Category: HART

  • Busy, busy, busy…

    Busy, busy, busy…

    So it appears I stopped writing after I qualified as a CFR with SCAS and for that I am sorry. It has been a busy few months of a few buddy shifts and going it alone. But first, and update on HART. I continue to be a volunteer driver for them, but at this time…

  • Barn owl Pt. II

    Barn owl Pt. II

    It is very rare that I have been asked to release an animal for HART however I was lucky enough to be asked to release the barn owl we pickup up last week which has done an amazing job at recovering. As ever thanks must go to the true heros that are the team at…

  • Barn owl

    Barn owl

    Today we got a message to go slightly out of the area I would normal go out for, but it was for a known species. A barn owl. A species I have never picked up for HART and frankly, who doesn’t love a bird of prey?! So of my wife and I went to collect…

  • Hedgehog rescue

    Hedgehog rescue

    I got a message today to pick up a very small hedgehog from a local vets here in Basingstoke. When picking up from a veterinary surgery the amount of information given about the animal is always lacking unfortunately. All I can tell you about this wee fella was that they had accommodated it over night,…

  • The process

    The process

    When I am asked about my work with HART invariably the first questions to arise are: Do you get paid? In a word no – I (plus the other drivers) are all volunteers, we use our own car’s, our own time, and our own passion to do this. Do you get expenses? Also, no –…