Rae Gellel
GWN Christmas party and fundraiser
A huge thank you to everyone who came to the Greenwich Wildlife Network party and fundraiser last night! The turn out was a bit thinner...
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Rae Gellel
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Charity Bank Account
After a long and sometimes frustrating application process, we finally have a charity bank account! This is a big milestone for us, as...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Soft release aviaries for 2022
While I've been away, volunteers Darren and Fran have been working hard constructing our soft release aviaries which arrived at long...
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Rae Gellel
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Why You Shouldn't Put An Animal "Out of Its Misery"
We can't believe we have to say this but: please do not attempt to euthanise animals yourself. Many times when our volunteers are tagged...
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Rae Gellel
May 28, 20211 min read
"Troublesome Trevor" Safely Relocated by Volunteers
"Troublesome Trevor" was spotted outside Morrison's Supermarket looking a bit sorry for himself yesterday evening. Trevor the swan has...
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Rae Gellel
May 28, 20213 min read
Animals are Being Maimed & Killed with Impunity at our Local Parks
We are so tired of receiving reports of animals, particularly waterbirds, being shot with slingshots, air rifles and other weapons by...
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Rae Gellel
May 20, 20214 min read
Teamwork & Persistence Lead to the Successful Rescue of Injured Goose - Despite Dangerous Location
On Tuesday, we received a report of a Canada Goose with a suspected broken wing at the historic Broadwater canal in Thamesmead, SE28....
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Rae Gellel
May 13, 20212 min read
Dramatic Pigeon Rescue in SE2
Today, GWN volunteers Dave and Conchi responded to a report of a pigeon tangled in netting on the balcony of a flat in SE2. Based on...
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Rae Gellel
May 13, 20212 min read
Appeal for Information - Animal Cruelty Incident at Woolwich Dockyard
On the morning of the 8th, two local wildlife rescue volunteers, Dave and Kate, responded to a report of an injured fox on Brewhouse Road
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Rae Gellel
May 12, 20212 min read
Why I Created the Greenwich Wildlife Network
On September 27th 2018, Rae Gellel, a founding member of the Greenwich Wildlife Network, published the following on a newly created Facebook
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Rae Gellel
Mar 28, 20211 min read
Pigeon Cull in Kidbrooke Village Cancelled!
Excellent news - the mass pigeon killing that was due to begin today at Kidbrooke Park Village has been suspended following public...
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Rae Gellel
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Pigeons to be Shot & Killed in SE3
Residents of Kidbrooke Village, SE3 have recently been informed of a planned pigeon cull in their neighbourhood. The program of 'daily...
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Rae Gellel
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Merry Christmas from the Greenwich Wildlife Network!
Merry Christmas everyone! I know tomorrow won’t be the day that many people in the group had hoped for, it won’t be for me and for many...
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Rae Gellel
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Swan's Thameside Home Given a Makeover by Volunteers
During our recent litter picking sessions at the lakes in Woolwich, we twice noticed this swan living on a particularly litter-strewn...
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Rae Gellel
Oct 16, 20202 min read
Second Major Clean Up of Polluted Lake at Woolwich Dockyard
An absolutely amazing turn out for the clean up of the second lake at King Henry's Docks in Woolwich today, with some volunteers coming from
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Rae Gellel
Oct 9, 20202 min read
Twenty Bags of Litter and Countless Dead Fish Cleared Away from Woolwich Dockyard Lake
Volunteers from the Greenwich Wildlife Network and The Royal Arsenal 5k Clean up removed approximately twenty bags of litter from the lakes
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Rae Gellel
Sep 16, 20201 min read
We Did It! Anti-Bird Netting Removed at SE18 Kirkham Street Flats
Our campaign worked! Today they removed the anti-bird netting on a housing block in Kirkham Street, SE18 that was etangling pigeons, as a...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 13, 20202 min read
Pigeons Subjected to a Slow & Painful Death in SE18
It came to the attention of a volunteer today that pigeons are regularly becoming entangled and slowly dying in anti-pigeon netting on a...
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