Our latest arrival turned up last night when we got a knock on the door at about 8pm just as we were sitting down for...
Archive for category: Rehabilitation Diaries
Rescuing Rocky the otter cub
There was good and sad news last week on the otter front. Late on Saturday 10 July we received word of two otter cubs in need of...
Feeding Mimi & Rommy fish soup
(Photo: Barry Broadbent) The big news is that Rommy & Mimi are now getting fish soup instead of MultiMilk formula, as that brand has now...
Charlie finally shows his face
Believe it or not this is the first we have seen of young Charlie the otter cub since we put him outside in his pen...
Mimi and Rommy are inseparable
Our two peerie selkies Rommy and Mimi are both settling in well to their new surroundings and love being in each other’s company. It’s a...
Second common seal Mimi arrives from St Ninian’s
It’s been an exciting week with our first two common seals of the season coming in…and Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary reaching its latest target of 300...
Rescuing Rommy, our first common seal of 2017
The common seal pupping season has begun one week earlier than usual at Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary with the arrival of Rommy, an orphaned pup found...
Charlie update
Charlie the young otter is getting stronger day by day. He’s still a bit wobbly because he is so young, but he’s putting on weight...
Charlie update
Here’s Charlie boy again, but don’t be fooled by appearances. He’s getting bigger, he’s biting and developing real otter attitude, which is really all we...
Sinclair and Sam unwell
Sad times at Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary. Our two late season grey seal pups are struggling. Sam and Sinclair were both pretty poorly when they first...