The Hawk Conservancy Trust - Hospital Update

We still have two park birds with us receiving treatment.

Avon the Barn Owl with an ear infection. She is doing very well and is much better and we are hopeful that she will return to her aviary soon.
The other one is Jessie, a Black Kite with a foot infection.

Twenty three wild birds have been bought into us. Unfortunately most were either very unwell or had suffered serious accidents and mishaps. They were :-

Buzzard being prepared for release

Two Sparrow Hawks, one with a pelvis/spinal injury and the other with a Frounce infection. Both had to be euthanased.
Barn Owl

We saw five very sick or injured Barn Owls. Three had serious fractures, one arrived dead, and the other one was very thin and covered in lots of ticks and flies. Unfortunately none of them survived.
Two Kestrels came into us, one covered in ticks which died soon after arrival and the other one had to be euthanased following an accident causing an open wing fracture.
One Little Owl was forwarded to us from Ceders Vet which had a wing fracture which could not be repaired and was euthanased to avoid it suffering further.
A bird we do not see many of each year is the Hobby. This month we have treated three. One had a wing fracture, another had no leg or foot movement. These were euthanased. The third one, found nearby at Chute, was very thin and reluctant to get off of the ground on arrival. It is receiving treatment - good food and lots of TLC. It will stay under the care of the hospital during the winter as the wild Hobbies have now migrated and if it was released now it would be unlikely to survive. It will be released in the spring when the Hobbies return from migration.
We had to euthanase a Red Kite which had been hit by a car causing a pelvic injury and bleeding from the mouth. Attempts were made to treat it but these were not successful.
Four Tawny Owls were seen with various serious fractures or head trauma. Three were euthanased by our vet and one in the hospital.
Several Buzzards have been bought to the hospital, most of them seriously injured. Many had bad fractures and had to be euthanased. One had been hit by a car and one was also very thin. Another Buzzard was very thin on admission, but began to eat well, gained weight and was successfully released back into the wild.

We have also had some other wild visitors on the premises of the hospital during the summer months. This has been a family of Swallows who raised two broods. They made their nest in the viewing area of the rehabilitation aviary next to the hospital.

Swallow nest in the rehabilitation aviary viewing area

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Hospital Update - September 2009

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