Local RSPCA inspector Will Lamping has rescued a cormorant and a gull in Cumbria.
The first rescue involved a cormorant with a fishing lure hooked into his head and the second a gull trapped in roof netting.
The cormorant was rescued from the Ulverston canal, near North Lonsdale Road in Ulverston on Thursday, 17 March.
Inspector Will Lamping said: “The cormorant had a fishing lure hooked into its head, which had then become entangled on a branch/trunk halfway out on the canal.
“I managed to crawl across the log and un-attach the lure from the trunk and bring it back to shore.
"Then I cut the lure and removed it from the bird’s head and took it to the local vets.”
Fortunately, the cormorant only had superficial wounds and the lure had narrowly missed his eye.
Inspector Lamping took the bird to Kendal College Wildlife Rescue Centre where he was fed and allowed to dry out, before being released back into the canal four days later.
A few days later, on Monday, 21 March, a gull had got himself entangled by his wing in roof netting two storeys up on the roof of the ambulance station in Barrow in Furness.
With the help of the fire service inspector Lamping was able to get the gull to safety.
Inspector Lamping said: “The gull had been up there for at least three days, but was remarkably okay when I assessed him, with only a few feathers misplaced.
“I took him to Grove Vets, who confirmed that he was fit for rehab so he too went to Kendal College, who are currently feeding him up and plan to release him soon.”
Sadly, every year fishing litter (hooks, weights, line) cause injury and death to thousands of wild animals.