PIGEON and DOVE RESCUE

 If you need to speak to someone urgently about a bird rescue, then please try the Three Owls Sanctuary's 24 hours helpline:   07973 819389.

Please be aware that many rescue centres and sanctuaries believe in automatic euthanasia for pigeons with neurological symptoms that suggest Pigeon Paramyxovirus and for unreleasable pigeons, particularly wood pigeons, in the belief that they never adapt to captivity.  Check their policies before handing the bird over.

Please never leave a bird or animal at a sanctuary without telling anyone there that you have done so.  Animals have died because they have been found too late outside a sanctuary's gate.

If you can, please leave a donation when you hand a bird over to a rescue centre.

Google Map: 

The map below marks the rough location of every pigeon friendly rescue centres I have found so far  with a blue balloon.  

Click on the balloon to find the exact location, contact details and other information that you might need.  You might have to enlarge the map over your area as some balloons get concealed by others when the map is small, alternatively you can follow the link beneath the map to view a larger map. Further down you will also find a list of rescue centres by country in the UK and by county in England.

View Pigeon Friendly Rescue Centres in a larger map

Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue

Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue in Surrey covers Berkshire as well.

The Ark Wildlife Hospital
43 St Crispin Road
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
NK13 7BS

07702 342415

OK about woodies, check policy for ferals

St Tiggywinkles
Aston Road,
Haddenham,
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire
HP17 8AF

Tel: 01844 292292  Fax: 01844 292640

Good reputation, treats pigeons but requires them to be signed over. They will always euthanase unreleasable wood pigeons.

Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital
School Lane,
Ollerton,
Knutsford,
Cheshire,

WA16 8SJ

Telephone : 01565 755082
 

Mousehole Bird Hospital
Raginnis Hill
Mousehole
Penzance
Cornwall
TR19 6SR

Telephone: 01736 731386

Farplace Animal Rescue
Far Place
Sidehead
Westgate
Bishop Auckland
DL13 1LE

Tel: 01388 517397, mobile: 07860 523434.

No kill policy

Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue Trust
Thornby Moor
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 OLA

Tel: 016973 43812

Treat and re release pigeons and doves.  Should they be unfit for release they have two aviaries for them, one for the smaller doves and one for the pigeons .

Wildlife Rescue (Burton-on-Trent)

07780742748

24 hour emergency rescue cover for British wildlife in the Staffordshire and Derbyshire areas - rescue ALL wildlife, regardless of species or status.

Cullompton Wildlife Care Centre
Lyndale
St George's Well
Cullompton
Devon
EX15 1AT

Telephone: 0871 3110512

Specialises in hand-rearing and caring for orphaned and injured wildlife from the local area.

Totnes Birdcare
Westonfields,
Totnes,
TQ9 5QU

07812 833996/ 01803 867574

Hartland Wildlife Rescue

Rescues in North Devon

email bethtylerking@hotmail.com.

01237 441899/ or Mobile: 07815207281

Bournemouth Bird Rescue, Rearing and Rehab

Rescue and rehabilitate garden birds.  This includes collared doves and wood pigeons, I am not certain whether it includes feral pigeons.

They are near Kinson, Bournenouth.

 Telephone:  01202 572810

Raystede Animal Welfare
Ringmer
East Sussex
BN8 5AJ

Tel: 01825 840252

Raystede has a small facility to care for injured or orphaned wild birds. They receive first aid and veterinary care and after care. The babies are reared by the aviary team with the aim to rehabilitate and release into the wild.

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service
Tel: 07815 078 234 24 hour rescue hotline.

Frontline service for all wildlife casualties. Have two ambulances with ladders so can help with pigeons in netting if fire brigade refuses. Get a lot of calls so should only be called in a real emergency (each call out costs them £65).

Have a casualty care unit in Horsebridge, Near Hailsham, East Sussex

Cannot keep or rehome unreleasable birds.

Mistley Place Park Animal Rescue Centre
New Road
Mistley
Manningtree
Essex

01206 396048

Sanctuary, mainly for farm animals but have a large flock of pigeons. Might be useful for rescue and relocation of garden doves, release of vulnerable ferals (eg hand reared).

Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre East Anglia
Catkins
Frating Road,
Thorrington,
Colchester,
Essex
CO7 8HT

Phone and Fax: 01206 251174
Mobile: 07802 767016

Oak & Furrows Wildlife Rescue
9 Elm View
Somerford Keynes
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 6DH

Tel: 01285 862439

Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre
Vale Wildlife Rescue
Station Road,
Beckford
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire, GL20 7AN

Tel: 01386 882288

HART Wildlife Rescue
Unit 9
Lower Soldridge Business Park
Soldridge Road
Medstead
Hampshire
GU34 5JF

Tel: 01420 562335  

FOAL (Friends of Animals League) Farm
Jail Lane,
Biggin Hill,
Kent
TN16 3AX

Phone 01959 572386

Folly Wildlife Rescue
Folly Cottage,
Danegate,
Eridge Green,
Tunbridge Wells,
Kent TN3 9JB

Tel: 01892 750865

Specialises in hand rearing baby birds.

The Retreat Animal Rescue
Postal address:
Daltons Road
Crockenhill
Near Swanley
Kent BR8 8EN

Telephone: General enquiries: 01322 614247 / 07720 495238 (any time), or 07941 435829 (only available during daytime).

Willow Wildlife Rescue
Chislehurst
Kent

Emergency ambulance 07956 472 284

Ambulance with boxes, cages nets. Cover South East London and Kent as far as Maidstone. Can provide homeopathic treatment.

Wolfwood
Hazelrigg Lane
Ellel
Lancaster

LA2 0PL  

07931220094

Greenmount Wild Bird Hospital 
Kirklees Valley
Garside Hay Road
BURY
Lancashire
BL8 4LT

Ph: 01204 884086 .

Sanctuary and rescue centre for sick, injured and baby birds.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital Trust
12 Rookery Close
Kibworth Beauchamp
Leicestershire
LE8 0SD

Tel: 0116 2793789  (General Enquiries 9 - 5)
Tel: 07951285366   (24 Hour Casualty Helpline)

The Alternative Sanctuary
Chapelry Farm,
Langrick Road,
New York,
Lincoln,
LN4 4XH.

Satellite Site For Emergency Cases:
Doone Brae Farm,
Windmill Road,
Pepperstock,
Luton,
Beds,
LU1 4LQ.

Telephone for both sites:  07818 406 619

On the subject of pigeons they say:  Over the years I have taken in injured pigeons and also those who do not make it back from races as their owners are not interested in failures and usually kill them if they are back late because the are exhausted. I have even had ones who have demanded to be let in with mine! Now in Lincolnshire they have a massive loft where they can fly in and out as they wish although they of course have food on tap so the best of all lives and they have even been inviting their wild friends in for a bite to eat and a sleep over! 

Weirfield Wildlife Hospital
27 Rookery Lane
Lincoln LN6 7PX

Telephone 01522 530428

Statistics show a large number of pigeons admitted but not the outcome...please check protocol particularly for feral pigeons before handing a bird over.

Pigeon Recovery
8 Vermont Road
Sutton
Surrey

If there is no-one in, facilities exist outside the front door for leaving poorly pigeons, and the sanctuary owners are never away overnight. If at all possible, a small contribution posted through the letterbox when you leave the bird(s) would go towards paying for the bird’s treatment, food etc.

Wild Rescue and Ambulance Service (Enfield)
Wildlife Hospital & Animal Centre
Trent Park
Cockfosters Road
Barnet
EN4 0PS

Tel: 0208 344 2785 or 07970 141282

Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre
East Lodge Farm
East Lane
Ince Blundell
Liverpool
L29 3EA
 
0151-931-1604
 
Have a "no kill" policy and a wild bird aviary.  Located in North Liverpool between Crosby and Formby.
 

PACT Animal Sanctuary

Animals in Need
Pine Tree Farm
London Road
Little Irchester
Northants

01933 278080

Safewings
46 South Street
Isham
Northamptonshire
NN14 1HP,
United Kingdom.

01536 726113

Treat pigeons, cannot keep unreleasables but will probably hand them back to rescuer or to a sanctuary if requested to do so.

NANNA Animal Rescue
Northamptonshire Animals Needing Nurturing and Adoption
Higglety Pigglety Farm
Finedon Road (A6)
Irthlingborough
Northants
NN9 5UB

0771 988 0998

Website

Postal Address:

145 Addington Road
Irthlingborough
Northants

Tel: 01933 650372

Blyth Wildlife Rescue
Various locations
Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 4UK

07910 643 122

e-mail

Brinsley Animal Rescue
69 Hobsic Close
Brinsley
Nottingham
NG16 5AX

Tel. Local Rate 0845 458 2813

Tel: 07972 475 736 or emergencies or in the evenings 07808 929 300

Cedar Wildlife Sanctuary
25 Cedar Avenue
Kirby-in-Ashfield
Notts.
NG17 8BD 

Tel: 07792 475736 or emergencies or in the evenings 07808 929 300

Terry Marsh Wildlife Rescue
41-43 Gladstone Street
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 2LL

Tel 01623 656195

Please telephone first!

Little Foxes Wildlife Orphan Care
Cobb Hall Cottage
Back Way
Great Haseley
Oxford
Oxfordshire
 OX44 7JS

Tel: 01844 279469 

Cuan House Wildlife Rescue
Much Wenlock

Tel: 01952 728070

The last thing I heard about this sanctuary was that they are not taking pigeons because of Pigeon Paramyxovirus, but this rule might have changed and might not apply to wood pigeons, collared doves or baby pigeons. 

Secret World Wildlife Rescue
New Road
East Huntspill
Highbridge
Somerset
TA9 3PZ

Telephone: (01278) 783250

The Phoenix Pet and Wildlife Sanctuary
2 Marine Cottages,
Coat,
Martock,
Somerset, TA12 6AR.

Tel:-     01935   824848

Tel:-     01935   824848 

RSPCA
West Hatch Wildlife Centre
West Hatch
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 5RT

Rehabilitation and release only. Please check current policy re pigeons before handing one over!

Wildlife Rescue (Burton-on-Trent)
07780742748

24 hour emergency rescue cover for British wildlife in the Staffordshire and Derbyshire areas - rescue ALL wildlife, regardless of species or status.

The British Wildlife Rescue Centre
Amerton Farm
Stowe by Chartley
Stafford
ST18 0LA
01889 271308

Ipswich Wildlife Care and Rescue

Telephone  (07706) 229 820 or e-mail

Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue
Marlborough House
Augustus Gardens
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 1HL

Telephone: 01276 676295
Mobile 07717 591 302

Pigeon Recovery
8 Vermont Road
Sutton
Surrey

If there is no-one in, facilities exist to place the pigeon in a box outside.  Ro ensure that the pigeon is found quickly it helps to put a donation through the door.

The Riverside Animal Centre
Beddington Park,
Church Road,
Wallington,
Surrey
SM6 7NN

0208 647 6230

The nearest place I have found so far is:
 

Blyth Wildlife Rescue
Chase Meadows
Blyth
Northumberland  NE24 4UK

Telephone:  (01670) 35 33 38

EMERGENCIES: 07910 643122

Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary
78 Oaston Rd
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6LA

Telephone : 02476 345243
Mobile : 07909 555 310 or 07855 466 169

Wythall Animal Sanctuary

Somebody rescued a badly injured feral pigeon and contacted Wythall animal sanctuary  .  They advised him to put the pigeon under a bush and let nature take its course.  This appalling lack of compassion to any animal is unacceptable.  I posted about it on Wythall Animal Sanctuary's Facebook page but they deleted the post without explaining their actions.  Please do NOT take pigeons to Wythall Animal Sanctuary (personally I would not take any animal there now).

Wildlife Rescue & Protection – Mid Sussex (WRAP)

07960 294495 & 07528 594119

Brent Lodge Bird & Wildlife Trust
Cow Lane
Sidlesham
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 7LN

Telephone: 01243 641672

Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital
New Farm
1 Amesbury Road, Newton Tony
Nr. Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP4 0HY

Tel: 01980 629470

Wyre Forest Animal Trust
Kidderminster

01562 741233 / 07722 813 103
Other Contact: 01562 68005 / 07732812263

Charity Number: 1118948

Rescue sick, injured and orphaned small wildlife with the aim of returning them to the wild. Please help them to continue this work by donating through their website. No amount is too little.

E-mail graham@wfat.org.uk

Yorkshire Wildlife Rescue Sanctuaries

Operate establishments in Keighley, Dewsbury and Shipley.

01535 674672

South Yorkshire Animal Rescue
South Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
England
S6 3TD

01142349656

Tele: (01757) 228216

Yorkshire Swan & Wildlife Rescue Hospital
Registered Charity 1113771
Stearsby Farm
Brandsby
Near York
North Yorkshire
YO61 4SH

Tel: 07763424892

Yorkshire Swan and Wildife Rescue Hospital state that they never turn any wild animal away, and operate a policy of never putting a healthy animal to sleep. However, they believe all of their casualties must be returned back to their natural place in the wild, and must never be restricted to a cage or pen for the remainder of its life. It is only in circumstances where an animal cannot be returned to the wild that they believe that they have no other option but to put the animal to sleep.

Wildlife Haven
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
01845 526567

The main aim of the establishment is to rehabilitate wild animals and birds so that they can be returned to their natural environment.  Every casualty is treated as an individual and if they are unable to be returned to the wild they will look at the quality of life they will have if they remain in captivity.  Racing pigeons,ornamental pigeons and doves are normally re-homed and disabled hedgehogs go to walled gardens.

Yorkshire Coast Wildlife Rescue
4, Westbourne Grove
Scarborough
YO11 2DJ

Rel: 07957 108191
      07711 648201)

Sadly, this rescuecentre has had to close down due to health problems of the founder.  South Yorkshire Animal Rescue have taken over Wildlife care after Mr Midgely at Woodseats stopped doing it.

The North East Wildlife and Animal Rescue Centre
(New ARC)
Nether Auquhadlie
Auchnagatt Ellon
Aberdeenshire AB41 8UW

Tel  : 0796 225 3867

Shanwell Wildlife Rescue Trust
Dundee
DD2 4XW

Telephone: 07849 184354

Cover Tayside and Fife. Will euthanase unreleasable birds.

Valley Forge Native Wildlife Refuge
Tornaveen
Banchory
Aberdeenshire

Can provide rehabilitation, long term care or safe life-long sanctuary to wood pigeons, collared doves and feral pigeons that cannot be returned to the wild and can handle emergency first aid treatment. Will also treat racing pigeons.

This is a central working city farm,built on site of old railway goods yard,they have all usual farm animals,pet corner and are pigeon friendly,they recently have taken in a flock of unwanted white fantails and feral pigeons live on site and are free to come and go,all animals are cared for to high standard and the centre is maintained through grants,legacies and donations by the public,they also have a rehoming service for animals and birds,there is a "wildwood"garden which is eco and biodiversity friendly and birds(including ferals and woodies) are free to live,nesting equiptment is left for birds and food is left on tables and troughs throughout farm,this is good for ferals.

ScottishSPCA Wildlife Centre
Masterton Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8QN

All calls have to go through this animal helpline number : 03000 999 999

Members of the public can bring casualties to the Centre
during the following times:

April until September: 8.30 until 10pm 7 days a week.
October to March: 8.30 until 5pm 7 days a week.

Mossburn Animal Centre
Mossburn Community Farm
Hughtae
Lockerbie
Dumfrieshire
DG11 1LE

Tel 01387 811288

BUT they state:  Our policy is rehabilitation, wild creatures in our opinion should not, after treatment, be kept captive so treatment like amputation is not a considered option....

The Fernwood Trust
Peterhead

08445 884477

Anglesey Wildlife Casualty Centre
Nyth Cacwn
Llangaffo
Gaerwen
Gwynedd
 
Telephone: 01248 440689 / 01407 840897

Is trying to run down but won't turn pigeons in need away.

City Wildlife Care
Newport

07794 179 207

Offers the rescue, treatment and care of all wildlife in
the South East Wales area.

01792 371630

Sanctuary treats pigeons but will destroy unreleasable ones
that have been signed over.

WOWLS
4 Elidyr Road
Treowen
Newbridge
South Wales
NP11 3EE

Phone / Fax : 01495 244417

Emergency Number 24hr:  07831 623627