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The GSPCA would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the organisers of the Torteval Scarecrow Festival for once again welcoming our team to take part in this wonderfully creative and much-loved community event.
Although we didn’t take home the top prize this year, we had a fantastic time creating our scarecrow ‘Fin- tastic friend from the GSP-Sea-A’ and being part of the fun. The festival is always a highlight in the summer calendar, bringing people together through laughter, imagination, and community spirit — and we’re honoured to be a part of it.
The 22nd Torteval Scarecrow Festival will be held this weekend on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July 2025.
At the Torteval Parish Church you can walk the Scarecrow Trail (1½ hours approx) through some of Torteval’s delightful lanes.
Refreshments available throughout both days with licensed bar, entertainment and fete with various stalls.
This is the tenth year the GSPCA are taking part in this wonderful community event and we are hugely grateful to those at the home for the kind use of their front garden.
For many many many decades the GSPCA has been helping lost, found and feral cats around the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
In the 1990’s there were incredible numbers of feral cats but thanks to a huge amount of work by the GSPCA and also Guernsey Animal Aid when they operated the numbers are extremely low, but the GSPCA are regularly asked to help feral, lost and found cats.
Sadly a number of the GSPCA Cat Traps have gone missing or been damaged after many years of use and we are appealing for help to locate and fund replacements.
Earlier this week the GSPCA reported we had rescued a stray snake near St Andrews Church in Guernsey.
We are delighted to report just in a few hours it was collected and is now back at home.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “Earlier this week the GSPCA Ambulance Driver and Team Member was called to a location near St Andrews Church for a Corn Snake which was shortly after at the Animal Shelter in the same Parish.”
“We appealed for the owner or any information to help the snake get reunited and it certainly didn’t take long.”
The GSPCA Ambulance Driver was this morning called out to rescue a stray snake.
An island with no indigenous snake the escaped pet is now at the GSPCA.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “A day doesn’t go by when the GSPCA has stray, sick and injured animals to help but snakes are one that we now see only from time to time.”
“This morning GSPCA Ambulance Driver and Team Member was called to a location near St Andrews Church for a Corn Snake which is now at the Animal Shelter in the same Parish.”
On Monday the GSPCA once again attended the wonderful event that is the Lé Viaêr Marchi and what an evening it was.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “This years Lé Viaêr Marchi took place on Monday and it must having been the busiest we have ever seen.”
“The weather was ideal and the crowds flocked to the event which had so much to see and do.”
“A special thank you to Natalie, Katie, Jo and Dylan who helped us run the stall through the evening which raised nearly £600 which is incredible for the few hours it is.”
With the current hot weather our wildlife see many challenges and every day at the GSPCA we are rescuing animals suffering from the lack of food and water, as well as those sick and injured.
It makes such a difference to put out a bowl of water for our birds, hedgehogs and other wild animals that visit your garden.
The GSPCA is also aware that many of our ponds around the island which are homes to an array of wildlife will suffer due to the warm weather and lack of rain.
For those with ponds here are some helpful tips to protect it:
The hugely popular Viaër Marchi, hosted by National Trust of Guernsey on the first Monday in July, heralds the start of the Guernsey Summer season. Showcasing traditional Island crafts, favourite foods, music and dancing, this is a gathering enjoyed by generations of Islanders and return visitors since the 1970s.