Cooper the grey seal has finally returned to the ocean after two and a half months at the sanctuary. He was such a poor selkie...
Archive for category: Rehabilitation Diaries
Hypothermic Louie the otter cub arrives
On Sunday 11 February we received a message about a dead otter near the Trondra/Burra bridge that had been hit by a car on a...
Oskar enjoying all weathers
Oskar the otter cub is now around six months old and is getting well-used to being outside in all weathers, which is just as well...
Cooper the grey seal goes outside
Cooper the grey seal has been growing fat indoors on 15 herring a day, so is now ready for the big pool outside. He wasn’t...
Tivacudda discovers water!
Tivacudda was outside exploring when she discovered a seed tray that had filled with rainwater over the previous few days. It was her first experience...
Releasing Snolda the grey seal
Snolda the grey seal pup came from Papa Stour in early December where he was found in a field. He had already been found in...
Releasing Mimi & Rommy
We finally released our two common seals Mimi and Rommy on 13 November 2017, five months after they arrived at Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary. Normally our...
Releasing Charlie the otter
Charlie arrived at Hillswick seven months ago from North Nesting where he was abandoned by his mother. We later heard that she’d had three cubs,...
Rescuing Oskar the otter
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...
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...