The Wildlife Helpers - Cheshire

The Wildlife Helpers - Cheshire A Non profit Rescue based in Northwich helping wildlife within Cheshire and its surrounding areas.

13/07/2026

We are absolutely delighted this evening to bring the amazing news that the missing swan has been found and the family are home safe & sound and reunited once again!! 🥳🥳🥳

After a long tiring 6 days of searching & rescue a huge amount of teamwork between lots of people and the public! Mum known as Bliss, dad known as Myers and their clutch of 5 young cygnets were reunited as a whole this afternoon with a very chaotic release so the video is made up of smaller clips 🥰 thankfully all have come through unharmed and we all hope they have learnt the lesson and will stay away from the weir now!

A huge special thanks to all those involved including Rowan Colclough for his help on rescues & searching, Lisa for her huge efforts searching, those watching out for the missing parents & the swan lady Northwich for passing on sightings.

Without your generous support and donations we couldn’t have done this and the outcome could’ve been very different so we ask if anyone would very kindly please consider supporting us by sharing or donating please we would hugely appreciate it! Sharing posts and interacting as always are free ways to help but Links 🔗 below if you can send a small contribution.

Donations will also help cover the cost of ordering a new swan bag after ours has been ripped sadly during the rescue (photo in comments). And to help cover the costs of searching and the feed/bedding used during the last week.

PayPal - https://paypal.me/TWHcheshire

GoFundMe - https://gofund.me/899a4719c

And bank details are available for the rescue if required if you drop us a message please.

Whew 😰 it’s been a relentless couple of weeks of constant calls and messages for help! Baby season is definitely in full...
17/05/2026

Whew 😰 it’s been a relentless couple of weeks of constant calls and messages for help! Baby season is definitely in full swing now and we won’t get much (likely any) chance to stop and relax now until the autumn, never did we think the rescue would ever become what it has today and it never would without your support so THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts 💕

I realised recently I’ve been absolutely terrible at taking photos to post updates on some of the beautiful birds/animals we’ve helped so I’m trying to make a conscious effort and take more to share their stories more!

First up is this beautiful mum (a female mallard duck) who likes to nest in a local schools fully enclosed quadrant! This year is the third year we’ve attended and caught mum and her ducklings to safely relocate them back to the river where she’s meant to be. It’s no easy feat now she recognises us and instantly avoids capture but thankfully all 7 ducklings and mum were caught safely & quickly.

We relocated the family on the 6th and they are now very happy on the river and we luckily get to see them most days, we will add the video of their release in the comments section as you can’t mix videos & photos annoyingly!

We’ve also worked alongside staff at the portal hotel in Tarporley where a mum unfortunately abandoned her ducklings and so we temporarily are caring for 6 little ones who will be moving soon to another rescue until they are old enough to be released.

Just a quick note to end with we couldn’t keep doing what we do without the support of you all especially the donations to help with the cost of the rescue, so if you can help please consider donating towards rescues like these details on how can be found on the post linked below 👇🏽

https://www.facebook.com/100083115889699/posts/956959663751221/

‼️ Help appeal ‼️It’s that time where we turn to you, our amazing supporters for help 🥺 we really hate having to post as...
03/05/2026

‼️ Help appeal ‼️

It’s that time where we turn to you, our amazing supporters for help 🥺 we really hate having to post asking but we can’t do this alone! We desperately need to get funds up asap so we can cover the continuing costs and outgoings of the rescue especially now baby season has arrived and we’re busier than ever again!!

If you think you could help in anyway it is hugely appreciated the last thing we want is to turn down/away rescues because of funding issues it would break our hearts 💔 we are also looking at urgently purchasing another incubator from Brinsea who make incubator for wildlife and more! Because we are now needing more incubator space than we have currently!! Unfortunately these come with a large cost attached the smallest size being close to £300 and what we ideally need the next up being about £600 so we’re going to save as much as possible to get another soon.

Anyway enough of my waffling (sorry!) if you can help even just by reacting and sharing the post please 🙏🏻 do, if you would like to send some pennies towards the costs or a gift of a physical item the links are added below ⬇️, if you’d like to send a more urgently needed item we are currently running very low on the following Syringes, Kitchen towel and Swan & Duck Feed. (Edited: syringes no longer needed thank you! But chick crumb now on the urgent list!) Incubators are currently also on the list but we don’t expect anyone to purchase outright! But this shows what we save any gift cards towards.

Links 🔗

PayPal donations;
https://paypal.me/TWHcheshire

GoFundMe donations;
https://gofund.me/899a4719c

Amazon Wishlist direct item donations;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2BMVO9KD0G7E8?ref_=wl_share

We also can send the rescues bank details via message if you PM us for them, physical donations are always much appreciated also and puppy pads are one of our most needed items but can be bought cheapest from B&M or Pets at home so we avoid adding these to the Amazon list!

Finally I just want to end the post with another THANK YOU we honestly will never be able to put into words what the support means to us 💗🫶🥰

Please can all our followers local to Knutsford apt surrounding areas read below, our rescue friends at lower moss need ...
12/04/2026

Please can all our followers local to Knutsford apt surrounding areas read below, our rescue friends at lower moss need as many eyes and ears as possible!

Let’s talk pigeons! Scroll past now if you’re not a fan of these incredible beauties. Pigeons are at the heart of the re...
02/04/2026

Let’s talk pigeons! Scroll past now if you’re not a fan of these incredible beauties.

Pigeons are at the heart of the rescue here being a huge part of what we do, we rescue and rear a large number every year. We don’t discriminate between kinds meaning we admit Wild & Domestic/pets and all sub species.

Whilst we know they are often frowned upon and seen as pests by many we have discovered the true side and found out just how incredible these small birds really are! They quickly stole our hearts and we now have a very small flock of mainly stray domestic breeds who call our home theirs too.

Usually we mainly accept babies who have sadly been separated from their nest/parents but we also help adults when we can too usually with mild illnesses or injuries.

In recent weeks we have had an influx of babies again and have been doing our best to help at Chester with the flock during a recent outbreak of canker. We spend a lot on the birds in our care on high quality feeds, hand rearing formula, routine medications, testing, vetinary care & medications. And definitely more!
For wild pigeons the aim is always to release them sadly some have to be put to be sleep when in a very bad way. We release adults back to their flock/home and all our hand-rear babies go to soft release at an amazing rescue.

I’ve added a few pics of some of the beautiful birds we’ve had the chance to care for 🥰😍

Well as usual we’ve pretty rubbish at keeping up with rescue updates! We’re still as busy as ever and with the impending...
30/03/2026

Well as usual we’ve pretty rubbish at keeping up with rescue updates! We’re still as busy as ever and with the impending doom of baby season looming over us I’m not sure how we’re going manage to this year if the sheer numbers of rescues and wildlife needing help continues. But we will persevere as much as we can and help as many birds/animals as always, this may mean we can’t help so many people further afield or attend to all calls so please bare with us!

A small update about recent swan rescues, sadly in the last few months we’ve had multiple calls to swans on the A556/blue bridge three of these were sadly already deceased the fourth swan was luckier and once we arrived they had already been escorted down the path and back to the river,
We had one of our special swans needing yet another rescue! 😂 some swans are just trouble!! He had sprained his leg but after some tlc he was released again and is back on the river causing trouble again.

We had a call to the swan in the last photo with a hook and lure attached caught in the neck, unfortunately multiple attempts to locate her were unsuccessful and then once she was the hook was gone!

We also arrived to check the flock at winsford marina one day recently to find the pile of uneaten bread in the water, firstly thinking it was foam due to the colour we went to quickly remove it when 2 gulls showed interest in packing at it. We were horrified to find it was actually bread that was completely riddled in mould 😩 this is very toxic to the birds and any bread given should never have mould the same with any food given to them we always like to say if it’s not good enough for you to eat it’s not suitable to feed to wildlife either!

Please please never give bread with mould on especially at this state, it can make them extremely poorly and also causes a condition known as pink feather which then compromises a water birds waterproofing.

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