Our Animals

A box of baby mice was abandoned on a shelf in a local pet shop! Of course, as a result we have no history but given the way they were dumped and their colouring, the assumption is that they are either wild mice or semi-wild. Possibly a wild mouse got in with a pet mouse and they were the result. Our friends at Gerbil and Rodent Rescue in Selhurst took the whole family in but struggled to find homes for them so we offered a sanctuary space to a group.

Reggie had been hanging around her finders garden for a few weeks before bad weather finally rendered her unable to fly. There was originally another bird with her but that one disappeared. Although she was wearing a ring, part of the ID number had been melted off to prevent her owner being traced so it looks likely that the birds were deliberately abandoned.

Henry was spotted living in the wild, captured in a humane trap and taken to our vet who asked us to take him in. We're not sure if Henry is an unusually coloured wild rat or is a fancy rat born in the wild but he behaves like a wild rather than a pet rat.

Meg was a regular visitor to the garden of one of our supporters and they found her unable to fly

Forrest was hand-reared by another rescuer who noticed something odd about his behaviour

Bill was admitted to East Sussex WRAS with a broken wing and a twisted beak (hence her full name of CrossBill). While under treatment she developed torticolis - a twisty head - from which she never fully recovered.

Bronts was admitted to East Sussex WRAS in 2016

Banjo was found lost when he was little more than a baby.

We try to prevent our resident pigeons from breeding but Leia and Donnie got one over on us and hatched out little Coop.

Phil was a regular visitor to a garden in Margate. The householders sought help when they noticed he wasn't able to fly but everyone they contacted said they'd put him down if his wing was damaged. We offered to take him in and give him sanctuary if needed.

Charles was stray and had been hanging round a pub in Kenley for months but couldn’t be caught…until someone kicked him!

Fizz was seen struggling to eat with obvious growths in his mouth

Daisy was lost on a race or test flight and was attacked, we think by a bird of prey

Parsley was originally admitted in April 2018 as a baby who was out of his nest a little too soon. We looked after him and released him that June at our soft release site. As usual, we ringed Parsley so we could monitor his progress and ensure he found his way back to us if he ever needed help again. In October 2018, he was affected by a virus which went round the flock at the release site.

Herbert was found injured in Bristol City Centre. It’s believed that he became impaled on some bird control spikes and damaged his wing trying to get free. He has come to us because local vets and rescues would only put him to sleep.

Polly had been hanging around a horse stables for some time and was a welcome and much loved visitor. Horribly, not everyone welcomed her though and some low life shot at her.

Penny was found unable to fly in Penge

Beau was originally taken to East Sussex WRAS with an injured eye. They asked us if we could provide him with a permanent home.

Donnie was found at the side of the road covered in blood

He was found in a park looking unwell

Duke had been visiting the same garden for 8 years! One day they found he wasn’t eating or flying so they took him to East Sussex WRAS. There they didn’t find much wrong with him but suspected he was simply elderly and perhaps a bit arthritic.

Lola was a regular visitor to the garden of one of our frequent pigeon finders who noticed her showing neurological symptoms.

Sapphire got lost during a race and sought refuge at a stables where she survived hoovering up spilled horse food!

When a building which contained nesting pigeons was being redeveloped we were asked to help with any displaced babies. Thankfully there weren’t many and we took delivery of two babies as well as a single egg from a nest which was going to be blocked off. We didn’t expect much to come of it but we decided we might as well put the egg under our broody resident pair, Melvin and Leia, who were already sitting on a plastic egg. About 3 weeks later, to our surprise, the egg hatched and out came little Corki! Check out the updates tab for daily pictures of how she grew.

Joy was found by a fellow pigeon rescuer suffering from a virus. She was passed to us when she developed complications which meant she wasn’t digesting food properly.

Leia was found as a baby by a fellow pigeon rescuer. They hand reared her but, as she grew, she developed a problem with one of her legs.

Hallie was found at the side of the road and her finder initially assumed she was concussed after being hit by a car.

Melvin was found injured and cared for by a nurse at the vet’s he was taken to.

Gambit was found in the middle of a busy dual carriageway having probably been hit by a car.

Arnie had been hanging around in a garden for a couple of weeks unable to fly well.

Galega was passed to us by a fellow pigeon rescuer. It is likely he was attacked by a cat and suffered frankly quite horrific wounds to his wings.