Early evening and a knock on the door. David Salmons from the village is asking for help as he has a “Kestrel” that has been sat on the ground in the sun for three days, and is very weak, and is unsure what to do with it. I go to his car where the bird is, inside a cat-box, and it turns out to be a young Hobby.
It is very weak, can’t fly, and probably dehydrated and very hungry. So Tom and I fill a syringe full of water which it takes down, and then feed it ham and chicken which it gulps down. We then roost it overnight indoors in the cat-box.
