Baby swans packed into pillow cases before being RELEASED back into the wild
RESCUED baby swans were packaged up in pillow cases after emergency services attempted to rehome the baby birds.
The eleven cygnets were transported in the back of a van
The eleven cygnets were transported in the back of a van, wrapped up individually in snug slips to make for a smooth transit from the Swan Sanctuary to a park in Eastbourne.
Trevor Weeks, the founder & Operations Director of the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service, said: “Over the past two years we have been called out to over 75 swan incidents in the county.
“A number of them have to go up to the Swan Sanctuary at Shepperton for specialist veterinary help.
“Some of these have been young cygnets like those rescued at Ditchling Common after both parents died, the ill cygnets from Hampden Park's Decoy Lake and several from the dykes behind Lewes Rugby Club with injured wings.
The baby swans were wrapped up individually in snug slips
The swans made a smooth transit from the Swan Sanctuary to a park in Eastbourne
Over the past two years we have been called out to over 75 swan incidents in the county
“As a result the Swan Sanctuary and East Sussex WRAS decided it would be good to return some young adult cygnets back to Sussex – to readdress the balance of those which have had to go up to the Sanctuary.
“On November 2 WRAS's ambulance collected eleven mature cygnets from the Shepperton based sanctuary and drove the miles journey to bring them down to Princes Park in Eastbourne for release.
The emergency services attempted to rehome the baby birds
“They were released at Princes Park in Eastbourne due to the non-territorial flock of swan which is present.
“Here, they will eventually pair up and fly off to find their own territories in East Sussex where they'll have their own young.”