Photo-a-Day  (Wednesday, 29th May, 2024)

Well done Rev.

A heart warming tale Reverend which has made my day and a nice triptych too .

It is so heartwarming when you hear of rescues like this & passers by helping creatures in trouble.. it puts back some faith in human kind that you thought was gone. Well done to everyone.

Bravo to those people coming together whenever it looks like disaster is about to occur. The Deer must have been exhausted trying to get out.

What a lovely outcome to what otherwise could have been a very sad ending for the little one, and what a photograph to get while out for the day..God love you all who took part in saving this little deer.

Great photos David and a good result on the day. Dread to think what it's like being trapped in the canal water with no escape. What a relief to be rescued. I believe boat men could recover horses from the water by walking them along the shallow bank towards ramps, or steps back up to the tow path. Would be good to know if any still exist on the Leeds & Liverpool canal ?

Quite incredible pictures Rev Long, upsetting to see any animal in distress. There appears to have been a happy ending.

The deer might have just been having a relaxing swim, and would have been frightened to death being trapped in by a boat then having a lassoe around its neck.
Like Bill Oddie always used to say, don't interfer with wildlife.

Oh Dear. He's got out again

Well done to all those involved David.

Come to think about it, I must have seen and videoed 5 or 6 deer swimming in the canal and they have all managed to climb out without any help.
So I have to agree with the person pretending to be David Attenbough

Extremely well done David and co. that would give you the feel good factor for ever.

Doesn't take much, I see the Numpties are back criticizing!
Who would sit and video 5 or 6 deer struggling in the water, you are sick, get a life.

Excellent photos David, I'm sure the deer would have been grateful for being hauled out, otherwise it may well have ended up drowned.

see the Silly One is back posting under faux names, folks will be treating your advice, along with the likes of David Attenborough and Bill Oddie, with the contempt they deserve.

I totally agree with you Cyril,they're like soft kids who never put their comment on first..oh no they just hide in the shadow like cowards and then pounce...very sad individuals...honestly they could spoil a miracle.

Regardless of whether or not the deer was in danger and needed assistance, how heartening to see three strangers coming together to help an animal believed to be in distress.

WN6 it wasn't all at once and I wasn't sitting I had to keep following them because they were swimming away from me.

Correct Cyril - as Maureen says they can only post after others have posted. It must give them ‘food for thought’ to come up with the boring anecdotes and mixed name changes. It’s been going on quite a while. No doubt it will carry on more now…
‘ Bone Head’ might be a good ‘un. Yawn…zzzzz

I’m reminded of an occasion several years ago when I witnessed a cygnet in distress on the L&L between Shedfield bridge and Bridge 60 .

This young swan was swimming , quite unnaturally it appeared , towards me and had flecks of blood on its plumage , which I rightly or wrongly assumed to have been caused by accidentally ingesting a discarded fishing hook .

A couple on the towpath were also witness to the cygnet’s distress and said they’d report the incident to one of the rangers up at the hall .

In due course , one of the rangers arrived at bridge 60 in a 4x4 , a bloke named Bernard with a beard . It’s quite possible that some of you peasants may even remember the fella .

But anyways .

Between us , we managed to retrieve the poor little bugger , then with the cygnet ensconced in Bernard’s jacket he proceeded to take the poor thing to a veterinarian … ( whose identity I will not reveal , but whose premises are situated just off Wigan lane ) …

I spoke to Bernard up at the hall a couple of weeks later and made enquiries regarding the outcome .

Bernard replied that the unidentified vet had refused to even consider going outside to look at the bird and he , ( Bernard ) ended up having to take the creature to some undisclosed site in Burscough .

I think it may well have been at this point in my life that my former positive opinion of vets changed considerably .

Think on ! … All your money won’t a another minute buy .
… quote taken from the song …
Dust in the Wind …

You’ll no doubt be familiar with the song , but it’s on YouTube if you just happen to find yourself among the 1% that aren’t .

First post on this photo was put on at 03.37 so it appears some of the trouble making who dont contribute sod all tp PADS are wrong again.

I do vaguely remember Bernard Ozy, and I'm glad that both he and the swan were treated a lot better at Burscough. The vet off Wigan Lane was an excellent veterinarian, but I'd heard he could be terse at times.
The zoo did use him as the vet for their animals, but I remember that they did change to one at Standish, maybe there had been one terse moment too many. The vet that is there now I'm told is a very nice man.

It is now law that they have to treat a wild animal brought to them. https://www.theveterinarynurse.com/content/education/legalities-of-treating-wildlife-in-uk-veterinary-practice/#:~:text=It%20also%20follows%20that%20any,appropriate%20treatment%20to%20relieve%20suffering.