Kildare Wildlife Rescue

Kildare Wildlife Rescue Kildare Wildlife Rescue (KWR) is a registered charity for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.

KWR operate a Wildlife Hospital & Rehabiliation Centre in Kildare Town.

Join us for our Annual Pub Quiz supportingKildare Wildlife Rescue! It's a night of trivia, fun, and prizes, all to suppo...
05/09/2026

Join us for our Annual Pub Quiz supporting
Kildare Wildlife Rescue! It's a night of trivia, fun, and prizes, all to support Irish wildlife!

Gather your team of maximum 4 people, and join us for an exciting evening of brain teasers and friendly competition, with proceeds going towards the rescue, care, and rehabilitation of willdife in need. By taking part, you'll help us protect Ireland's wildlife and ensure a better future for them.

Come along, make a difference, and enjoy a fantastic night with friends, all for a great cause! Help us help Wildlife!

Quiz will start at 8pm sharp!

Tickets through eventbrite, Link in Bio!

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/pub-quiz-for-kildare-wildlife-rescue-tickets-1999526257863

The KWR Helpdesk team got an email on Monday from a very worried lady in Dublin 15 who had found a snake in her compost ...
03/09/2026

The KWR Helpdesk team got an email on Monday from a very worried lady in Dublin 15 who had found a snake in her compost bin and needed help!

One of our local Helpdesk team who also runs a small animal boarding service headed out to collect them to find him boxed up and cozy in her greenhouse. It seems that he had been found a couple of days earlier and the lovely couple who had found him had already spent the past couple of days calling around to all the local services they could think of looking for assistance, to no avail sadly!

This little one is settled into foster with Kim, has received rehydration and electrolytes, is cozy, active and bright.

They have settled into foster well and nobody has come forward for them yet. We have some excellent contacts who should be able to help with rehoming, though so far the humans in his new digs have taken a real shine to this new, inquisitive little lodger! 😍🐍

This juvenile Little Egret (26-3430) was brought into care after falling from its nest in late July.They suffered minor ...
01/09/2026

This juvenile Little Egret (26-3430) was brought into care after falling from its nest in late July.

They suffered minor soft tissue injuries in the fall that were treated by our wildlife vet.

After some intensive care, the Little Egret was washed by our oiled wildlife team to remove any fish oils that got on their feathers during the indoor period of their rehabilitation process. They have now been moved into one of our outdoor wading bird enclosures.

After observation with one of our Nature Spy Trail Cameras, we are happy to report the Little Egret is now flying well and feeding themselves and they will soon be ready to return to the wild.

Thank you everyone who joined us for National Heritage Week as we explored this years theme "Heritage at Risk."We had a ...
27/08/2026

Thank you everyone who joined us for National Heritage Week as we explored this years theme "Heritage at Risk."

We had a full week of events highlighting the Native Species we love and why it is so important to protect and conserve our Natural Heritage with two in-person talks about "Ireland's Unique Species." We also spent time reflecting on the ones we have lost in our online Wildlife Couch episode "Ireland's Lost Species." The Wildlife Couch talk is now available to our Patreon members.

We want to thank The Heritage Council for sponsoring these free events, and everyone who attended.

The Heritage Council
National Heritage Week

We are delighted to welcome our first international speaker for this year, Lawrie Brailey.Lawrie works with South Essex ...
27/08/2026

We are delighted to welcome our first international speaker for this year, Lawrie Brailey.

Lawrie works with South Essex Wildlife Hospital and is a wealth of knowledge on wildlife rescue having previously worked with the late great Simon Cowell from Wildlife Aid in the UK. His talk "Reunions, Renesting and Relief" is explained in his own words below:

What’s better than getting a patient back home to learn those vital life skills directly from their parents?

Wildlife rescues worldwide are flooded with orphaned animals during the summer months but, as we all know, some of those don’t really need our help… lost fox cubs, juvenile owls blown out of trees and situations where members of the public have intervened a little too soon are things many of you will recognise, but this doesn’t mean they have to be forced into rehabilitation – especially when we are all rushed off our feet as it is!

Reunions and renesting are a vital part of the wildlife rescue toolkit, but there’s not too much information around how to do it successfully. In this session (with a particular focus on fox cubs and renesting birds of prey), we will discuss when a reunion is possible, what’s needed to make it all work and some of the odd quirks of the wild world!

Join is for this talk and many others at our Biodiversity Conference, Link in Bio:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/kildare-biodiversity-conference-2026-tickets-1996629454446

Hoglet admissions have been keeping us busy this summer and some of the young ones are starting their prerelease journey...
27/08/2026

Hoglet admissions have been keeping us busy this summer and some of the young ones are starting their prerelease journey in our purpose built outdoor hedgehog runs!

Hedgehogs, and all wildlife, have had a tough summer. With the lack of rain, water has become hard to access causing dehydration of mother hedgehogs. The lack of rain has also caused the ground to dry up and the invertebrates hedgehogs rely on for food to become scarce.

These combined factors have led to a steep increase in admissions of abandoned and struggling young hoglets.

Volunteers have been working overtime making sure these spikey patients are being fed and cleaned every few hours, and we are delighted to see groups of them moving into our outdoor runs where they are acclimatising to the weather, foraging and natural nesting materials before their return to the wild!

You can help hedgehogs by leaving out shallow dishes of fresh water overnight, leaving scrubby areas for them to take shelter in and checking for nests before proceeding with any garden works. The National Hedge Cutting Ban will come to an end on September first, but hedgehogs have late litters, so it is important to always check hedges before cutting. If you find a small hedgehog on its own, or have accidentally disturbed a nest, take a short video and send it to your local wildlife rehabilitator for advice!

Can you help us stock our shelves? We are in urgent need of wet cat and dog food in jelly, and meat flavoured cat nuts....
26/08/2026

Can you help us stock our shelves? We are in urgent need of wet cat and dog food in jelly, and meat flavoured cat nuts. We are currently caring for nearly 700 hungry patients. Donations can be dropped to the centre at R51 X338 or donations accepted through idonate

https://www.idonate.ie/cause/KildareWildlifeRescue

Thank you!

We wouldn't blame you if you struggled to identify this animal. This poorly looking creature is a fox cub (26-4564) that...
26/08/2026

We wouldn't blame you if you struggled to identify this animal. This poorly looking creature is a fox cub (26-4564) that is suffering from a serious case of mange. We can only imagine the suffering they were going through before a kind member of public spotted them and contacted our Help Desk for rescue. As the fox was still mobile, responder Jamie set to organising a trapping schedule with the member of public to get this fox the care it urgently needed.

Mange is a skin condition caused by small mites getting under the skin. The mite infestation causes itching and fur loss, combined the two cause terrible scabs to form on the body where the skin that should be protected by fur gets scratched. Animals are also more prone to hypothermia as they lose out on the insulation properties of their fur. Thankfully, the condition can be managed and this fox is now doing well in our isolation unit for monitoring as the sores begin to heal and their fur grows back.

You can support this fox on its journey back to the wild by becoming a Patron. Patreon memberships provide valuable funding that are used help purchase specialised medications for wildlife in need.

www.patreon.com/kwr
Link in Bio

Or by donating directly. Details in stories!

Did you know otters can breed all year round?Typically this time of year we would be hoping to wind up what we know as "...
25/08/2026

Did you know otters can breed all year round?

Typically this time of year we would be hoping to wind up what we know as "orphan season" with expected late litters of hedgehogs arriving but for the most part everything starting to quiet down.

The otters this year have different plans for us. This is the third orphaned otter we have admitted in August (26-4813) from Galway. We were contacted by the finder after NPWS recommended our facility to care for the orphaned cub. Thankfully, a relay was arranged by the incredible team at Galway & Claddagh Swan Rescue with the finder to get this cub the urgent care he needed at our centre.

Part of the reasons otters can breed all year is they have a steady supply of food all year long. They do not depend on the wealth of new life the spring and summer carry to provide for their young and in Ireland the waters they call home rarely would freeze over so they can raise their young through the winter without experiencing hardship.

You can help support this cub, and others we have in care by becoming a Patreon member, link in bio, or by direct donation, swipe for info.

Kate Maher has attended the conference since the beginning and this year we are welcoming her to speak on day one with h...
25/08/2026

Kate Maher has attended the conference since the beginning and this year we are welcoming her to speak on day one with her talk titled - "Rewilding Our Youth"

Kate is the founder and lead practitioner at Dúlra. With over twenty years' experience in education, she has worked across a wide range of settings in Ireland and internationally. She is a qualified primary school teacher, a founding member of the Chartered College of Teaching, and holds an Honours Bachelor's degree in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design.

Young people today are spending less time outdoors than previous generations, while many schools and communities are seeking meaningful ways to engage them with biodiversity, sustainability and wellbeing. Rewilding Our Youth explores how nature-based education can help address these challenges through regular, hands-on experiences in local woodland environments. Drawing on learning from the Wild Horizons programme, this session will examine how direct engagement with nature can foster ecological awareness, practical skills, confidence, resilience and a sense of belonging.Through activities such as species identification, biodiversity surveys, foraging, woodland crafts, habitat exploration and conservation projects, young people move beyond learning about nature to learning within nature. By building relationships with local landscapes, they begin to see themselves not simply as observers of environmental issues, but as active participants in the stewardship of their communities.The talk will share insights and outcomes from working with post-primary students and will highlight practical approaches that schools, youth organisations and community groups can adapt within their own settings. At its heart, Rewilding Our Youth asks what happens when we give young people the time, space and trust to reconnect with the natural world. The answer is often greater confidence, stronger environmental awareness, and a deeper commitment to protecting the biodiversity and natural heritage that surrounds them.

You can get your tickets at the link in the bio!
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/kildare-biodiversity-conference-2026-tickets-1996629454446

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R51X338

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