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Big Turn Out for Rescue Techniques Training
What a brilliant turn out for our rescue training session today! A huge thank you to everyone that attended, both existing volunteers and...
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Rae Gellel
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Gull was Minutes from Being Washed Away by the Thames
This afternoon we attended to this waterlogged gull on the foreshore of the Thames with suspected botulism. With the tide rapidly coming...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 29, 20232 min read
We Couldn't Let Arwen Fall Into the Wrong Hands
This tiny little lady is Arwen, an 8-month old unneutered cat who came into the care of the Greenwich Wildlife Network after a volunteer...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20232 min read
In Loving Memory of Laurence Foxon
The Greenwich Wildlife Network Team were greatly saddened to hear of the recent passing of Laurence Foxon, a supporter of the charity, a...
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Rae Gellel
Aug 31, 20231 min read
It's Ours! The GWN's Plans for a Mini Wildlife Rehab Unit in SE18
It’s officially ours! Today we signed the lease and picked up the keys for the space that will become our new mini Wildlife Rehab Unit in...
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Rae Gellel
Aug 21, 20231 min read
We Went Outside Our Catchment Area to Help this Fox with Severe Mange
Although East London has a little bit of coverage by rescue organisations for wildlife, it has almost no rescue coverage for foxes in...
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Rae Gellel
Aug 17, 20232 min read
Stranded Moorhen Chicks Are Reunited with Parents
Every summer we are contacted about moorhens nesting next to the weir at Hall Place in Bexleyheath. Although they insist on nesting in...
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Rae Gellel
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Collapsed Fox in SE18 Rescued
Before we’d even finished our moorhen rescue at Hall Place today we’d received pleas for help with two collapsed foxes in separate...
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Rae Gellel
Jun 20, 20231 min read
Locals & GWN Volunteers Water Young Trees Struggling in Heat Wave
A huge thank you to all the volunteers & local people that came along to our Tree Watering Day on Winn's Common this afternoon. Having...
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Rae Gellel
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Another Day, Another Batch of Ducklings at the Royal Arsenal...
By 9.00 AM today we were back in the lagoon at the Royal Arsenal catching 16 ducklings and their mother. This lagoon had absolutely no...
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Rae Gellel
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Volunteers Dig Out Trapped Swan with Their Bare Hands
An absolutely exhausting rescue today in Thamesmead, when for the second day running, a swan crash landed into a fenced off area which...
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Rae Gellel
Apr 18, 20232 min read
A Double Rescue in the Pouring Rain
We’ve just returned from two consecutive and very sodden rescues in the same area. The first: A mother duck had nested on a roof terrace...
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Rae Gellel
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Spring 2023 Has Arrived - & We're Already Back Rescuing Ducklings at the Royal Arsenal...
Today we had nine separate rescues in a row, and exhausted isn’t the word! The day isn’t even over yet. One of these nine was at our old...
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Rae Gellel
Jan 8, 20234 min read
Do Pigeons Really Spread Disease?
How accurate is the idea that pigeons spread disease?
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Rae Gellel
Dec 23, 20223 min read
End of An Era: Famous Plumstead Peacock Relocated to Sanctuary
It's the end of an era for Plumstead, as our famous wandering peacock is set to start his new life at a sanctuary tomorrow afternoon....
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20221 min read
Ricky the Ticky Magpie is Released!
Goodbye to Ricky the Ticky magpie, released today. He was found by a local Veterinary Care Assistant dragging himself along the ground,...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20222 min read
Cygnets Brought Back from the Brink of Death
An unexpected and at first, very upsetting rescue occurred this evening. Two of our volunteers, Darren and Fran, we're waiting on the...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20222 min read
Two Trapped Birds, Two Very Different Outcomes
Two consecutive rescues this afternoon, one with a positive outcome, one with a pretty heartbreaking outcome. The first was a report of a...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 17, 20222 min read
Another Nine Ducklings Rescued at the Royal Arsenal
Another nine ducklings rescued from the Royal Arsenal complex this evening - from the same ornamental lagoon as the last brood, although...
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Rae Gellel
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Cockerel Found Running Loose on the M20
This stunning chap was discovered running loose on the M20 last night. He was handed into the PDSA Thamesmead's out of hours service, and...
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