The North East Wildlife & Animal Rescue Centre is the largest wildlife rescue in the north of Scotland. An independent Charity, based just outside Ellon, Aberdeenshire, we take in large numbers of orphaned or injured birds and mammals every year.
One of the several red squirrel we have hand reared
Wildlife rehabilitation: We have many years experience hand-rearing orphan birds, and dealing with orphaned and injured mammals, with the intention to release them back into the wild when they are fit and able.
Since we started in 2006 we have rescued and rehabilitated over 16,000 animals and birds. We have a 24/7 service, offering advice and assistance, and an Animal Ambulance to take us out and about when we are able
For more information, including what we do, where we are, and how to contact us, please visit our about page.
International
Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Winner 2019
We were honoured to be nominated for an IFAW Award, and thrilled to be invited to collect our Award (Wildlife Rescue Centre of the Year) at a ceremony hosted by the Lord Desai at The House of Lords. The Award was presented by Bill Oddie, who we were delighted to have chance for a chat with
IFAW Animal Action Awards 2019
#GIVINGTUESDAY2020
Reflections on Wildlife Rescue (photo by Mike Robertson)
It’s been another busy year for The New Arc. To say it has been challenging is somewhat of an understatement. A worldwide pandemic forced us to close our shop for a substantial time, our main source of income. Fundraising events such as The Kilt Walk had to be cancelled and most challenging of all is that we have had to work with far less staff and volunteers than last year.
Despite this we have managed to take in over 1300 cases of injured and orphaned Wildlife so far this year. We have continued to operate in as normal a way as we can, in providing a 24 hour, 7 days per week service, offering help, advice and assistance day and night. We have continued to improve the facilities at the centre and have now completed the building of our specialist Wildlife Hospital and are only awaiting ‘Building Warrant’ approval.
We are now busy furnishing the Hospital with all the equipment and specialised caging required to cater for the huge variety of Wildlife we have to accommodate at any given moment.
Please help us pass the finishing line and get our Wildlife Hospital open and saving lives.
Paypal are donating £1 for every £10 donated this year please donate tomorrow if you can 🙂
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We've all given up so much this year
but Giving Back makes us feel good.
How can you #GiveBack this
#GivingTuesday
Please support us in #GIVINGTUESDAY tomorrow
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We took in an injured Buzzard last week, which had become impaled in the grill of a car. Mintlaw Police kindly brought the bird over to us for assessment, but sadly he was far too badly injured and was euthanised. However, the poor Buzzard did have a ring on his leg, and we reported the details to the BTO.
Today we received the information that he was rung on 6th June 1996 at Kemnay (making him 24 years old!). Such a sad end but a long life, and no doubt he fathered many chicks to continue his genes
(photo of a previous Buzzard which was released when fit and well)
EDIT : Details from RSPB which is very interesting
Breeding success depends largely on a good food supply and a lack of interference from humans, either illegal or accidental. Human interference causes up to half of nest failures. Three quarters of young buzzards die, mostly from starvation, before they mature at three years old. Those that reach breeding age have an average life span of around eight years. The oldest wild buzzard known was 25 years 4 months old.