Documentary taking a look inside the Scottish SPCA’s wildlife rescue centre.
Showing Season 2 of 2
Series 2
2021
It’s the start of spring at the SSPCA Wildlife Rescue Centre – the place where orphaned and injured wild animals from all over Scotland find help from a dedicated team of vets and carers.
01. Episode 1
2021-07-19
April helps hand-rear Padme the orphaned fox cub, while in the seal unit, Kaniz needs the help of specialist vet Romain to operate on a grey seal with a swollen flipper.
02. Episode 2
2021-07-26
Wildlife assistant Juanita attempts to hand-rear the tiniest litter of red squirrels ever admitted to the centre. Meanwhile, Kaniz and Gaby struggle with a pair of feisty gannets.
03. Episode 3
2021-08-09
Wildlife rescue officer Bob has interesting cases to deal with on his round including a bat caught in a light fitting, a stranded collared dove chick and a lost racing pigeon.
04. Episode 4
2021-08-16
Lorraine, the head of birds at the wildlife rescue centre, is forced to ‘take her work home’ during the coronavirus pandemic. This means a houseful of goldfinches and collared doves.
05. Episode 5
2021-08-23
April rears a tiny orphaned badger cub, which she names Miss Honey. Meanwhile, centre vet Liam saves the life of a tiny common sandpiper that has been attacked by a domestic cat.
06. Episode 6
2021-08-30
Kaniz struggles with the intake of rescued harbour seals which need to be returned to the wild. Meanwhile, April and Juanita see red squirrel Kite back to a home in the forest.
07. Episode 7
2021-09-06
Wildlife assistant Rebecca is busy with orphaned partridges which she names after types of cheese! Meanwhile, Chloe hand-rears a gang of pine martens and returns them to the wild.
08. Episode 8
2021-09-13
April and Juanita hand-rear a beautiful injured and orphaned fallow deer which they name Snow Drop. Meanwhile, specialist vet Romain and his family are getting busy with buzzards.
09. Episode 9
2021-09-21
April finds herself in charge of a beaver, one of her favourite animals. Meanwhile, Romain saves the life of a sparrowhawk using an intricate operation.
10. Episode 10
2021-09-27
April and co spend over a year hand-rearing orphaned otter cubs Chubb, Pike and Tiddler. Meanwhile, Theresa releases a hedgehog and her newborn hoglets into the wild.