Known affectionately as the “Swim Team” due to the big pools of water they left all over their pen after their bathing activities, these two Black Headed Gulls were brought in separately but with identical injuries. One was found in Luton and the other in Dunstable but both had broken the smaller of the two forearm bones in their left wings. As fractures go they really were not too bad, the small bone was being supported by the larger bone and was a clean break in the middle making it easy to strap up and support after x-rays were carried out. Both birds were with us for about 6 weeks, 4 of which were spent with their wings strapped to their sides to immobilise them whilst the bones repaired. The 2 weeks after the strapping was removed were used for them to exercise their wings and to waterproof their feathers. Each morning we would put them outside in a very large outside pen to swim and flutter about getting their muscles back in order and each night we would put them back into their indoor pen to rest. We had no need to decide for them when they were ready to go as at the end of the last two weeks we put them out into the outside pen, went in to make a coffee and came back to find them wandering around the garden! Without so much as a bye and thank you, both birds flew off circled and were gone; no doubt back to join their family groups.