The first of December and Alex woke up and immediately went to his advent calendar! Today was another co-op day, so we headed there with oats for the ducks. Alex played with the other kids, but then they came across an injured moorhen. After initially moving it to a safer spot (from running children) the kids were just fascinated and Alex really wanted to help it so I called Wildlife Rescue. They asked if we could take the bird to a vet and directed us so I wrapped it in my t-shirt and put it into a box. at the vets i asked if we could attend the consult but unfortunately there was no vet available. The nurse took my details and called us later in the afternoon. Unfortunately the news was not goo – the moorhen had a broken wing, broken leg, puncture to the chest and scratches to it’s neck. It was euthanased.