South Essex Wildlife Hospital

South Essex Wildlife Hospital Dedicated to putting “life” back into the “wild”
veterinary care and rehabilitation for wildlife.

Is this not the most adorable thing you've seen today?! 🥰This tiny little fluffball is a young field vole, and the poor ...
16/06/2026

Is this not the most adorable thing you've seen today?! 🥰

This tiny little fluffball is a young field vole, and the poor little girl needed our help after being uncovered during hedge clearing work. Cold, lethargic and very dehydrated, she clearly had not been doing too well and Alda, one of our vets, quickly set to work bringing her back from the brink. 👏

Luckily, some time in an incubator and a little rehydration solution worked wonders and, after a few days, you'd never know just how unwell she once was!

Now recovering with Alannah, one of our members of staff, she has gone from strength to strength and now seems to 'demand' feeds from the front of her incubator! 🤣

‼️WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT!!‼️This is the damage that litter can do... 😭It took two weeks to successfully trap this lit...
15/06/2026

‼️WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT!!‼️

This is the damage that litter can do... 😭

It took two weeks to successfully trap this little girl... She had managed to get a plastic tie stuck around her chest and, although she was still very mobile, the constant friction had opened a HORRIFIC wound under her armpit 😢

Although the offending tie was quickly removed, fixing a wound this bad [wound photo in comments - we warn you, it's not pretty] was not easy... The tie had cut in deeply and the wound was both dirty and infected. It's taken a lot of work from our vet team to clean everything up and get the healing process started, but we're thrilled to share some good news...

She is healing beautifully ❤

Under Tom's treatment plan, the wound has now healed well enough to be sutured closed and she is now feeling much happier with the world! We still have a way to go (and she will likely always carry the scar), but we can't wait to give this little girl her second chance... 🥰

If you wanted to support our work and give animals like this fox the care they deserve, please donate at https://www.southessexwildlife.org/donate 🤝

Do you know how little 1.4g actually is? It's around the same as a standard paperclip... and is also the same weight as ...
14/06/2026

Do you know how little 1.4g actually is? It's around the same as a standard paperclip... and is also the same weight as this young pipistrelle bat! 😱

It's hard to put across just how small this little guy actually is, but she definitely needed our help after being found under a pair of shoes in a kitchen in Kent!

Uninjured but FAR too small to take care of herself, she was checked over by our vet team before being transferred to Nina - one of our volunteers with a lot of experience rearing bats. These little guys really aren't the easiest to care for but, under Nina's wing, we hope she will come on leaps and bounds before being able to head to the skies once fully grown! ❤

Back to the wild after being hit by a car 🥰This little cub has had a very hectic few days... He was rushed into our care...
13/06/2026

Back to the wild after being hit by a car 🥰

This little cub has had a very hectic few days... He was rushed into our care after being clipped by a car just ten minutes away from the hospital and arrived dazed and confused... With blood in his mouth and bruising to his tongue, the poor boy had definitely taken some force and, initially, we thought he would have to stay with us for the long term 🥺

Boy, how wrong we were!

He responded PERFECTLY to treatment and, in just a few days, was as good as new! He kept passing every test we could throw his way and, after his mum and siblings were sighted in a field close to where he was found, he could be returned to his family to grow as a wild fox should ❤

CAN YOU HELP?! 👏
13/06/2026

CAN YOU HELP?! 👏

PLEASE KEEP DOGS UNDER CONTROL AROUND WILDLIFE! ❤Our 'herd' of fallow deer fawns is growing rather quickly with SEVEN ar...
12/06/2026

PLEASE KEEP DOGS UNDER CONTROL AROUND WILDLIFE! ❤

Our 'herd' of fallow deer fawns is growing rather quickly with SEVEN arriving in the last few days alone! 🫠

Sadly, for two of these new arrivals, the reason they needed our help came down to one thing - dogs. 🐕

One of these fawns was abandoned after an out of control dog chased away her mother but, sadly, the second was left with several wounds after being attacked by a dog directly 😢

Whilst both are now recovering here at the hospital, they won't be the last that need to come into care for this reason. Please make sure that dogs are under control when in wildlife areas - especially during the deer fawn season. You never know what's hiding just out of sight 🥰

There's something quite special about giving a bird back the gift of flight...Without the ability to fly, a bird will ne...
11/06/2026

There's something quite special about giving a bird back the gift of flight...

Without the ability to fly, a bird will never really be a bird... Flight defines them and the freedom of the skies is always where they should be. This poor lesser black-backed gull arrived in our care with a fractured scapula (shoulder blade) and was left unable to take off. 💔

Luckily, no surgery was needed and a little care from our veterinary and animal care teams was all that was needed to get everything fixed properly. Tests, x-rays and examinations can all tell you that a patient is ready to fly again, but finally seeing a patient manage to take off at last is something that never gets old 🥰

It's freedom time for this beautiful boy! 🥰It's been just under a week since Tom rescued this male peregrine falcon from...
10/06/2026

It's freedom time for this beautiful boy! 🥰

It's been just under a week since Tom rescued this male peregrine falcon from a roof garden on the 75th floor of a London skyscraper and, recently, we were able to give him the very best gift we could... FREEDOM! ❤️

With only a few minor abrasions to his wings from trying to 'escape' through the glass windows, he has made a quick recovery and we're delighted to see him finally flying free! As the world's fastest bird, this was definitely not the easiest thing to catch on camera 😂

Best of luck little man! We hope you can find yourself a territory soon!

This spiky little trio were found just in time! 🦔🦔🦔Heartbreakingly, they were found cuddled up to their dead mum... With...
09/06/2026

This spiky little trio were found just in time! 🦔🦔🦔

Heartbreakingly, they were found cuddled up to their dead mum... With fly strike already present on her, who knows how long it would have been before the worst happened... 💔

Luckily, after a vet check to make sure all was ok, they were transferred to the safe hands of hedgehog orphan feeder, Sally who will care for them until they are weaned and able to care for themselves. 🥰

With baby hedgehog season now upon us, an already VERY busy season is about to get a whole lot busier! 🤯

Our first fallow deer fawn of the year was stolen 😣😣No, we're not making it up or trying to clickbait you - this poor bo...
08/06/2026

Our first fallow deer fawn of the year was stolen 😣😣

No, we're not making it up or trying to clickbait you - this poor boy was literally stolen from his mum! 😭

A few days ago, the Harold Hill Deer Aid received a call from a member of the public who had picked him up thinking he was abandoned. Sadly, he had already been taken back to the callers house and there was no way he could be safely returned to his mum 💔

He was quickly picked up by the HHDA team and transferred into our care, but he is one of many fawns that simply don't need our help. Fallow deer females will leave their youngster alone for extended periods and a fawn on its own is not always in need of help!

If you do come across a young deer and are worried, please contact your local wildlife rescue BEFORE intervening. No-one wants to break up a family like this! 🥺

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