Emergency Rescue Advice  – Wildlife

Detailed advice and information is available about wildlife in the Hunter.

Click on the headings below for lots of information and emergency advice.

Birds – Babies – What to do if you’ve find a baby bird

• How can I find out if the fledgling is an orphan?
• Download a “Found a Baby Bird?” pamphlet
• You can reunite a baby bird with its parents
• 4 steps to make a new home

Echnidas

• Where are echidna found
• Most common reasons for rescue
• Important points to remember when rescuing
• Natural food
• Mating trains in breeding season

Flying Foxes (Fruit Bats)

• What do they look like?
• Information for rescuers
• Most common reasons for rescue
• What do they eat?
• Disease – Who is at risk?
• Threats from entanglement in wire – You Can Help!

Wombats

• What is a wombat
• Information for rescuers
• Joey wombats
• Most common reason for rescue
• Threats to wombats
• Natural food
• Wombats are not pets!

Birds of Prey – Raptors – Eagles, Osprey, Kites and more

• What is a Raptor?
• Osprey
• Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk
• Black Shouldered Hawk

Birds of Prey – Owls

Find out about:

• Powerful Owls & Barn Owls
• Where they live
• Breeding
• Where does it live?
• What does it eat?

Living With Our Magpies

• Be Aware – nesting season is here!
• Informing others
• Keep calm
• Dismount
• Tips to protect yourself

Possums & Gliders

• Brushtail possums
• Ringtail possums
• Information for rescuers
• Possums in roof cavity
• Possum in a chimney
• Most common reason for rescues
• What do they eat?
• Threats from entanglement in netting – You Can Help!

Living with Our Possums – How to Make a Possum Box

Cats & Wildlife

• What can you do to stop cats killing our wildlife?
• Wildlife most at risk from cats

What to do if you find a snake in your house

Sea Turtles and Sea Snakes

Read the NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment Code of Practice for injured and sick sea turtles and sea snakes here.