{"id":394733,"date":"2025-09-03T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394733\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:20:15","slug":"peregrine-from-charing-cross-hospital-found-with-shotgun-pellet-in-leg-raptor-persecution-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394733\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine from Charing Cross Hospital found with shotgun pellet in leg \u2013 Raptor Persecution UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of London\u2019s resident breeding Peregrines, Tom, <a href=\"https:\/\/fabperegrines.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith<\/a>, is receiving veterinary care after an x-ray revealed a shotgun pellet lodged in his leg.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports on social media, Tom was found grounded at the weekend and was taken for assessment at the South Essex Wildlife Hospital. It\u2019s not clear from the information published whether the shotgun pellet was the cause of his grounding or whether it is an old injury that he\u2019d survived.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/2025\/09\/03\/peregrine-from-charing-cross-hospital-found-with-shotgun-pellet-in-leg\/tom4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1232,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tom4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom4.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom4.jpg?w=840\" width=\"1024\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61788\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-xray.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/2025\/09\/03\/peregrine-from-charing-cross-hospital-found-with-shotgun-pellet-in-leg\/tom-perg-xray\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-xray.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Lawrie Brailey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;www.lawriebrailey.co.uk&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tom perg xray\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-xray.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-xray.jpg?w=840\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-xray.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61790\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vet-tom-perg-op.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/2025\/09\/03\/peregrine-from-charing-cross-hospital-found-with-shotgun-pellet-in-leg\/vet-tom-perg-op\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vet-tom-perg-op.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Lawrie Brailey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;www.lawriebrailey.co.uk&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vet Tom perg op\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vet-tom-perg-op.jpg?w=200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vet-tom-perg-op.jpg\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vet-tom-perg-op.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61791\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61792\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/2025\/09\/03\/peregrine-from-charing-cross-hospital-found-with-shotgun-pellet-in-leg\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Lawrie Brailey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;www.lawriebrailey.co.uk&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tom perg south essex wildlife hospital1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/raptorpersecutionuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1.jpg?w=200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-perg-south-essex-wildlife-hospital1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61792\"\/><\/a>All photos from South Essex Wildlife Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully Tom will make a speedy recovery and can be returned to his territory ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>The South Essex Wildlife Hospital has featured a few times on this blog, involved in the treatment and often successful rehabilitation of shot raptors from the south-east. It\u2019s a registered charity \u2013 if you\u2019d like to make a donation to support its work, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/southessexwildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of London\u2019s resident breeding Peregrines, Tom, from Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, is receiving veterinary care after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-394733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115140809829088466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}