Tiggywinkles – Vets in Haddenham
Clinic Overview
Tiggywinkles is a free wildlife hospital (run as a charity, per reviews) focused on sick, injured, and orphaned British wildlife. The website describes it as operating 24/7, 365 days a year, treating over 13,000 animals annually and over 300,000 since it began (started over 40 years ago by the Stocker family). Recent reviews strongly centre on people bringing in injured wildlife (for example, hedgehogs and a bird that couldn’t fly), with owners describing swift triage, staff providing reference numbers for follow-up, and a policy of not turning animals away. A minority of reviewers note a mismatch in expectations when visiting, saying there were “hardly any animals there to see” at that time.
Services
- •Wildlife hospital care for sick, injured, and orphaned British wildlife (website).
- •24/7, 365 intake for wildlife cases (website).
- •Triage on arrival is specifically mentioned as “extremely swift” when dropping off an injured juvenile jackdaw (review).
- •Case/reference numbers for updates: one reviewer says they were given a reference number and a number to call for updates after admitting an injured bird (review).
- •Species/cases mentioned in reviews include
- •Hedgehogs (including a hedgehog that had lost a leg after being run over) (review)
- •Crow that could not fly (review)
- •Juvenile jackdaw (review)
People
- •Leah (staff member, role not stated): thanked for taking time to show a child a rehabilitated hedgehog (“Winnie the hedgehog”) (review).
- •Staff are repeatedly described as pleasant/welcoming/helpful, particularly when members of the public bring in wildlife and need guidance on what to do next (reviews).
- •One reviewer highlights professional handling at intake, with “extremely swift” triage and clear next steps for getting updates (review).
Reviews
4.8 stars from 711 reviews. The latest reviews available to us focus on experiences dropping off injured wildlife, staff interactions, and expectations when visiting. “”
- •People bringing in injured animals describe the team as welcoming and focused, and several mention that animals are not turned away (for example, a crow that couldn’t fly; a juvenile hedgehog found out in daylight) (reviews).
- •Fast intake/triage and follow-up structure are mentioned: a reviewer describes swift triage and being given a reference number for updates (review).
- •Visitor expectations vary: one reviewer was disappointed there weren’t many animals to see during their visit, while others describe seeing a range of rescued animals and learning from talks/activities (reviews).
Animals Treated at Tiggywinkles
Animals We Treat
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Reviews for Tiggywinkles
Note: Showing the 5 most recent Google reviews out of 711 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.
lisa celeste
a week ago
Such a lovely place. The work they're doing here are amazing. Saving injured wildlife animals. We meet a 3 legged hedgehog, lost its leg-run over by a car. This wild life hospital (first in the world) saved this hedgehog life. Staff here ( Leah ) thank you for Showing my son this precious creature, Winnie the hedgehog!
Mark East
2 weeks ago
What an awesome place team Were amazing
Horacio Botana
a month ago
The lady's where very helpful thank you
Lisa Murdoch
a month ago
I love this place, they've never turned an animal away. Staff are always lovely and very understanding. I've taken many animals here and never had any problems. Latest was a crow that could not fly.
Scott Nicholls
a month ago
Great charity
Sagvan Kocher
2 weeks ago
We went to this place according to their good reviews but were not very impressed as there was hardly any animals there to see so were a bit disappointed as we went from London so it was not what we expected. The staffs are nice and friendly and quite place so not a lot of people around plus free car park which were good points about it.
Nige
a month ago
Our neighbours found a juvenile hedgehog wandering around our Close in broad daylight and weren't sure what to do with it. So they came to us. The fact that it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we knew it (now called 'Spike'!) shouldn't be there. A quick call to Tiggywinkles (25 miles away) confirmed the fact and advised us to bring Spike in. The staff at Tiggywinkles were so pleasant and welcoming. They were pleased that we had taken the bother to bring Spike in, even though he was very active. We had heard much about Tiggywinkles, but had never visited before. It is a wonderful setup, and looks very well maintained. All the staff we met were so focused in what they do and couldn't have been more helpful. We even found thattheir first ever casualty was a kestrel, not a hedgehog as we always had assumed. Spike's casualty number was 114935 on 6th September and if it isn't too much of a problem, we'd love to know how it is doing.
Jenna
4 months ago
Dropped off an injured Juvenile Jackdaw, the staff were very professional and the triage was extremely swift. They kindly gave me a reference number and telephone number to call for updates. I had a wander round the visitor's centre after dropping off the injured bird, it's lovely to see such an array of rescued animals all thriving, including but not limited to hedgehogs, tortoises, ducks, squirrels, badgers, red kites, owls and deer.
Sofia Bianchi
5 months ago
What a nice day out with both our toddlers! There is a playground with tricycles and bikes for little kids to run around. The animal talks were very exciting even for kids, we learned so much about some animals (hedgehogs and deer in particular), the arts and crafts area was well stocked and the activities were on point. The foxes area was the highlight of our tour though! We had never been able to see any fox for longer than 2 seconds before coming here! We took our lunch boxes and had lunch outside in the picnic area by the playground
Felix von Joker
5 months ago
Beautiful animal sanctuary. Interesting for adults and children (playground). Just to be a bit patient and quiet and animals will come from their hideouts as curious as they are. Its worth to come during the feeding time. Only gulls are hospitalized. All other birds are freeloaders / lunch time 😁
