It all started when Jenny Beecher spotted a cygnet in distress while out walking with her dog near Newmillerdam in 1989. Unable to ignore the bird's plight Jenny jumped in to rescue it. She took it to a vet who removed a fishing line and hook from its throat. Thanks to Jenny's actions, and willingness to foot the bill, the bird survived.

Since then she has cared for owls, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kittiwakes, hedgehogs, foxes, squirrels and stoats.