Marcela contacted us with a young Herring Gull she found in Poole, Dorset. She wanted to find a rescue centre near to Bournemouth – We directed her to Secret World Wildlife Rescue. She will be our correspondent in Bournemouth.
Marcella writes:
I found your website when I was looking for advise as my boyfriend found a baby seagull lost on the street in Poole – at the side of the road, unable to fly and wandering in the dark. He decided to bring him home as he could not see any nest closeby and a cat was gonna eat him for sure. So it has been at home since last night, not really scared of us now, eating well. We are wondering if the seagulls that live on our roof would adopt him or what could we do? What would you do? Does not matter if you do not know what to advise, we just wanted to say that we really love these amazing cheeky birds as well!
We brought him home and he was so scared in the beginning! He did not want to eat until the day after when we offered him wet cat food which he really enjoyed and then he was eating one can every day! Moving on – well, we took the herring gull (we called him Morrigan) to the place you told us about – The Secret World as none of the others wanted to take him (I did expect that from Rspca but not the others to be honest). So, we went there and they very kindly gave him a home until he is able to fly. I could be your correspondent in Bournemouth of course, but my English is quite bad! We put Morrigan in a big cage we had and every day let him out so he could practice how to fly. Then we took him to the Secret World and hopefully he will be released in a couple of months. Here I attach a picture.
Pics and words by our Bournemouth correspondent Marcella.
by jenny steer
good job guys, I ve picked up lots of birds over the years including gulls, always get a bit of a lump in my throat when they get returned and fly off but at least you
made a difference .good to see