We can't imagine why anyone would design a glue trap.

These inhumane traps are going to be illegal soon, later this year in Scotland, and that won't be too soon.

The board that the animal walks on is covered in glue. As soon as the victim discovers it is trapped it struggles to free itself.

We have seen voles and mice with most of their hair missing and small birds with fractured wings or legs. Most people who arrive here holding a victim are horrified. I wonder what they thought would happen.

The robin looked a mess. Bundles of feathers were held together with glue, but there didn't seem to be any fractures.

We wrapped the robin in kitchen roll and gently eased it off the board.

The robin was alert, watching all the time, and as soon as it was free of glue we put it into a heated brooder. It didn't move much that night but we were happy to see it moving around by morning.

For the next two weeks the robin was bathed with washing up liquid. This is a dissolvent that removes glue from feathers but we must make sure it doesn't harm the skin.

We want the robin to be waterproof when it leaves Hessilhead.

The robin is flying well now. I struggled to get a photo earlier as it flew from one end of the flight to the other. It didn't stay long anywhere, just long enough for me to 'click'.