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Claire’s journey began in 2013 when she saw a young bird in the road, she picked it up and asked a passer-by if he knew what it was. He proceeded to take it out of her hand and throw over the Chapel wall. She went home and then straight back with her husband to look for it. Chris crawled under the bushes and found the bird which they then identified as a young swift. They took it home and began googling and ringing around to various Swift charities to find out how to help the little bird. After guidance from the late Judith Wakelam, Claire rehabilitated the little swift and released it back into the wild. Claire has always loved animals and had a passion for helping wildlife. She even rescued and rehabilitated a baby pigeon when she was still at junior school in Essex! Local vets and the RSPB at Lakenheath all know Claire and direct people to her if they can not help. Over lockdown, Claire and her husband Chris, custom built some enclosures in their back garden to ensure that they can offer the best rehabilitation surroundings for any rescued wildlife that comes to them. Unfortunately, due to space and costs Claire is only able to take a limited amount of wildlife. However she is always happy to offer advice and if she cant take the injured bird or mammal she probably knows someone who may be able to. Claire will always do her best for any bird or mammal that is brought to her, sadly sometimes that means euthanasia - but this is a last resort. Claire has created a ‘paypal account' as well as an 'Amazon Wishlist' and a 'gofundme’ page to help with the costs of looking after each type of species. If you have a few pounds to spare please see the links below to donate.

Sorry, the postcode advertised is wrong. It should be IP26 4DH. All spaces inside are full but if you would like a gazeb...
21/10/2026

Sorry, the postcode advertised is wrong. It should be IP26 4DH.

All spaces inside are full but if you would like a gazebo space outside please PM me.

Bee drone brood/larvae. The birds love it and it is good for them but I find it very hard to get hold of. If you have be...
27/09/2026

Bee drone brood/larvae.
The birds love it and it is good for them but I find it very hard to get hold of.
If you have bees and use drone trapping to reduce the amount of Varroa mites in your hive I would really appreciate the bee drone larvae please. If it’s frozen I can then pick out what I need.
If you would like to help but are not sure what needs to be done I can likely put you in touch with someone that could explain it better than I can.
Thank you.

27/09/2026

We are hungry (again)

WARNING: MAY FIND UPSETTING.Another unusual case this year. A swift came in that was severely emaciated. She was about a...
26/09/2026

WARNING: MAY FIND UPSETTING.

Another unusual case this year. A swift came in that was severely emaciated. She was about a week off fledging but only weighed 21g and should have been at least double that weight. Her keel bone was very prominent. However, sadly this was not unusual. I started with all the usual procedures of warmth, fluid and critical care.
A little later I got her out to do another check and give fluid etc. and found that she had developed a prolapse. I was conscious that time was of the essence as I didn’t want the internal tissue to dry out so I had to keep it damp. Finally with a wet cotton bud I gently persuaded it to go back in. The prolapse was possibly caused by her straining to poo but with having not eaten for such a long time there was nothing to come out. The prolapse did stay in but sadly the swift passed away the following day. It was very upsetting to see such a beautiful bird that had obviously been starving for quite some time. I don’t know how long she had been on the ground before being found - possibly a couple of weeks - or perhaps she had sat in her nest waiting for her parents to come back and feed her before eventually venturing out to try and find food herself, but it was a very sad end.
Please, if you ever see a swift on the ground, pick it up, put it in a box and keep it safe whilst you contact a swift rehabber.

26/09/2026

After looking around for a few seconds she started moving around and finally flew off when she almost fell off my hand. See you next year 🤞

Such a beautiful bird and just needed a few days of feeding to be ready.
26/09/2026

Such a beautiful bird and just needed a few days of feeding to be ready.

I had a swallow come in that had small holes in its feathers on its wings. I had not seen this before in all tte years I...
26/09/2026

I had a swallow come in that had small holes in its feathers on its wings. I had not seen this before in all tte years I have been doing rehab. On the rehabber chat I am on tgere were a few suggestions as to what these could be so I did a little searching. I found that new research suggests that these holes are caused by chewing lice.
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18576840/)

If there are a lot of these holes they can make flight feathers less airtight which could affect flight efficiency. Luckily there were no lice still on the bird and after having our little swallow in a flight net for a few days I could see she was doing well.

16/09/2026

Then off he went. Good luck Torpedo Greg ❤️

This is Torpedo Greg. He was found on Lakenheath base after being caught by a cat. His sibling had sadly been killed. At...
16/09/2026

This is Torpedo Greg. He was found on Lakenheath base after being caught by a cat. His sibling had sadly been killed. At first myself and the kind lady who brought him out, didn’t think he would last the night. He was laying on his side and his left foot/leg had been damaged. I warmed him up and then he was given pain relief and put on a course of antibiotics (due to be caught by a cat). He didn’t really make any improvement gir a couple of days but in the third day I found him standing up in his knitted nest. Most of his weight was on his right leg and he was using his left leg as I kind of stump support. As he kept his bad foot bent underneath most of the time, each time I fed him I massaged it and put it back flat to the floor in the right position. (We couldn’t find a way to keep it there). Then one morning he was using it properly snd perching. What a great sight. Once he could eat independently and could fly around in BC a large net enclosure it was time for release.

A swift, some swallows and a housemartin went into the […] one day …. I’m sure you could add your own ending 😆
15/09/2026

A swift, some swallows and a housemartin went into the […] one day …. I’m sure you could add your own ending 😆

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