie Mackintosh house to be extended.
Photos courtesy of 78 Derngate and Rob Tysall Changes coming to the famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh house, 78 Derngate, Ann Evans reports. Following on from...
Motor Shows Galore at Gaydon
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall and the British Motor Museum If the motoring enthusiast of the family is planning ahead, Ann Evans has a host of events not to...
No wise Men in the Workhouse
by Harry Pope Eastbourne had a workhouse, and there is an online census of 1881. This includes everyone who lived there, with their occupations. One person is listed as...
Lyn’s Favourite Article of 2019. Trafalgar Square; London’s National Heritage Grade 1 Square.
I love exploring in London. I choose an area, then I just walk. This is my article about Trafalgar Square and the area around it from earlier this year....
Top ‘marques’ to Mission Motorsport for support of veterans
IAIN ROBERTSON It never ceases to be heart-warming, when announcements are made in favour of our nation’s Armed Forces, writes Iain Robertson, and none more so than when a...
Looking Forward to Crufts 2020
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. Every dog lover has heard of Crufts, but The Kennel Club’s work goes way beyond the famous show, as Ann Evans...
A TIMELY REMINDER FROM DOGS TRUST
Photographs courtesy of Dogs Trust Christmas is coming, and Ann Evans joins Dogs Trust in reminding everyone that a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. With Christmas...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week; Eastbourne Oiled Swans Released.
Release Video: Original Rescue & Cleaning Video: The four oiled swans which were rescued a month ago in the Crumbles and Horsey Sewers at Eastbourne, have...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week; Difficult Duck Rescue at Pells Pond Lewes.
Rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) and the RSPCA were jointly involved in a rescue mission to catch a male mallard duck at the Pells...
Harry’s Ramblings; Sussex on Fire
We have all been to bonfire displays over the years, but the county of Sussex has a strange phenomenon – Bonfire Societies. They do spread a little into neighbouring...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week. Rescuers Battle to catch Fox at 200 year old Martello Tower
RESCUE & RELEASE VIDEO: Rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) were called to help rescue a fox which had fallen into the...
Don’t dump oil down drains.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service were called out on the morning of Saturday 28th September to a pair of swans covered in waste engine oil swimming in...
Two more badly oiled swans rescued in Eastbourne.
RESCUE FOOTAGE: Footage contains: Rescue of one of the swans by Leeds Avenue. Footage of Trevor speaking to the Environment Agency at Birch Road by the pollution. Footage of...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week
Do you fancy learning the basic principles of Wildlife First Aid and Rescue? Do you want to find out how you can better help when you find a wildlife...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week
RESCUE & RELEASE VIDEO: Logoed Version: Rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) were called at 11am on 9th September 2019 to a badger...
COVENTRY’S LADY GODIVA The City of Coventry is famous for many things, Ann Evans tell the story of its most famous woman – Lady Godiva.
A visit to Coventry would not be complete without discovering the city’s most famous woman from history, Lady Godiva. A bronze statue in her honour stands...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week
Care Staff at East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) are asking members of the public who find poorly wild birds with ticks on them to seek urgent...
Mumbai Memoir- ‘Cat walk’ 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 use to fight on...
Malta Diary The world plays the fiddle as the Mediterranean burns and Malta remains in the eye of the raging inferno
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: How magnificent and magnanimous of millionaire actor Richard Gere to condescend to pay a visit...
A Place to Stay. Hadlow Tower, a Wonderful Place for a Weekend!
Hadlow Tower, in Hadlow village, near Tonbridge in Kent, known as May’s Folly, is a Grade 1 listed building and it is up for sale for £2 million, you...
Mumbai Memoir 108- With ‘Kind’ Regards from Mumbai!
Living in a city like Mumbai is not a cake walk. Though the city has huge potentials to upgrade materialistically, but when it comes to rejuvenating one’s spirit,...
Harry’s Ramblings; Jimmy Greaves stole my magazine
Some years ago, a pal of mine called Stewart was going to a charity lunch in Brighton. He was quite excited, because there were going to be quite...
DREAM NIGHT AT THE ZOO
Ann Evans reports on a special evening in Stratford-upon-Avon for some very special children. The Stratford Butterfly Farm hosted its second successful Dream Night at the Zoo...
Holland Park, Leisure & Pleasure hidden in the Heart of London.
London must be one of the greenest cities in the world. There are parks and gardens everywhere, if you know where to look! Sometimes you get a nice surprise...
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Photos courtesy of BBC Gardeners World and Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. Ann Evans is all set for the BBC Gardeners World Live and the BBC Good Food...
Mumbai Memoir- Chasing the Stray Canines of Mumbai!
A classic popular Bollywood song ‘Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan’ from the Hindi movie , expresses the ups and downs of living in Mumbai. Here’s the link to the...
Midlands Air Festival
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. The Midlands Air Festival returned to Arbury Hall and Ann Evans went along to enjoy the action. Crowds descended...
HALF TERM HOLIDAY FUN
It’s half term week and Ann Evans has a few suggestions of how to keep the family happy. Pirate Adventures at Hatton If...
Medieval Michelham Priory
I recently visited Michelham Priory, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. I discovered it many years ago on a school trip, and I fell in love with it as I was...
EASTER FAMILY FUN
Looking for somewhere to take the family over the Easter holiday? Ann Evans has some suggestions. If you’re looking for family activities this Easter, then the...
The National Garden Scheme helps even more charities
This is a perfect way of raising money for charity says Ann Evans. The NGS have around 3,500 beautiful private gardens throughout England and...
The marvellous work of our canine charities
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Ann Evans provides a snapshot of some of the incredible animal charities who attended Crufts. There are so...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 7th March 2019
We had a handsome little toad come into care in January which had a nasty wound on its back. It was treated very carefully in our first aid room...