Trevor’s Wildlife Week for the 11th October
Rescuers were called out to a trapped fox in North Street Brighton last week. It had fallen into a basement area of a block of flats. Rescuers cornered the...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 4th October.
We are getting a few calls from people worried about whether hedgehogs are to small to hibernate. It is a little early to be worrying but over the next...
Mercedes’ Marvellous Mondays; Walk for Bowel Cancer
Facebook- Twitter – @MercedesPrunty In 2013 it was a very sad time for us in the Prunty household as we lost someone very special to us, my...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 27th September 2018
Trainee Rescuer Nathan attended a brown long eared bat at the Sussex National Golf Course near Uckfield at the weekend. The bat was clinging to the walk close to...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 6th September 2018.
Poor Chris is in the wars again. He has been so run down this summer with it being so busy that he has been quite ill recently. He has...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 30th August 2018
Poorly Canada Goose on the bank of the River Cuckmere There are certain calls that you receive that when you hear the scenario your heart drops and last week...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week for 16th August 2018
Rescuing baby deer from Burwash and Hadlow Down A stunning melanistic young fallow deer was delivered to our Casualty Centre from Burwash at the weekend. The poor creature was...
Trevor’s Week for 9th August 2018.
What an eventful week at WRAS! Although the number of rescues has dropped as it always does around the beginning of August the types of calls have become more...
Trevor’s Wildlife Week: 2nd August 2018
We are still getting quite a few baby or young wild animals and bird coming into care meaning our wildlife rescue centre is bursting with casualties at the moment. ...
MALTA DIARY: Christian worship in Malta, St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral
Prince Charles in Malta last year made a substantial donation to Cathedral’s restoration fund. ALBERT FENECH Email – Facebook: My Blog: Two decades...
Trevor’s Week for 26th July 2018.
I’m pleased to say Chris is recovering from his 100km race and back into the wing of things again, giving me a much needed break from the out...
Trevor’s week for 19th July
What an exhausting week. The phone has been ringing non-stop from early morning till well past midnight and into the early hours again. I so hope it quietens down...
Hedgehog Rescue
RESCUE VIDEO: A hedgehog found himself in a hole lot of bother yesterday (Monday 2nd July) after falling into a pipe close to the junction of Mill Road...
Trevor’s Week for 28th June 2018
We have on old friend come to see us this week. Summer the hedgehog is now at least 4 years old. We first met her on 16th July 2014...
Trevor’s Week for 21st June 2018
My colleague Chris is going to be undertaking one of the toughest 100 kilometre non-stop runs in the country to raise money for WRAS. The race will take place...
KYNREN – The ultimate outdoor community event
IAIN ROBERTSON Spectacular, splendiferous and stupendous, a show for all the family to enjoy and thrill to, states Iain Robertson, an ‘Epic Tale of England’ has commenced its third...
Trevor’s Week for 14th June 2018
As mentioned in last week column, just over a week ago a little cub was admitted from Marine Avenue, Pevesney Bay. Rescuers were called just after 11pm after she...
Trevor’s Week for 7th June 2018
Our orphan team have been hand rearing a baby hippo this week. OK, its not a hippo but actually a baby rabbit, but they do look like baby hippos!...
Trevor’s Week for 31st May 2018
So many wild animals and birds are getting into trouble at the moment. Young birds are starting to fledge and young mammals are starting to explore on their own...
Trevor’s Week for 24th May 2018
We are certainly in our busy season now. The phone is ringing constantly, our staff are getting in between 6 and 9am and frequently not leaving till after midnight....
Trevor’s Week for 17th May 2018
Its been a good week for releases. The mum and ducklings which were roaming around Uckfield Town Centre in danger of getting run over, have now been released back...
Trevor’s Week for 10th May 2018
This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week! If you haven’t been down to our Charity Shop at 192 Terminus Road, Eastbourne by TJ Hughes then its well worth a visit...
Trevor’s Week for 3rd May 2018
Bank Holiday Monday Chris and I are taking part in the Barcombe 10K to raise money for our work with Hedgehogs as its Hedgehog Awareness Weeks from 6th to...
Trevor’s Week for 26th April 2018
We took a call late morning on Sunday reporting an injured pigeon under Eastbourne Pier. Whilst WRAS were on their way the caller rang again to inform us that...
Trevor’s Week for 19th Apr 2018
Spring has definitely sprung this week. The leaves on the trees and bushes have really started to burst into life and at the same time, we are now getting...
Trevor’s Week for 5th April 2018
Easter sees wildlife rescue organisations up and down the country starting to get busier and busier. Hundreds of thousands of casualties will occur this Spring and Summer and be...
Trevor’s Week for 29th March 2018
You can tell Easter is almost here as WRAS welcomes in its first orphan badger and fox cubs. Last week we were called to a badger cub found in...
WHAT A SHOW!
By Ann Evans. Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall Best in Show at Crufts is the highlight of four days of showing, displays, demonstrations, shopping and simply enjoying...
Trevor’s Week for 22nd March 2018
The cold spells over the past month have certainly saved us on food bills for the hedgehogs, with most of the one we are over wintering have all hibernated. ...
Trevor’s Week for 15th March 2018
We were called out to rescue a buzzard after it struck a train between Buxted and Uckfield Railway Stations last week. Whilst walking along carrying out a line inspection...
Trevor’s Week for 1st March 2018
Compared to last week that was quite hectic this week has been much quieter, which is no bad thing with the currently wintery weather. Due to the Met Office’s...
Trevor’s Week for 22nd Feb 2018
This has certainly been our busiest week so far this year. We’ve had four badgers rescued in the past week. The first was asleep in an alleyway at the...
SPRING FAMILY FUN
SPRING FAMILY FUNThe kids will soon be enjoying their half term spring break, so if you’re looking for ideas on places to go and things to do, Ann Evans...
Mumbai Memoir 86- ‘Chasing Tails’ in Maximum City!
Mumbai is dubbed as a ‘city that never sleeps’. While most of its residents are asleep, even at midnight, the city buzzes with ‘maximum activities’. The night life...
Trevor’s Week for the 8th Feb.
At the moment the majority of calls we are receiving are about road casualties. Kathy and I rushed out to a Tawny Owl hit on the road not far...
WAGGY TAILS
By Ann Evans Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, cares for 15,000 unwanted dogs each year. A huge number, but every dog has its own tale...
HUNTING FOR A BARGAIN.
There’s always something interesting going on at the British Motor Museum, and this year sees it hosting four indoor antiques fairs. Ann Evans finds out more. We...
Trevor’s Week for 25th January 2018
There is a lot in the media at the moment about deer and the need for a cull. Despite the number of road casualty deer on the Ashdown Forest...
Hedgehog Highways in Houlton.
Hedgehogs have undergone a dramatic decline across Britain since the millennium. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust are working hard to help these little animals survive and flourish. Ann Evans finds...
Trevor’s Week for 18th Jan 2018
Its been a large animal week here at WRAS, with swans, badgers and foxes all being dealt with. Rescuer Chris Riddington was just leaving for work when I had...