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14.06201814th June 2018
Ranger in the daisies

Ranger in the daisies

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags otter cub, Ranger

It took Ranger the otter cub who was rescued a week ago at Burrastow a moment to get over the loss of his mum and...

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14.06201814th June 2018
Premature common seal rescued from Rerwick

Premature common seal rescued from Rerwick

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Seal rescuesTags common seal, Georgie, premature, seal pup

Our first common seal of the season arrived on Sunday 3 June. Georgie was found on Rerwick beach by Katie Leask, her brother Grant and...

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14.06201814th June 2018
Wally the walrus reaches Shetland

Wally the walrus reaches Shetland

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Unusual visitorsTags Wally, walrus

Wally the walrus who first appeared on Orkney in March and was seen last month in Harris, Kinlochbervie, Wick and John o Groats has now...

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14.06201814th June 2018
Rescuing Ranger the otter cub

Rescuing Ranger the otter cub

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otter rescuesTags Ranger, salmon farm

We received a message in early June from the Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd salmon farm shore station at Burrastow on Shetland’s West Side, saying that...

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12.06201812th June 2018
Shooglenifty underwater

Shooglenifty underwater

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Rehabilitation Diaries, SealsTags Shooglenifty

Shooglenifty the grey seal pup rescued from Cunningsburgh suffering from a severe case of lungworm, is making a steady recovery from the sealpox infection. He’s...

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12.06201812th June 2018
Poor Shooglenifty has sealpox

Poor Shooglenifty has sealpox

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Rehabilitation Diaries, SealsTags Shooglenifty

Poor Shooglenifty! Having just recovered from a severe case of lungworm, due to his low immune system, the eight month old grey seal from Cunninsburgh...

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12.06201812th June 2018
Shooglenifty goes outside

Shooglenifty goes outside

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Rehabilitation Diaries, SealsTags Shooglenifty

Shooglenifty the eight month old grey seal pup who was rescued from South Voxter beach in Cunningsburgh has recovered well from the lungworm that had...

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12.06201812th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Three

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Three

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Oskar, Tivacudda

At last Oskar and Tivacudda came face to face and what an absolute joy it was to see how excited they were to finally meet...

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11.06201811th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Two

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Two

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Oskar, Tivacudda

The big day arrived to introduce Oskar and Tivacudda to each other, but the first step was to persuade them into their cages…and the best...

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11.06201811th June 2018
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part One

Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part One

By Hillswick Wildlife SanctuaryIn Otters, Rehabilitation DiariesTags Hillswick, Oskar, otters, Shetland, Tivacudda

We decided to see if we could put our two young otters Oskar and Tivacudda together to add some spice to their lives. We’ve never...

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