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Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital Cornwall

The Torrey Canyon disaster – the day the sea turned black.

Today we remember the awful effect of this disaster in 1967, 58 years ago. This had a catastrophic effect on wildlife for many miles around and many birds such as […]

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Oil tanker collision in the North Sea

Yesterday, we had a chat with Julie Skentelbery at @bbccornwall about the recent jet fuel spillage in Yorkshire and the effect it could have on our wildlife. To listen click […]

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Puffling Percy

An amazing theatre production is touring the UK about little Puffling Percy who got a little lost on his journey out to sea, very similar to our own special Prince […]

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We are open for seabirds

We are open for seabirds but are managing admissions carefully to reduce the risks of Avian Flu. Please telephone us if you have a bird requiring treatment and we will […]

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Peggy is free!

Miss Peggy (or Pecky as she was sometimes known!) was able to be released after 3 months of TLC! Peggy came in with a very sore foot. Her middle joint […]

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Fawkes the Herring Gull

This is Fawkes, loving his bath! Fawkes was rescued by Jeremy and examined by our vets who thought he had a concussion (Fawkes not Jeremy! ) He tested negative for […]

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Happy New Year 2025

Happy New Year We would like to thank all of you for your support and good wishes and share with you a wonderful drawing created by one of our very […]

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Celebrating the Yglesias sisters and our hospital

We were honoured to be invited to the first viewing of a short film by Barbara Santi the owner of Awen productions. ‘Wild Bird’ was created by Barbara and her […]

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National Robin Day

Today is National Robin Day. On this day we celebrate the nation’s love of songbirds. Songbird Survival support people to take action to help them through the tough winter months. […]

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