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
Poor Heather, the pony who had her eye removed, developed an infection... We have been keeping it clean and the vets put her back on antibiotics. Because she keeps banging her face as she hasn't quite adapted yet to losing one eye, we invested in an Equivisor for her. It's perfect and means if she does bump into anything she won't cause herself more harm
British hedgehog now officially classified as vulnerable to extinction
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk
The inclusion, today, of the hedgehog in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’sWe received a call today from a lovely lady who had found a budgie in her garden and managed to catch and secure her. It made our day to be able to reunite Penny and Paul with Jorgie who started her adventure into the wild on 4th July.