East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (East Sussex WRAS) - Lewes

Heather M. C.

It’s an amazing place founded by Trevor Weeks.
Just outside Whitesmith, they will take in most injured wildlife birds and smaller animals. If they don’t have the right type of accommodation, they will work with other Rescue organisations. The ambulance service travels all over Sussex to rescue injured and trapped wild animals.
The staff are very dedicated and lovely, and a huge team of volunteers give their time to cleaning out the animal cages and pens and keeping up with all of the washing and feeding.

Sean H.

Took my wife to the Hedgehog experience for an Xmas present. The staff were really friendly. The presentation was long, but each segment was informative and didn't outstay its welcome. The tour around the other animals was a nice added bonus. Holding and cleaning up after the hedgehog was what rounded the experience off for my wife. I would definitely recommend.

James F.

I was gifted a 3 hour hedgehog experience for my birthday which I was thrilled with. This needs to be booked well in advance as it's very popular but is easily done via email (it's run by volunteers so be patient when waiting for a reply).
I attended yesterday and it was fantastic! There were supposed to be 3 others doing it with me but they were no shows so I basically had a one to one for the whole time with the very knowledgeable and engaging Jane.
She showed me round the whole place (they have a wide variety of birds and animals at any given time) before spending some time in a classroom setting learning all about hedgehogs which was very interesting.
Then it was time to get hands on! They had 9 hogs in on the day (though can be many more at certain times of the year) and I was able to help clean out their cages and hold each one to get a closer look, make friends and get plenty of photos and videos. They really are the cutest of creatures and real characters! The time went far too quickly but I cannot thank the staff enough for what was a most enjoyable time. They do very worthwhile work here rescuing all sorts of wild animals and nursing them back for release and I would urge everyone to support this cause and sign up for the hedgehog experience - you will not be disappointed!!

Lara W.

I don't usually post reviews but felt inclined to as my experience with WRAS was great.

Today we found a pretty unwell hedgehog. I was a little apprehensive to call for help as I've called different places in different parts of the UK for hedgehogs before, and felt palmed off. But this couldn't have been more opposite. The staff were lovely, especially the receptionist who answered. They listened and acted with genuine care, and told us what to do. They even gave us a reference number to check on how the hedgehog is doing in the next few days (we named him Spud). Great service.

Michelle G.

Lisa was wonderful on the phone and Kelly and her colleague did a fantastic job of coming to collect the injured fox from my garden shed. All the ladies involved showed great compassion for the animal and a genuine kindness. Thank goodness such wonderful people exist.

annie T.

Amazing place full of amazing people helping wildlife. I've taken two birds here recently, great that we have somewhere to take wildlife that need help. Thanks so much for all your hard work, it's such wonderful work you're all doing.

Sarah J.

I live in East Saltdean & had such a positive experience with the WRAS with a badly injured bird that had flown into the glass doors of our living room. RSPCA did not want to know & did nothing to help when contacted, but WRAS were totally different. Came round very quickly, were caring & very experienced in how they handled &
removed the bird to have medical treatment it needed. They also called to let me know that the bird had recovered after treatment & could be released back into the wild. Can not recommend this charity & the caring people who volunteer for them enough - they are amazing & lovely people😊

Sandra F.

It is almost a week since I spent two hours laying beside an injured female Roe deer ( broken front leg) in Jevington waiting for WRAS to arrive so we eventually placed the deer in the back of my car and I drove it to their HQ in Whitesmith.
On arrival we were immediately told by a member of their staff that they would probably put it down as they did not have the facilities to rehabilitate Deer, if I had been told this in advance I would have gone the extra few miles and taken it to the RSPCA at Mallydams Wood who DO have the facilities and if WRAS can't handle certain species then they should not be taking them in..We have sent them two text messages with their code asking for an update on the Deer and to date they have not bothered to reply, absolutely disgusted with them