Fledglings can usually be left alone but if a fledgling is injured or has been attacked or appears to be orphaned or separated from their parents, people should call the RSPCA for help.
If anyone spots a nestling, they need assistance and should be taken to a vet, a local rescue or they should call the RSPCA. It is likely the parents are nearby and will still be feeding the bird. If one is seen away from the nest, it should be left alone and watched from a distance for up to two hours to ensure the parents are returning. The RSPCA as a whole has seen a 81% increase in the number of calls to collect fledglings over the past 5 years (from 3,835 in 2014 to 6,958 in 2018), so it is really important to ensure it is only those that really need help that are brought in.įledglings have all or most of their feathers and leave the nest just before they can fly. But many of these birds are not orphans and are often better off if they are left in the wild. Unlike nestlings they can also perch, hop and walk.ĭuring the annual baby bird boom at this time of year, the RSPCA’s wildlife centres like ourselves care for over a thousand 'orphaned' fledglings each year, picked up by well-meaning people. But most fledglings have all or most of their feathers and leave the nest just before they can fly. In simple terms, nestlings have no feathers or very few. It is nestlings - very young baby birds - who will not survive out of the nest and it is these that are more likely to need help.īut how can you tell the difference between a nestling and a fledgling? However, what many people don’t know is that fledglings can generally be left to be cared for by their parents. Since 2014, there has been an 80% rise in the number of fledglings - older baby birds that are starting to fly, that have been brought into the RSPCA’s centres.
Last year, the RSPCA received 1,240 calls from people in the north west from people concerned about baby birds found away from their nest - and some of these baby birds were brought in to Stapeley Grange by well-meaning members of the public
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