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This year Premier Marinas is spreading some festive cheer by asking doggie owners in the boating community to share their cutest pup snaps
You can take part by sharing a picture of their dog dressed up in their best Christmas outfits by email to
marketing@premiermarinas.com along with contact details, or by tagging their home marina in an image on Facebook or Twitter.
Premier is accepting entries up until 23:59 on Monday 14th December
The chosen photo will win a chocolate bundle courtesy of Montezuma’s Chocolates for the dogs peraon and a treats gift set for the model themselves by Nibble and Nosh – an organisation that provide the highest quality, healthiest and tastiest dog treats.
You can take part by sharing a picture of their dog dressed up in their best Christmas outfits by email to
marketing@premiermarinas.com along with contact details, or by tagging their home marina in an image on Facebook or Twitter.
Premier is accepting entries up until 23:59 on Monday 14th December
The chosen photo will win a chocolate bundle courtesy of Montezuma’s Chocolates for the dogs peraon and a treats gift set for the model themselves by Nibble and Nosh – an organisation that provide the highest quality, healthiest and tastiest dog treats.
After a pretty rough year and the cancellation of all the usual harbour markets, Soverign managed to offer some safe festive cheer with their fifth year of Shine on. Boat owners and residents put so much effort into decorating their homes with stunning Christmas lights to lift everybodies mood.
The UK Boat Show due to take place in January 2021 virtually has been pistponed until January 2022 due to the coronavirus.
A fantastic effort down at Brighton Marina for Halloween
Despite the awful weather the stores and resturants at Brighton Marina made a fantastic effort for the children complete with live actors. It was a well needed bit of cheer.
Brent Lodge winter update
Over the winter months the hospital space is mainly filled with underweight hedgehogs and sick, injured or orphaned pigeons and water birds. Pigeons can breed all year round so the team does see plenty of babies throughout the year, but in harsh winter conditions squabs can be blown out of their shelters and sustain injuries. At this time of year, they will also see an increase in swans - juvenile swans are ‘chased’ out of their parents' territories and often find themselves in silly situations.
The hospital is currently treating 2 swans who came in covered head to toe in discarded fuel. On admission the animal care staff washed them with warm soapy water to remove the fuel. They are being tube fed with a charcoal solution to absorb any toxins they ingested during preening. The younger one of the two is much weaker and has a solid mass on its wing. Thankfully, it does not appear to be anything sinister, but will need to be investigated further. Brent Lodge’s new patient recovery shed will provide an ideal environment for the first few weeks of their recovery before they are moved to an outside enclosure. They both have a long road to recovery ahead, but we have everything crossed for their safe return to the wild.
The aftermath of recent storms, rain and strong winds have played a part in an increase in the amount of discarded waste washed up on shorelines – fishing line, rope, plastics, PPE and pollutants can cause nasty injuries. The harbours and marinas are always well maintained in order to protect and enhance wildlife, but if you do find any discarded waste please safely pick it up or report it to the Harbour Office.
If you do discover a wild animal in need please give us a call, we are more than happy to help. Our new mobile-friendly website offers plenty of advice, so if you are out and about you have help and advice readily available at your fingertips. www.brentlodge.org T: 01243 641672
The hospital is currently treating 2 swans who came in covered head to toe in discarded fuel. On admission the animal care staff washed them with warm soapy water to remove the fuel. They are being tube fed with a charcoal solution to absorb any toxins they ingested during preening. The younger one of the two is much weaker and has a solid mass on its wing. Thankfully, it does not appear to be anything sinister, but will need to be investigated further. Brent Lodge’s new patient recovery shed will provide an ideal environment for the first few weeks of their recovery before they are moved to an outside enclosure. They both have a long road to recovery ahead, but we have everything crossed for their safe return to the wild.
The aftermath of recent storms, rain and strong winds have played a part in an increase in the amount of discarded waste washed up on shorelines – fishing line, rope, plastics, PPE and pollutants can cause nasty injuries. The harbours and marinas are always well maintained in order to protect and enhance wildlife, but if you do find any discarded waste please safely pick it up or report it to the Harbour Office.
If you do discover a wild animal in need please give us a call, we are more than happy to help. Our new mobile-friendly website offers plenty of advice, so if you are out and about you have help and advice readily available at your fingertips. www.brentlodge.org T: 01243 641672
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