2021-04-05-accounts

Trustee’s Report 2020-2021

COVID

As with everyone COVID had a massive impact on Wildlives. A great deal of deliberating and planning was implemented to endeavour to keep the centre operating and continue to help our sick, injured and orphaned wild mammals and birds. To keep everyone safe only one other helper was on site with Rosie at a time. This meant that volunteers were no longer able to help. Various sterilising and PPE stations were set up around the centre and an awning was erected over the patio to provide a sheltered lunch/rest area. People with sick and injured animals were given instructions to leave their admissions inside the gate with their full name, address, contact number and the circumstances in which the casualty was found. When animals were ready for release and needed to go back to the place where they were found the animal was placed in a secure carrier/box with full instructions for release procedures, which was left inside the gate for collection. Thus no physical contact was made. Most triaging was done by phone, with videos and photos. This reduced the number of admissions that could not be helped and needed to be taken directly to a vet. Many people who found orphaned birds were very keen to rear them themselves, as this gave them an interest especially during lockdown. Wildlives advised them on what to feed and how often, suitable housing and rehabilitation management, and were always at the end of the phone for help and advice. All those involved were amazed by how much work and time was involved to rear just one or two baby birds.

Finances

Our sponsor continues to support us with help financially to employ a manager. The centre received a few small legacies.

Education

During COVID we were unable to continue our talks in schools and with organisations. Our newsletter, facebook and web site were adapted to encourage people to enjoy our wildlife and natural world on their daily walks or in the confines of their home and garden. We suggested putting up bird feeders and suggested ways in which wildlife could be encouraged to visit their gardens. We hoped that access to and interest in the natural world would help people with isolation, wellbeing and mental health during lockdown, and that after the restrictions were lifted people would continue to be interested in being there to help our natural world in its unprecedented struggle for survival. Sadly in many cases this was not to be, as rubbish quickly piled up again on beaches, roadsides and other public places, while wildfires were started by careless people abandoning their barbecues while still hot and unattended bonfires, destroying natural habitat. It became very apparent that there is a long way to go to protect our wildlife in a natural world.

Climate change/Global warming

Wildlives has seen a notable difference in our native wildlife as a result of climate change. Hedgehogs in particular are seen out and about all year, as they are not hibernating properly and awaken from hibernation when the ambient temperature rises. Each awakening expends a lot of valuable fat resources and energy. They have also become prone to endo and ecto parasites not normally associated with hedgehogs. Garden birds have become

confused and are nesting earlier, resulting in their normal food sources being unavailable when they need them. Birds like blue tits time their chick hatching to coincide with oaks coming into leaf so that they can feed off the caterpillars. Brooding chicks earlier can result in starvation.

Warmer seas and oceans are having an adverse effect on pelagic birds, with the fish that they normally rely on out at sea being overfished and moving North with the colder water. Wildlives has admitted many starving pelagic birds, and had reports of multiple dead birds being found washed up, starved, on beaches that should normally be far out at sea.

Maintenance

Due to COVID and lack of help the centre has a great deal of work to do in keeping the enclosures repaired, as well as keeping the extensive grounds under control.

Future plans

We hope to employ a responsible manager to start taking some of the work in running the centre away from Rosie. We intend to continue to use every available platform to educate the public into conserving our wildlife and natural world before it is too late.

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