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Read our blog for the latest news and updates from the Hospital

From press coverage to fundraising stories, from funding grants to schools’ visits and recruitment here’s where we will give you the latest updates from Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital Cornwall

Guillemots settling in

Guillemots are somewhat comical on dry land. They would normally only come to land to nest and spend much of their lives out at sea. To help protect their feet […]

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Ginny update…

Ginny is enjoying her baths! She arrived with a swelling to her wing which we began to suspect was a break to either her radius or ulna so we had […]

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New patients for February

Teamwork makes the dream work. 🤝 As you can see these are not gulls but two guillemots! They both were found beached and contaminated with oil. One also had a […]

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Morning Yoga stretch

As you can see even gulls liike a good stretch first thing on the morning.😊 🧘🏼‍♂️ This helps to keep their muscles, ligaments and tendons supple to make sure they’re […]

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Meet Ginny

Ginny was found by a member of staff running up and down Raginnis Hill (where the hospital is based) unable to fly, with a dropped wing.Luckily, she tested negative for […]

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Thank you so much

We have no words! A massive thank you to everyone who responded to our donation plea for food – look at all this. Over £230 worth and there is more […]

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Is it my turn yet?

One of our two Great Black Backed Gull juveniles waiting for us to be done cleaning the lower part of this aviary so he can take a dip in the […]

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New fundraising idea 😀

As you know our hospital is not government-funded so every penny counts. We recently had some Euros (coins) donated and it got us thinking……dangerous we know! 😆 Do you have […]

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Berry is outside

Berry is now in an outside aviary! She has made a brilliant recovery from her foot injury and is at the tail end of her pain medication course. She has […]

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