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  • Admissions & Booking
    • • Planning your visit
    • • Group Visits
    • • About your visit
    • • Find Us
    • • Discovery Centre
    • • Download a map of S.O.S.
    • * About Bird Flu
  • About S.O.S.
  • Making a Donation
  • Help for Injured Owls
    • * Avian Flu
    • • What to Do
    • • Injured Owls
    • • Orphaned Owls
    • • The S.O.S. Raptor Hospital
    • • Raptor Rescue Orgs.
    • • Help For Other Injured Wildlife
  • Adopt-an-Owl...
  • Saving Britain's Owls
    • • Overview
    • • Wild Owl Nestboxes
    • • Keeping Owls as Pets
    • • Owls & The Law
    • • Nest Box Scheme
  • Education at S.O.S.
    • • S.O.S. Education Department
    • • Education Visits to S.O.S.
    • • Outreach Visits
    • • Higher & Further Education
    • • School and Group Projects
    • • The SOS Shop
    • • "The Screecher" Newsletter
    • • Group Talks
  • Encounters & Experiences
    • • Gift Passes
    • • Close Encounters
    • • Owl Encounters
    • • Meerkat Encounters
    • • Armadillo Encounters
    • • Porcupine Encounters
    • • Half Day Animal Keeper
    • • Half Day Bird Keeper
    • • Keeper for the Day
    • • The WILD Club 2026
  • Pellet Detectives
  • S.O.S. Events
  • We Are Hiring
  • Raptor Factors
  • Photography at S.O.S.
    • • Photo Competition 2025
    • • Photo Competition Rules
  • Home Fun For Kids!
  • The S.O.S. Blog
  • Volunteering at S.O.S.
    • • Help Us at S.O.S. H.Q.
    • • Volunteer Hosts
    • • Corporate Volunteers
    • • Join the Owl-Reach Team!
  • Hedgehog Care
  • Bees, Bugs & Butterflies
  • Suffolk's Endangered Wildlife
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The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary
Stonham Barns
Pettaugh Road
Stonham Aspal IP14 6AT
e-mail:
info@owlhelp.org.uk

Tel: 03456 807 897
Option 3: General information
+ Adoptions, Courses etc.
Option 5: If you need help with an injured bird of prey

Reg. Charity No. 1086565

““I’m looking after a sparrowhawk which crashed into our conservatory on Friday morning. There are no obvious injuries and it has survived till Sat Evening. I’ve got it in a cat box which I have covered and placed not far from a radiator. It moves it’s wings but it will not stand even though I have held it in a standing position. I have obtained some duck insides but so far it hasn’t eaten. Any helpful suggestions would be gratefully received.

S.B”

From The Web: Concussed Sparrowhawk Question

January 19, 2014

Thank you for your email. You have done the right thing by putting the bird in the box next to the radiator. The bird may not eat for a day or two which is quite natural as it is in an alien environment and may have enough energy reserves not to eat. 

The fact the bird has not been able to stand may be simply shock but it could be pelvis damage. I would recommend you carry on for today keeping the bird warm and quiet, and then tomorrow if there is no visible improvement I would get the bird to a vet and ask them for an opinion.

This male sparrow hawk - known as a Musket - was brought into our raptor hospital with minor concussion but was eventually released in good health. I am holding it gently but firmly so has to keep those extremely sharp talons well out of harms …

This male sparrow hawk - known as a Musket - was brought into our raptor hospital with minor concussion but was eventually released in good health. I am holding it gently but firmly so has to keep those extremely sharp talons well out of harms way! 

A.H.
Suffolk Owl Sanctuary

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