Tees River Rescue. Making the Tees a safe place for all to enjoy

Patrol Search Rescue

Tees River Rescue is an independent rescue charity based on the River Tees in the North East of England.

As well as providing search and rescue, we patrol the River at peak times throughout the year and provide education, support and reassurance for river users up and down the 26.7 miles of navigable river.

As a charity, we rely on support from the public, local businesses, supporters and our volunteers. Tees River Rescue has no paid staff and receives no government funding. As an independent inland lifeboat we aim to be on call 24/7 at the request of emergency services and to provide patrols at key times.

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5 days ago

Great to see that Pomegranate has settled in so well! 🐟 ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

Just a quick update on 'Pomegranate' (Preston Park Seal Pup) the amazinBritish Divers Marine Life Rescueife Rescue and the vets have decided he needs some help and we transported him up to the Tynemouth Seal Hospitall Hospital tonight, where he tucked in to plenty of fish and has settled in well. He is underweight, but hopefully with lots of love and food will make a good recovery. ,🐟🐟🦭Donate to Tees River Rescue on Facebook or at teesriverrescue.org/donateDonate to BDMLR at www.justgiving.com/bdmlrDonate to Tynemouth seal hospital at www.justgiving.com/tynemouthsealhospital ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

Update on the seal pup at Preston Park Museum and Grounds Thanks to the amazing team at British Divers Marine Life Rescue and the member of our team who is a medic, and a number of our volunteers, the seal has been recovered and taken to Stanhope Park Veterinary Hospital to be looked after.Teesside Live BBC North East BBC Tees Teesside Connected. Teesside Incidents The Northern Echo #notjusthumans #seal #volunteers #bdmlr ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

One of our team is also a medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue and earlier today deployed to Preston Park Museum and Grounds to try and uplift a seal which has been chillin out there the past few days.🦭🌊💤On arrival the seal was in an awkward spot and after waiting patiently for it to move into a better position, the seal had other ideas and entered the water just as darkness arrived.A number of our on call crew also deployed to assist with carrying the seal if caught the long walk up the hill to our van.If you spot this seal on land call 01825765546. Do not approach it, keep dogs away from it and report it so we can try and help this pup get back to the right side of the river. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

This beautiful seal was spotted a few weeks ago by our team and seems to still be hanging around upstream of the barrage. Please be super cautious if you are in the area and avoid frightening it.*Preston Park / Yarm *Just to make you aware that this lovely little Common Seal is currently chilling out in the Preston Park/ Yarm area.Be super cautious around it, especially with Dogs and give it plenty of space.He's been checked over by the RSPCA and the amazing guys from British Divers Marine Life Rescue who have been to check on its welfare.Hopefully he makes his way back to the Barrage 🤞 ... See MoreSee Less
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