A SEAGULL rescued after getting trapped behind a car grille has been released back into the wild.
The herring gull was found by a passerby stuck behind a grille of a red Mazda 6 parked in a hospital car park in Ashford, Kent.
The passerby called RSPCA rescuer Tina Nash, who helped the bird and eventually managed to carefully prise the seagull out.
Tina believes the bird got stuck after a road traffic collision.
The gull was taken into the charity’s Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre in Hastings to be monitored.
After it was found to have no serious injuries, the Seagull was released on July 16 onto Pett Level Beach in Hastings.
Tina said she was happy to see the bird released back into the wild.
“After a road traffic collision and being stuck in the car grille like that I was convinced the poor bird would have major life-threatening injuries,” she said.
“So to see him, just a few weeks, given a clean bill of health and released back to the wild with lots of other birds gives me a huge sense of pride.
“It’s rewarding moments like these that make me love my job.”
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