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. ...
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...
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 12th April 2018.
So much has happened this past week I don’t know how I am going to fit it all in! We have had our first baby birds come in! The...
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...
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...
Trevor’s Week for 15th Feb 2018
Rescuers Kathy, Chris and I were called out last week just after 9am to a Fallow Buck with an antler entangled in rope. The blue rope has been used...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...