Our rehabilitation successes aren’t measured only by the number of animals we release, but how well these animals do once back in the wild.

We’re always looking for ways to improve the way we work and the chances of survival for our rehabilitated wildlife after release.

Scientific evidence backs up our work with seals

We have worked with scientists from the Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews to track and monitor common seals after release. 

This research shows that rehabilitated common seals return to the wild without any adverse effects.

They can swim and dive just as well as normal healthy wild seals.

This is great news for us and all the seals who come into our care. 

State of the art rehabilitation aviary

Our flight aviary is a staggering 96 feet long, 20 foot wide and 16 foot high. It plays a vital part in the rehabilitation of wild birds, especially larger birds of prey.

The flight aviary, made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Katherine Martin Charitable Trust, benefits a huge range of birds, not least the larger birds of prey such as Marsh Harriers and Buzzards.

Evangelos Achilleos, centre manager, explained:

"Once the birds have been rehabilitated we need to be sure that they are capable of strong competent straight flight. The flight aviary allows us to do this. It allows us to asses if the birds fly slilently, evenly, and we also installed a CCTV camera to be able to assess their flight while we are not in the aviary too.

"If a bird cannot fly well they may not be able to hunt, so this aviary will inevitably help to save the lives of many birds."

 We also have opened our new Visitor Centre and Wildlife Shop, on Fridays and Saturday, where the public can visit, learn about our work and also buy some lovely locally made gifts supporting Norfolk Wildlife Artists. We also have  full articulated seal skeleton you can see!

There's still much more to do!

We have made fantastic progress, but with so many different species of wildlife there will always be more to learn and much more to do.

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