Over the Bank Holiday weekend, East Sussex Wildlife Rescue assisted over 185 animals.
East Sussex WRAS has helped over 185 creatures. Including 4 incidents in Uckfield, 22 in Eastbourne, 14 in Brighton, 9 in Hove, 4 in Haywards Heath, 4 in Ringmer, 4 in Seaford, 3 in Hailsham, 3 in Lewes, 3 in Polegate, 3 in Shoreham, 2 in Hastings, 2 in Nutley, 2 in Pevensey Bay, as well as Bexhill, Camber, East Grinstead, Fletching, Glynde, Halland, Hampden Park, Herstmonceux, Heathfield, Horsted Keynes, Kemp Town, Ninfield, Woodingdean and Worthing. Some of which were referred to more local groups but still included admitting them into WRAS’s care.
81 ducks, 32 pigeons, 26 gulls, 6 foxes, 4 fallow deer, 4 hedgehogs, 3 Collared doves, as well as crows, Kestrels, Starlings, Blackbirds, Goldfinches, Herons, House Martins, Rabbits, Sparrows and a Wren were all helped.
On Sunday, more than 80 ducks were spotted wandering across a road in Uckfield and were guided to a nearby pond for their safety.
East Sussex WRAS sent an ambulance to the scene for safety reasons and rescuers joined local residents in helping to move the ducks through the housing estate and to the safety of a local pond.
“The ducks are clearly not wild, and have been breed somewhere, and either escaped or been dumped” said WRAS Founder Trevor Weeks MBE.
Rescuers gently encouraged the ducks along Teelings Drive down to a pond on the edge of the estate.
“The ducks were reluctant to go anywhere as they clearly didn’t now where they were or what direction to go in. Our priority was to get them somewhere safe and to ensure they were not a road hazard” added Trevor, “this is certainly an unusual situation, but not the first time. Sussex Police called for our assistance a few years ago for over 200 ducks on the A21 at Hurst Green. These are thought to have escaped from a rearing enclosure.”
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