Welcome to the South Essex Wildlife Hospital

Dedicated to putting 'life' back into the 'wild', SEWH is a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and public advice charity. We care for sick and injured wildlife and aim to release animals back into the wild. No injured or sick animal is turned away, so the hospital operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, staffed only by dedicated volunteers. SEWH relies entirely on donations.

We deal with ALL injured, orphaned or sick wildlife, including hedgehogs, badgers, bats, squirrels, deer, swans, ducks, geese and any other birds, frogs, toads, lizards, snakes, foxes,  In fact anything that lives wild in the British countryside or our towns.  We cover a wide area across much of Essex, East and North London and North Kent from our hospital which is based in Orsett, Essex (just 5 minutes from Lakeside Shopping Centre).

If you find a sick, injured or baby animal or bird please call us on 01375 893893 for advice on what to do. See HERE for more details

We have at last been granted planning permission for the new Hospital and Wildlife education centre

We are now ready  to embark upon the huge project to  build  a new hospital and education centre. The new centre will give us bigger and better facilities and enable us to keep pace with the demands we currently face. Look on the Photos & Gallery pages for some of the animals we have treated and help us build much bigger and better facilities to help, treat and rehabilitate more wild animals

This project is likely to cost us at least a massive £500,000  (Half a Million pounds) and we need  to raise a lot of this from charitable donations and grants. See the Appeals page for more details

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Hedgehogs

We always have lots of hedgehogs needing safe release sites. If you have a suitable garden and are willing to provide a nest box & regular food and water please contact us
 

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See the About Us section for more information on how we were formed and the work we do.

If you need help with a casualty see Emergencies & Contact  for how to contact us.

If you are looking for information on wildlife in your area, or how to care for wildlife in your garden, see  Wildlife Information.

If you would like to become involved please visit the How you can Help and Membership section and check out plans for our new hospital under Hospital Appeal.

We hope you enjoy this site, and thank you for your interest.