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...
DOGS FOR GOOD
By Ann Evans Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Dogs for Good, formerly knows as Dogs for the Disabled held their annual Fun Day recently at the...
Trevor’s Week for 22nd June 2017
Chris, Kathy and I rushed to Grassington Road, not far from Eastbourne Town Hall in Eastbourne after a male Roe Deer became trapped in a garden. It had jumped...
Trevor’s Week for 15th June 2017
We had two young deer to deal with this week. Duty Rescue Co-ordinator Chris and assisted Deer Rescue’s Chris and Slyvia Collinson in dealing with a young deer in...
Is Sussex becoming less compassionate towards animals?
An animal welfare charity is starting to question whether Sussex is becoming less compassionate towards wildlife after a series of cruelty incidents across the county. Since November 2016...
Trevor’s Week for 8th June 2017
The long nights and lack of sleep have continued. I’m trying my best to recover this week whilst Chris is on call. He too is experiencing numerous late night...
New Veterinary Ambulance Launched
This evening East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) launched it’s latest veterinary ambulance at Decoy Pond, Hampden Park, Eastbourne. The replacement ambulance was funded thanks to...
EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY
By Ann Evans Dogs Trust, founded in 1891 is the largest dogs welfare charity in the UK. In 2016 alone they cared for around 15,300 dogs across their 21...
Trevor’s Week for 26th May 2017
Its certainly been a week of all creatures great and small. We have had our first gull chicks of the season which is now being looked after by...
Warning over prosecution as the “Summer Shooting Seasons” starts.
Wildlife Rescuers are warning people to be on the lookout and to report to Sussex Police people shooting from bedroom windows and across gardens in residential areas as more...
Trevor’s Week for 18th May 2017
WRAS will have a display at Herstmonceux Castle Connections Weekend this Saturday and Sunday open between 11am and 4pm both days. WRAS’s educational trailer, Veterinary Ambulance and Gazebo will...
Trevor’s Week for 11th May 2017
Sleep is in short supply at the moment and I’m relieved that Chris has now taken the out of hours phone on for a couple of weeks. We’ve had...
CANINE HYDROTHERAPY
By Ann Evans Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Swimming is possibly one of the best exercises anyone can take. So water healing – or hydrotherapy is...
Slow Recovery after Horrendous Find in an Eastbourne Bin.
VIDEO: On the Thursday evening (27/4/17) at 6:17pm East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) received a call from residents on the Kings Park Estate reporting...
WRAS appeals for witnesses after act of cruelty.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) are appealing for witness to contact Sussex Police after a horrendous act of deliberate cruelty in Eastbourne on Saturday. Saturday...
Trevor’s Week for 27th April 2017
Our orphan room is starting to fill up now, but we are still in need of volunteers to help feed and look after the 100’s of sick, injured and...
Malta Diary Lost&Found – Lost Innocence, Found Debauchery?
Malta’s Easter period this year could not have been more contrasting – a direct clash between traditions that go back many centuries, and, the here and now...
WENDY’S WEEK Books and computers!
Well for me Easter came and went on a floating mist without me even noticing, and although I promised to tell you more about Rye this week, I hope...
Trevor’s Week for 20th April 2017
We are getting young birds being admitted daily at our Casualty Centre. Some have been turfed out of their nest, others have been caught by predators, and some...
Rescuers Close Call whilst dealing with Badger Road Casualty.
Rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) dealt with an road casualty badger in the early hours of Sunday morning just after midnight on the A22...
Trevor’s Week for 13th April 2017
It been a very busy week with rescuers rushing around all over the county. Our orphan team have more and more baby birds starting to arrive. This little...
Busy Night for Rescuers
Rescuers at East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service have had a busy evening seeing rescuers travelling all over the county in a five hour period between 8pm and...
Trevor’s Week for 6th April 2017
Spring is definitely here and as a result, we are starting to get our youngsters coming into care. We had our first young robin of the season this week....
NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME’S FRESH NEW LOOK.
By Ann Evans Garden photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Spring is well and truly here. Buds are appearing and flowers are already in bloom. After the long...
Trevor’s Week for 30th March 2017
Last week we dealt with an emergency call to a swan covered in blood at Princes Park Eastbourne. Centre Managers Chris Riddington and Katie Nunn Nash rushed down from...
Trevor’s Week for 23rd March 2017
Well, congratulations to Daryl Farmer our volunteer rescuers who has after 96 days at sea finished his solo row across the Atlantic. He arrived in Antigua about 1:30 am...
Sussex Man expected to finish Atlantic Row on Monday.
A Sussex man who has been at sea for over 3 months on his own rowing single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean is expected to finish his 3000-mile journey around...