Such a beautiful #bird making a wonderful recovery

1/3 This stunning #bird is a Red Kite that was found at the side of a road, extremely wet, muddy & cold. With temperatures so low, we can only imagine how bad it was feeling. After time in a large incubator, it was much brighter but sadly still not out of the woods. One wing appears to be…

Don't sleep on our special offer! Our 2026 calendars are now just £5 with FREE p&p on all UK orders. Buy now at fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal... 100% of the proceeds benefit our wildlife hospital. Why not spread the word and tell your friends, family, neighbours & colleagues!

1/2 The dormouse has to be one of the cutest species we get at Folly. We currently have 2 in our care both found by gardeners, meaning they couldn’t be safely left in the wild. Did you know they can hibernate for up to 7 months?! They often sleep leaf litter at the base of…

Did you miss the last posting date for sending your Christmas cards? It’s not too late to send one of our gorgeous e-cards & help Folly Wildlife Rescue at the same time! Three beautiful designs, featuring wildlife we have cared for this year, are available. www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...

1/3 Our doors remain open every single day of the year, including Christmas & New Year’s Day, ready to help any wildlife that needs us. That commitment to being here 365 days a year is something we’re deeply proud of. Your Xmas donation will help keep a hedgehog warm & comfortable as it recovers…

Procrastinating writing your Christmas cards this year? Save yourself some time while also helping Folly Wildlife Rescue by sending our gorgeous e-cards to your friends & relatives instead! 3 designs are available via DontSendMeACard. www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...

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1/2 @davedavieskinks.bsky.social, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for @thekinksofficial.bsky.social, became a patron in July 2024 after visiting our wildlife hospital to meet the team & see our site. A champion of our work, Dave is extremely active at promoting our charity & generously donates…

1/2 A £10 donation will buy 1 vaccination for one of our badger cubs.🦡 This is just one way that small donations can make a big difference. www.justgiving.com/charity/foll... OR you could buy one of our 2026 calendars from fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal... or ebay.us/m/efsdMG

1/2 The penultimate week of our eBay auctions of calendars kindly signed by our patrons has started & we’re also auctioning a signed copy of ‘Living On A Thin Line’, the autobiography of our patron @davedavieskinks.bsky.social All our signed items are accompanied by a Certificate of…

Our penultimate 2025 UK Facebook Auction ends on Friday 28th November & has dozens of items to complete your Christmas! Collection from Folly, Tonbridge, Hildenborough, Tunbridge Wells or High Hurstwood or postage anywhere in the UK! Why not take a look a now?! www.facebook.com/groups/Folly...

1/2 Hazel dormice are a nocturnal species & those large eyes are perfect for seeing in low light to forage for berries & nuts. Their hearing is their best sense, but unfortunately this little one didn’t hear a cat coming. Fortunately no harm was done, but being a juvenile…

Fundraisers from Folly Wildlife Rescue will be at ‘Joy To The Wells’ this Saturday 15th November. They’ll have plenty of calendars in stock. Please stop by and say hello! Let all your friends know by sharing this post! @twpeople.bsky.social @daveybarnett.bsky.social #TunbridgeWells #Kent

It's #WorldKindnessDay & we'd love you to tell us one kind thing you do for #hedgehogs in your neighbourhood! 🫶 🦔 🏘️

Look out for the lovely people from Folly at the ‘Joy to the Wells‘ event around the town centre this weekend. More details about the event can be found via this link. www.rtwtogether.com/christmaskic... #tunbridgewells @follywildlife.bsky.social

2/2 Auctions for these unique calendars end Sat 15th Nov🌿🦔 #JillyGoolden 7.45pm GMT www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31751018... #SandraBeck 8pm GMT www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31751018... #JohnnyDepp 8.15pm GMT www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31751018... @davedavieskinks.bsky.social 8.30pm GMT www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31751019...

1/2 Did you miss out yesterday? Week 2 of our calendar eBay auctions kindly signed by our patrons has just started. Our wonderful patrons have kindly signed a limited number to help us raise even more vital funds for Folly’s work!🦡 Links in post 2/2 ⬇️

In the wild #hedgehogs mainly munch insects & worms, so making a log-pile or leaving a leafy corner can really help hungry hogs out! 🪲🍂 🐛 To supplement it, you can offer meaty dog or cat food or cat biscuits & always offer #waterforwildlife! 🦔 buff.ly/441Huwd #SundayShare 📹 Claire

Signed Calendar Auctions Live now on eBay! Our 4 passionate patrons kindly signed a limited number & the 1st round of auctions has started! Visit ebay.us/m/wjPPEz for a chance to own a truly unique item @davedavieskinks.bsky.social #JeffBeck #JohnnyDepp #jillygoolden

As bonfire night approaches - please #ShareToMakeAware 🙏 🦔 🦔 🦔 Please share this plea & help protect #hedgehogs this #bonfire season! #RemeberHedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight 💚 Liquona

Week 1 of our eBay signed calendar auctions starts tomorrow! ❤️ our eBay charity page www.ebay.co.uk/usr/follywil... Unsigned calendars from fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal... or email [email protected] for postage outside the UK @davedavieskinks.bsky.social #jeffbeck #JillyGoolden #JohnnyDepp

You can follow, like and share our work on all your socials! 💕 #WildLifeLovers #wildlifehospital #ukwildlife #Kentwildlife #Sussexwildlife #birds #hedgehogs

Thank you to Mikaela from Innerminx for sponsoring the month of April in our 2026 calendar🐇😊 www.innerminx.com 100% of the proceeds go towards our mission to give second chances to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.🦌🌿 Buy your calendar here fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal...

Did you know #hedgehogs have evolved without a 'fight or flight' instinct...? That means that in the face of danger - such as fire creeping through a bonfire heap - their instinct is to roll into a tight ball instead of run for safety. 🍂 🦔 🔥 Look out for the little guys. #FridayFact

This Tawny owlet is both calendar cover star & features for March! 🌟🦉🪶 It was the perfect choice for amazing sponsor Nevill Golf who’ve released 5 of our Tawny Owls at their course & installed owl boxes!⛳️ Buy your calendar here fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal... #birds #owls #owlets

Our 2026 Calendar 📆 has been entirely created by volunteers. Alongside our the photos of our 2025 patients, each month also has an illustration bringing the pages to life thanks to amazing local artist Jennifer Russell. 🦉🦌🪶🦔💕 Buy yours today from fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal...

Book your ticket now to our #Hedgehog Research Virtual Symposium in November📣 Brought to you by People's Trust for Endangered Species and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk Book now🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hedgehog-research-virtual-symposium-tickets-1672786903659

Today, we're challenging you to think about LITTER! Remember - #recycling & disposing of litter correctly can really help #wildlife like #hedgehogs! ♻️ 🦔 🗑️ Cut up elastics & rubber bands before binning & crush tins & plastic pots before recycling. #mondaymotivation

Help #hedgehogs with a single click! Share this simple tip to make your garden #wildlife friendly & safer for our beloved hedgehogs 🦔

We’re hiring a #vetnurse! #kentjobs #Sussexjobs #TunbridgeWells #wildlifevetnurse #wildlife #UKwildlife #kent #sussex @RoyalVetCollege.bsky.social

As the leaves change colour & fall from the trees - don't be so keen to tidy them! 🍂 🍃 They play an important role in the lifecycles of many species - from butterflies to #hedgehogs! 🦋 🦔 💤 If you must tidy gardens, leave a designated patch or corner untouched for #wildlife 💚 #WildlifeWednesday

Introducing ‘A Year at Folly’ our 2026 Calendar! Meet 12 patients from this year & help us rescue even more in 2026! 100% goes to support the work we do for wildlife in #Kent & #Sussex 🦔 Purchase from Reception, our Facebook auction or our website for UK postage fwrt.org.uk/seasonal-cal...

1/2 🪶 The 1st pic isn’t a blackbird, it’s a starling! It came to us after getting stuck in a chimney. Covered in soot & with not knowing how long he’d been trapped, he was kept in for monitoring and care. Once moved to a bigger enclosure & given his own bath, he wasted no time…

1/2 This beautiful #badger was found in a garden, collapsed, very dehydrated & with wounds to her lower jaw. She was stabilised & we had to remove a broken tooth. A camera trap in her enclosure soon convinced she was ready for release ❤️ Huge thanks to @badgertrust.bsky.social West Kent…

1/2 Back in 2008, we transferred an oiled 🪶 Guillemot that was found in Margate to our friends & oiled bird specialists at RSPCA Mallydams. Their team washed it & fitted a @btobirds.bsky.social metal ring before sending it back to a life at sea 2 months later. Yesterday they were…

When you’ve just got to scratch that itch…🦔 This hedgehog was being monitored for mobility and vision & gave us a perfect demo of how flexible he is! Every patient that comes through our doors has their own character and story, and moments like this make our work all the more rewarding ❤️

The weather this week has been a little rough & it’s delayed releasing some of our patients. Here's a throwback to some woodpigeons we hand-reared & released on site a few weeks ago. They were more than ready to go! Hopefully the weather will improve soon so we can do some more releases!❤️🪶

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A day of brilliant lifers for us. Platier d’Oye reserve just outside Calais was bone dry with little about, but gave us Icterine Warbler & Natterjack Toad. Belgian reserve, Ploegsteert, near Lille gave us Little Bittern, Short-toed Treecreeper & a Goshawk. Happy birders 🪶😊

Think we nailed the ID of this one at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve today😁 Northern Wheatear @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

We require a knowledgeable birdwatcher to lead the team that produces the highly respected annual Sussex Bird Report, described by @birdguides.bsky.social as ‘a gold standard of county bird reports’. Please share with your networks. Full brief in link here; tinyurl.com/y9nz7acd

Did you know #badgers LOVE water? One of our cubs decided to cool off in the pool. The message from our cubs is Stay Cool! 😎 Please ensure wildlife has constant access to water in hot weather #waterforwildlife @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

Birdwatching in the Causses & Cévennes National Park, France in the hope of seeing vultures. First we saw was a Lammergeier! Loads of Griffon and Black vultures in the Gorge de la Jonte. Plenty of Red Billed Choughs & Alpine Swifts. Excellent heatwave-escape birding at altitude #birds

Please, please think before using poisons! It’s not just rats they kill 😢☠️🦔

1/2 We’d like to say a huge thank you to Brookside Garden Centre, East Peckham. We were desperately looking for grass turf to give our badger cubs enrichment, but it seemed everywhere had either run out or couldn't help. Luckily Brookside came to the rescue with 50 rolls of turf for an…

I’m 1 of @follywildlife.bsky.social ‘s most experienced baby #bird feeders. Tonight I have 2 cute wrens in my care that were found outside a local pub with a 3rd who’d sadly died. They’re being fed every 30 mins until sunset. I’ll be up at dawn to carry on the feeds until I can get them to Folly

Message from @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social Ponds are great, but please ensure there are escape routes so hedgehogs can scramble out 🦔💕

Please keep your water bowls topped up. They’re a lifeline for all creatures great and small #toohot #helpwildlife #water #birds #hedgehogs #foxes #bees #badgers

1/ Young Swifts are very difficult #birds to care for. They never feed themselves & require support feeding from dawn to dusk until release. Their feathers must be protected to ensure they have the best chance at release as they will fly for at least 2 years without landing! Sadly their numbers…