Series 2
Born to Be Wild
It’s the start of spring at the SSPCA Wildlife Rescue Centre – the place where orphaned and injured wild animals from all over Scotland find help from a dedicated team of vets and carers.
Episodes
Episode 1
April helps hand-rear Padme the orphaned fox cub, while in the seal unit, Kaniz needs the help of specialist vet Romain to operate on a grey seal with a swollen flipper.
Episode 2
Wildlife assistant Juanita attempts to hand-rear the tiniest litter of red squirrels ever admitted to the centre. Meanwhile, Kaniz and Gaby struggle with a pair of feisty gannets.
Episode 3
Wildlife rescue officer Bob has interesting cases to deal with on his round including a bat caught in a light fitting, a stranded collared dove chick and a lost racing pigeon.
Episode 4
Lorraine, the head of birds at the wildlife rescue centre, is forced to ‘take her work home’ during the coronavirus pandemic. This means a houseful of goldfinches and collared doves.
Episode 5
April rears a tiny orphaned badger cub, which she names Miss Honey. Meanwhile, centre vet Liam saves the life of a tiny common sandpiper that has been attacked by a domestic cat.
Episode 6
Kaniz struggles with the intake of rescued harbour seals which need to be returned to the wild. Meanwhile, April and Juanita see red squirrel Kite back to a home in the forest.
Episode 7
Wildlife assistant Rebecca is busy with orphaned partridges which she names after types of cheese! Meanwhile, Chloe hand-rears a gang of pine martens and returns them to the wild.
Episode 8
April and Juanita hand-rear a beautiful injured and orphaned fallow deer which they name Snow Drop. Meanwhile, specialist vet Romain and his family are getting busy with buzzards.
Episode 9
April finds herself in charge of a beaver, one of her favourite animals. Meanwhile, Romain saves the life of a sparrowhawk using an intricate operation.
Episode 10
April and co spend over a year hand-rearing orphaned otter cubs Chubb, Pike and Tiddler. Meanwhile, Theresa releases a hedgehog and her newborn hoglets into the wild.