The year has been quite busy so far.  We have treated twenty six wild birds and four birds from the park.  As you will see we have seen one or two unusual causes to the injuries.

The staff have treated the following birds:

Eight Buzzards:

• Barn Owl in the recovery aviary

  Peregrine Falcon with a badly swollen wing

  One suffered collision with a vehicle, which was not too serious
• One fell into a slurry pit and required cleaning
• Two had serious wing fractures
• One caught its head between two trees
• One had a wing infection and another was unsteady on its legs
• One was very thin and needed some TLC and regular food.

Five of these birds were released back into the wild after treatment.

Nine Tawny Owls:

• Two with spinal injuries
• Five with wing injuries
• One with a Frounce infection
• One caught in netting

Unfortunately only one of the birds was well enough to be released back into the wild after treatment.

One Kestrel suffered a wing fracture after it was seen fighting with another Kestrel in a garden. This bird was euthanased.

Three Barn Owls:

• One had to be euthanased because of a broken leg
• One arrived dead
• One was in poor condition and very thin. It is still being treated.

One Long Eared Owl was admitted suffering tail damage and other injuries resulting from collision with a car. It was euthanased by our vet.

Two Sparrowhawks were admitted. One died from its injuries soon after arriving in the hospital and the other one had a head injury and is still receiving treatment.

Two Peregrine Falcons arrived. One had a wing fracture and was euthanased by our vet, the second one arrived via our friends at Wiltshire Wildlife with a badly swollen wing.  It is still receiving treatment and responding well.