owl fallen off roof

[Goodliz]

a schoolboy just passed our house to say an owl had fallen off our neighbour's roof. it seems to just be alive - don't know what to do - help!

Would it be the council environment to call?

[Loz]

From the RSPCA site:

If an injured animal is found, please contact the RSPCA 24-hour cruelty and advice line 0300 1234 999 and be ready to provide details of the animal and its precise location. Where possible and safe to do so, confine the animal and/or stay with it, keeping it quiet, still and warm. Do NOT attempt to feed or give water to any injured animal.

The Society relies entirely on voluntary donations, so please understand that its resources are far more limited than the other emergency services. The Society will always do its best to help an animal in need.

See also http://www.rspca.org.uk/allaboutanimals/wildlife/injuredanimals/-/article/WLD_InjuredAnimals

[aspidistra]

Crikey, can this be a young 'un?

Loz's advice seems spot on, given that this is out of hours (or I might have suggested London Wildlife Trust, who are in the area).

[Goodliz]

Panic over - a happy ending. it was just stunned and has now flown away. Well done to the school boy from Kingsdale who knocked on the door to tell us it had fallen from the roof. A cat or crow could have easily got it whilst it was lying htere.

We put it in a recycling box and released it in our garden.

It was so beautiful - wish i'd got a pic.

:))

[Vik]

Wow I've never seen an owl in the wild, glad it was a happy ending and very well done to the schoolboy who cared enough to alert you to it!

[aspidistra]

Aw, Goodliz, what a brill story with a happy ending. :)

Yes, if you'd got a pic in the recycling box, you could have sold that to the SLP as 'amazing things people do with their recycling boxes'!

[Goodliz]

The boy's mum came out and took a pic on her phone so I'm hoping to get it emailed to me. I'll put it up if i do get it.

[Dorothy]

How amazing. I have only seen one owl in my whole life, and that was at night, in the heart of the countryside. So glad it was ok.

[Sue]

How on earth could an owl fall off a roof?

They have wings!

Very glad this had a happy ending, I've never seen an owl in London, used to see barn owls when I lived on a farm.

[Goodliz]

Sue Wrote:

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> How on earth could an owl fall off a roof?

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> They have wings!

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That's what we were wandering. Think it was quite young. Perhaps it was diving for something.

[aspidistra]

Sue, how on earth could we fall over? We have legs! :)

As Goodliz says, maybe a newbie

[Sue]

aspidistra Wrote:

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> Sue, how on earth could we fall over? We have

> legs! :)

> As Goodliz says, maybe a newbie

xxxx

:))

Quite early in the year for young birds though?

[Loz]

This reminds me of 'Blanche', from Captain Beaky...

A baby owl, whose name was Blanche

Perched bravely on a narrow branch

And wondered whether she should try

To jump up and attempt to fly...

She bravely counted up to ten

And then, she counted ten again

She jumped! She found she couldn't fly

And lay there, looking at the sky

"It's lucky that that branch", said she

"was on the ground, and not the tree."

Then off she ran and flapped her wings

And said "These are most awkward things

"For though I skip and jump quite high

"I'm still no nearer to the sky..."

And falling down, she gave a howl

And wished she'd never been an owl.

And finally her mother found her

And put a great big wing around her

And said "Dear Blanche, don't be upset!

You haven't grown your feathers yet."

[candj]

Perfect loz!

[corinne R]

Sue Wrote:

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> How on earth could an owl fall off a roof?

>

> They have wings!

>

> Very glad this had a happy ending, I've never seen

> an owl in London, used to see barn owls when I

> lived on a farm.

We live at the edge of Sydenham Hill Woods and have a couple of owls in the back garden, its fabulous!!!

[Goodliz]

owl pic attached can't do thing where it goes into message

[Sue]

Loz and Goodliz, aaaahhhhhh, toptotty I'm jealous (except, do you hear awful screeches in the night as they carry off/eat small creatures alive? That was the downside of living near owls ...... )

[sillywoman]

Oooh, what a beautiful bird. SO glad all turned out well for it. Well done GoodLiz

[gwod]

Looks like he's a long eared owl. Really unusual thing to see, what an honour for you - thanks for sharing the photo.

[trinity]

Fantastic picture - how wonderful that all was well.

[Burbage]

Sue Wrote:

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> How on earth could an owl fall off a roof?

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The expression "boiled as an owl" didn't come from nowhere.

[Sue]

:))

Just googled "boiled as an owl" and got this:

About 48,600,000 results (0.12 seconds)

and - a blank page :))

ETA

Drunktionary

[fatfightersforever]

WOW!! Amazing pic Liz x

[Goodliz]

Glad you liked it - a nice spot or rare nature in South East London!

[Freddy1929]

Great picture, well done to the young boy who knocked on your door and didn't just walk past.