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The damage caused by fireworks

by freshad | Nov 3, 2019 | New Resident Liverpool, This Week in Wildlife

Currently we have around eighty hedgehogs in our wildlife unit. On average, twenty are arriving each week. Goodness knows how we’ll cope if this trend continues!Some are adults who just need a little TLC before being returned to the wild. Several have ringworm...

Dickinson Parker Hill Supports Freshfields in Will Month!

by freshad | Oct 21, 2019 | New Resident Liverpool

Dickinson Parker Hill Solicitors, based on Derby Street in Ormskirk, will once again be carrying out a Charity Will Month during the month of November. Since 2009, the firm has raised over £104,000 for good causes, last year the firm raised money for the Alder Hey...

The nights are drawing in

by freshad | Sep 30, 2019 | This Week in Wildlife

There has been a sudden influx of underweight, juvenile hedgehogs lately, nineteen in one week alone! Given how late in the year it is, these guys will now remain in our care until next spring, as they won’t reach their target weight to successfully hibernate....

Early Autumn

by freshad | Sep 15, 2019 | This Week in Wildlife

We spoke too soon when we said summer was over and that things were calming down. Obviously nobody touched wood! A grebe chick recently arrived, strangely, it was found sitting by a roadside with no sign of it’s mother.Fast on the grebe’s heels came three...

Drifting into Autumn

by freshad | Sep 2, 2019 | This Week in Wildlife

Finally, things are calming down a little around here.The influx of chicks is slowing down, along with hedgehogs. The staff are drawing a collective deep breath and are hoping that lunchtimes are now back on the menu.Our final two shelducks are now enjoying the water...