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...
Trevor’s Week for 16th March 2017
I finally finished reviewing our Casualty data for the past three years this week. We have had an amazing 43% increase in casualties between 2015 and 2016! That’s over...
Trevor’s Week for 9th March 2017
Monday night I was called out to a very poorly hedgehog found out in the road at North Way Seaford. A lady had found a hedgehog with a circular...
Trevor’s Week for 2nd March 2017
This gorgeous Brent Goose was delivered to WRAS’s Casualty Centre on Monday, after being found on a pathway in Lewes. He is quite underweight and weak, although he still...
LEARNING NATURE’S WAY
By Ann Evans Photos courtesy of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Hundreds of children in Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth will benefit from outdoor learning with Warwickshire...
Trevor’s Week
A swan was admitted from Tanbridge Road Eastbourne on Tuesday night after being found limping, but the swan turns out to be quite old and the limp is more...
Trevor’s Week for Thursday 16th Feb.
A buzzard has been admitted at WRAS after being hit by a vehicle near Uckfield. A kind gentleman stopped and picked up the bird wrapping it in his coat....
Three deer die as a result of out of control dogs.
A walker witnessed a horrific uncontrolled dog attack on a herd of deer near Newick just before 5pm on Wednesday 8th February, resulting in the death of three female...
Trevor’s Week for 9th February 2017
Mother Nature! Will you please sort the weather out and tell your children not to have young at this time of year. We have had yet more young doves...
Swan rescued after flying into Road Bridge.
Veterinary ambulances from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) rushed to Eastbourne this evening after a motorist reported seeing a swan fly into the side of the...
HOME FROM HOME
By Ann Evans We all know dogs are man’s best friend, and if we didn’t already know that having a dog around the home makes us happier and less...
DOGS TRUST – HOW IT ALL BEGAN
By Ann Evans Photos courtesy of Dogs Trust. There are some organisations that we’ve all grown up with, but it always interests me to discover their history and...