Spring is just beginning at the SSPCA Wildlife Rescue centre – a place where orphaned and injured wild animals from all over Scotland come to receive help.
In the second series of Born to Be Wild, staff at the Clackmannanshire rehabilitation centre anxiously await an influx of orphans as the cusp of fox season is well under way.
One staff member who appears regularly throughout the show is Head of the Large Mammals section, April Sorley, who oversees the care of several animals - including fox cubs.
April, who was born in Glasgow, is first on the scene to welcome the new cub to the rescue and rehabilitation centre.
The team can receive up to 50 cubs per year so it's no surprise that they're feeling apprehensive about what's to come.
Upon arrival, April, who is also the wildlife assistant manager, has to check each cub for any health issues. In addition to this, she is the only member of staff trained to rear the foxes meaning she will have to train her team as they go.
On deciding a name for the new arrivals, the team settle on a Star Wars theme.
April tells Glasgow Live previous themes have included American states, dog breeds, spies, muppets and this year they've chosen rappers.
Settled on Star Wars, they name the first fox Solo - quite fitting given it was a lone cub.
And it's not long before little Solo is joined by 11 other foxes with staff ready to begin their busiest season.
Speaking to Glasgow Live about how she began her career, the 32-year-old explained it had all been down to when her grandad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
"I saw what he was going through, what my family was going through and just wanted to get into care", she said.
"I studied to become a nurse and started placement in a care home in their Dementia unit. I worked there for around three years but it was super emotional and rough - it was difficult to see families go through the same as what I had went through."
Whilst dealing with this tough period in her life, April and her family decided to welcome a dog into the family and rescued Alfie from the SSPCA Cardonald centre, but he soon became sick.
Having spent time caring for Alfie, she realised she wanted to work with animals and quickly began worked towards an HND in animal care.
The wildlife enthusiast then started volunteering at the SSPCA working with dangerous dogs at a domestic centre. This put her in good stead for working with dangerous wild animals having understood their behaviour and how to rehab animals which have been badly treated or abused.
After years of hard work, April then landed a job with the animal welfare charity and hasn't look back since.
Speaking about her furry friend, April said that her and her family had always wanted a dog.
"My dad was really against it because he'd had them when he was young and thought it was too upsetting and didn't want to the kids going through it" she explained.
"So we thought maybe if we got his favourite breed - a bull terrier - then he would let us get one. Me, my mum and brother were having a chat one day, went online, found a bull terrier at Cardonald so jumped in the car. We phoned my dad to say 'we're getting a dog if you want to see you'd better come now'."
Upon hearing the news April joked: "As soon as I told my dad I think it was wheels spinning into the carpark at Cardonald."
Like any other person working with animals, April has loved every interaction from Solo to Miss Honey the Badger who also makes an appearance in the show.
Despite having great times and bonding with the animals who come though their doors, there has also been some lows.
During the episode, viewers will see three month old Padme visit the centre who is said to be a favourite of the team but soon after, she injured her leg whilst in the paddock.
Speaking about what had happened, April explained that each time an animal gets put through the rehabilitation process, their space has to increase as they grow.
However as you do that and mix them with a group, "they re-wild very fast" though despite her injury, the incident has only ever happened twice.
"With Padme I think her personality was just immediately wild and sadly injured herself out in the paddock."
On a few occasions the rescue team have also had to deal with snares which April said are still legal however the animals have to be checked within 24 hours - in this case, they were not.
"It causes immense suffering and pain" she says "so seeing an animal caught in one is absolutely horrendous for the animals and the vet team that have to deal with it."
Thankfully viewers will be able to see the talented team release the foxes into the wild - and it's not one to miss.
Staff need to feed the foxes before they let them go in order to ensure they're "fit, healthy and agile" so they're able to handle themselves in the wild. Once they're ready, the staff will release the foxes in a safe area.
Looking back at the emotional moment, April said: "You've been looking after them for a long time. You've literally worked day and night, put in your all to get them to this point - it's our soul purpose and we try and get this across in the programme as well.
"Having been looking after the animals for around eight months and opening the cage, it's just a very proud and emotional experience. You're so happy but relief, worried and sometimes it just takes time for you to get yourself together and I think in that episode in particular we were all so emotional.
"It was our first year of me training up new staff and you think 'look what we did, look at them - we did it'.
"It's not every day someone can say I've helped rehab otters or hand-reared four badger cubs or released 50 foxes this year.
"It's my dream job."
The ten-part series of Born to be Wild airs Monday July 19 at 8pm on BBC Scotland.
To report an injured or distressed animal, please contact the Scottish SPCA on 03000 999 999.
