Looking Back On Past Transports...

*It is VERY important to note that none of these photos were taken by our UKWT Drivers. It is strictly prohibited for our Drivers to take photos of the wildlife that they transport, as it can cause the animals immense stress, detrimental even to their chances of survival. These photos were all taken either by the members of the public who had found them (to help Rescues assess them) or by Rescues letting us know how their rehab was going.

Song Thrush...

Looking back on past transports. This breathtaking Song Thrush was transported from Anglesey to Lincoln (after a vet check to ensure that the little one was fit for travel and with a rest at a Rescue in Liverpool, who ensured that this little person had some time to decompress and enjoy a meal before being transported on to a Rescue in Lincoln for longer term rehabilitation).

Baby bunnies... 🥹

This is the little face of one of 3 rabbit kits, after they'd been in rehabilitation for a few days. They were transported by one of our Drivers, John, late at night, to a wonderful Rehabber who raised & released them, to start new wild existences.

Baby rats… 🥹

These are 6 baby rats, found after a nest was accidentally disturbed in a school. This was the photo sent to me by the staff, who kept them warm until we could pick them up. They were transported by one of our Drivers, Lisa, to a great Rescue near London, who raised & released them, to start new wild existences.

Manx Shearwater...

I remember this bird very fondly. It was the first relay UKWT ever organised and I vividly recall sitting up late, keeping in touch with Drivers as they so kindly gave up their time to transport this Manx Shearwater.

This was one of our very first transports: a Manx Shearwater who was blown off course in a storm. After being confirmed as 'fit for travel', the little one was transported by a relay of Drivers down to a Rescue on the South Coast, for them to release ASAP, to migrate with others.

Mama duck & ducklings…

One of my favourite ever transports...

This was a very personally important transport for me, as it was me who found the mum and ducklings in trouble and - thanks to one of our lovely Drivers then, Beverley - organised their transport to a Wildlife Rescue.

Mum and babies were found surrounded by a cat, a drake and other threats and needed relocating quickly (after advice from a Wildlife Rescue on the situation).

3 ducklings made a dash for it and hid when this group were rounded up so were left behind but we monitored the space to catch them when they came out of hiding calling to mum. It was late at night when these last 3 were contained. (An extra complication also occurred, for us to overcome, when the member of the public who was helping us - as they were in her garden - suddenly also caused us issues by deciding that she wanted to keep the 3 remaining ducklings, and she had to be persuaded, at midnight, through frantic phone calls, that this was not an option). Finally, very early the next morning, a taxi driver helped us get these last 3 ducklings to the Rescue where mum and siblings were waiting. Apparently they ran straight to mum and hid under her wing (the Rescue reported to me that she appeared to be telling them off for vanishing) and then they all headed off together to a pond on the grounds of the Rescue.

‘Catted’ duckling… 🥹

This was a newly hatched duckling who was brought in by someone’s cat. Their friend took the little casualty home and contacted UKWT to ask for help. There were no very nearby Rescues but there was a wildlife friendly Vet Practice - especially a Vet Nurse there, Janice - who had helped us in the past, so the duckling was taken by the friend there, for urgent antibiotics. Janice, the RVN, kept the duckling safe & warm until our Driver, Emma, could pick the little peanut up and transport it on to a Rescue in Nottingham. The duckling has since been raised and released back into the wild.