We prefer not to do rescues in the dark, but this time of year leaves us with no choice. Most of us work full time and this one could not wait. Willen staff reported the cygnet first thing this morning. I checked him on my lunch break, but half an hour was nowhere near enough for the kind of extraction he needed, so we had to return later and do it properly. Waders on. Brambles everywhere. I cut through the thick tangles of branches to reach him, then pushed in far enough to hold him steady so I

Illegally trapped waders released back into the wild