Team effort in hawk rescue

Rescuing a gymnogene (African harrier hawk) that was stuck in fishing line in a tree at Grey Dam this week was a team effort by a number of Grahamstown residents. Sue Powers said around 8.30 on Tuesday morning, Marinda Dewey saw the young male bird suspended a few metres over Grey Dam. Marinda’s husband, Mike, arrived soon afterwards with two employees and a ladder. Ingrid Schudel, second on the scene, called Basil Mills (right) who together with Peter du Toit (below) entered the water and pulled the branch down towards the water. At his farm, Mills gave the bird a health check and released it. “It was a real team effort and a successful rescue mission,“Powers said. Ingrid Schudel took the photos