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
A wonderful donation of £70 received from The McDonald’s, Bancroft’s, Mullen’s, Wallis and Hartnett families donated from the proceeds of a family bingo night via zoom !
Really kind of you all to think of us, thank you so much <3
We are currently trying our best to continue to provide a 24/7 service. Sadly this does not mean we can respond, in person, to every call we receive. In addition to dealing with the current situation, where we are short staffed and asking our volunteers to stay at home and stay safe, we are actually experiencing an increase in the numbers we are taking in this year in comparison to last year.
As a result, we are forced to prioritise between those we must respond to and those which can be safely delivered to us.
Early Friday morning we received a call about a trapped deer in Dyce Aberdeen. When we arrived it did not take long to realise that additional help was needed. The Adult Roe Deer buck had managed to jump the garden fence onto a sloping shed roof and had tumbled down between buildings ending upside down and trapped beneath the lower edge of a very heavy old shed.
Thankfully the Aberdeen Fire Brigade responded quickly.
With a catching loop secured around the deer’s antlers to restrain it the crew managed to remove any sharp nails and objects which could cause further injury and place inflatable bags at both front and back of the trapped deer until enough space was made for us to use the loop to get it upright and lead it out of, what would have been a fatal situation.
Once out, we quickly checked it over and other than a few scratches and scrapes it was deemed fit to be released as soon as it had recovered its balance.
A BIG Thank You to the Fire Crew involved who responded in their typical, professional ‘all in a day’s work’ fashion.
Thank you to Jog Scotland Hatton who raised £80 for us doing a virtual run (no idea how that worked) 🤣😂 but well done all and thanks so much ❤️💕
Well done. Gooseanders/Red breasted Merganser chicks
(bounce bounce bounce bounce haha)
These little bundles of fluff arrived today, all the way from Belladrum. Thanks to Lexi and Calli for getting them safely to us. We know we have a challenge on our hands, but can you guess what they are?