There are many things I return home with at the end of a shift from Stapeley...from a t-shirt dotted with bird droppings, to sore, dry hands from the continuous rubber glove wearing and hand washing. It is sometimes the smell of the animals or the mud I’ve picked up from outdoor duties. I’ve returned home with a great sense of wellbeing from having helped with a successful release, or a sense of sadness for an animal having been put to sleep...
I’ve come home having learnt and experienced something new. I’ve come home tired and exhausted, and just recently I came home with not one, but two pigeons and a dove!!! Domestic species in need of re-homing and I thought ‘Why not!’
Having settled into their new aviary, they are comical to watch and calming to be around. A pigeon fancier I have become!
Sponsors of Stapeley's Summer Wildlife Assistant Position
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