Mumbai Memoir 85- Leaving footprints in the bygone year in Mumbai.
Here we are in a brand New Year! The arrival of the New Year brings along fresh hope in every mind. Learning from the mistakes of the past and...
Trevor’s Week for the 11th Jan.
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you have enjoyed the 2017 review over the past few weeks, whilst I’ve taken a break. Christmas and New Year have not been...
Trevor’s Week for 4th Jan 2018.
Kathy had a rather painful rescue in Uckfield in June after I dropped a drain cover on her fingers! We were called out after some young lads could see...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WENDY’S WEEK WHAT A BRILLIANT TIME WE HAD!
Well another conference is over and I am delighted to say it went extremely well. We had a lot of new people this year, and everyone, even the...
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...
WENDY’S WEEK CONFERENCE, NEW BOOK AND TOTAL CHAOS
As I said last week there is never a dull moment in the Hughes household, and this week has been even more chaotic than ever. This weekend, 3-5th...
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...
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...
Live Like a Time Travelling Queen
The National Trust is responsible for more than 300 historic houses and gardens. Visiting a National Trust property holds appeal for people of all generations and it’s easy to...
BEARS ROARING SUCCESS
By Ann Evans Photos Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Birmingham’s Big Sleuth bears raised an amazing £257,300 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, at a Big Sleuth...
Wendy’s Week THE SWEET SUCCESS OF HONEY
I thought last week was chaotic with me tumbling from one day to another, but this week has been even worst! Despite working flat, to arrange...
Mumbai Memoir 81- ‘A day dedicated to Mind Care’!
Imagine if the Earth’s gravitational force being taken away from its surface. If that happens then what will result is chaos and dis-orientation of life on Earth. The same...
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...
VOLUNTEER AWARDS
By Ann Evans. Follow me on Twitter: So many of our favourite tourist attractions could not survive without their enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers. Ann...
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...
WENDY’S WEEK GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND GETTING NOWHERE
What sort of week have you had? Mine has been chaotic to say the least, and I feel I am stuck on a merry-go-round unable to get off...
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...
TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS
By Ann Evans. Follow me on Twitter: Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Local hospital radio station, Anker Radio is raising money to...
Wendy’s Week Steffan’s Adventure in South Africa
For the last few weeks I have been telling you about my mother, who due to becoming blind in 1956, had such a battle to keep us...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
LLANFAIR LINE’S AFRICAN TRAIN TOUR
By Ann Evans Lovers of old steam locos won’t want to miss the opportunity of getting up close to the Hunslet 2-6-2T locomotive No. 85, built in 1954...
Trevor’s Week for 6th July 2017
Every year we take on students surrounding colleges to give them experience in working in a busy wildlife hospital. We are holding a few open days for students this...
Trevor’s Week for 29th June 2017
I have not known a year like this with so many calls coming in constantly through the day and night. You answer one call and by the time you...