A fox has been rescued after getting its head stuck in a wheel at Shoreham.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) received the call around 5.30pm on 25th May 2023 and asked volunteers from Brighton & Hove Wildlife Advice & Rescue Service (WARS) if they would attend and help.
A baby tawny owl has been reunited with its mum this lunch time in woods by Roedale Valley Allotments, Brighton.
Dog walkers discovered the owlet on the ground and called East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service. Kelly Elkins and Brent Smith from Brighton & Hove Wildlife Advice and Rescue Service were asked to attend and assess the situation.
A badger had to be rescued from a storm drain under the driveway of Uckfield Rugby Club this morning.
“East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) was called to Uckfield at approximately 9:45am after reports of two dogs having an altercation in the drain with what turned out to be a badger. This is likely what attracted the dogs to go into the drain. We understand that one dog may have suffered injuries because of the badger defending itself and feeling threatened” said Trevor Weeks Operations Director of East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (East Sussex WRAS).
Veterinary Surgeon Job Description.
Sadly our current veterinary surgeon Lourdes Cortes Saez will be returning home to Spain at the end of her contract in September. She has become a vital part of our Care Team helping to improve the standards of care we can provide to sick and injured wildlife.
Wildlife Rescuers had their work cut out this lunch time after a mother duck and ten ducklings decided to walk just under a mile through the streets of Willingdon leading to traffic on the busy A2270 Eastbourne Road having to stop to allow the feathered family to cross safely.
East Sussex WRAS were called out by British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) early evening on Thursday 16th March to a 38.5kg common seal on the eastern end of Bexhill beach.
Local BDMLR medics were concerned about the seal's appearance and movement, so BDMLR's Operation Director Julia Cable attended and quickly realised she would need extra experienced help to catch the seal. She contacted WRAS's Operations Director and BDMLR Medic Trevor Weeks. Trevor attended on site in one of WRAS's technical rescue ambulances and working as a team with everyone from BDMLR, Trevor was able to jump and secure the seal.
A wildlife charity has dealt with just under 5100 casualties in the last 12 months, the second highest number of casualties in the charities 27 year history.
As David Attenborough returns to UK screens highlighting the amazing wildlife around the UK, East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (East Sussex WRAS) is hoping that it will ignite a passion and interest in our local wildlife and to help respect, protect, conserve and help those when found sick, injured, trapped or orphaned.
Turn the sound on to hear the cries of this little baby badger from near Bolney, who has been admitted into East Sussex WRAS care this afternoon by members of the Badger Trust Sussex.
Baby badgers of this age should not be out of their sett, so quite rightly the badger group were contacted and a member sent to investigate more.
East Sussex WRAS would like to express its thanks and appreciation to Raj from East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service for training all our staff and key volunteers from our charity.
The full day training course was well worth the money, very enjoyable, very educational and eye opening at times. It has given our staff a new appreciation for fire safety as well as when and how to tackle a fire safely.
2022 proved to be a very difficult year for the wildlife of East Sussex. With Rogers Wildlife Rescue closed, Bird Flu causing havoc across the county and the blistering hot weather, our wildlife has really had a disastrous year.
Over 90% of our casualties are either directly or indirectly because of human activity.
