Animal & Wildlife Search and Rescue in Waterlooville

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• Livestock Search and Recovery

  We sweep fields, hedgerows and woodland with thermal and visual cameras to find missing cattle, sheep, horses, pigs or poultry, with or without tags or trackers.

  Paddocks and smallholdings around Denmead, Hambledon, Horndean and Rowlands Castle keep many horses and some stock, often close to busy roads.

  You know where the stock is before you send people and vehicles out.

  You and your stockmen do the rounding up; we watch and guide from above.

• Pet and Companion Animal Search

  Lost dogs, cats and other companion animals often go to ground in cover a search on foot walks straight past. Thermal imaging can pick up body heat in vegetation and in low light.

  Dogs that bolt in the Queen’s Inclosure, Havant Thicket or Creech Woods usually go to ground in bracken or scrub near a ride or clearing.

  A focused search around the last sighting, with positions relayed so you can approach calmly.

  Built-up areas and roads bring airspace and privacy limits, so each request is assessed first.

• Zoo and Collection Animal Location

  Discreet aerial support for wildlife parks, zoos, aviaries and private collections looking for a displaced non-dangerous animal.

  Eyes over the site and its surroundings, working to your keepers’ recovery plan.

  We do not deploy for dangerous species; those are a matter for the emergency services.

• Wildlife and Conservation Monitoring

  Planned aerial monitoring of protected or vulnerable species across large areas: survey routes, thermal counts and habitat imagery.

  Planned surveys in the woods and the country park are shaped around nesting birds, protected habitat and the bodies that manage the land.

  Repeatable data delivered to your team, without walking the whole site.

  Planned around the species, the season and any disturbance considerations.

• Injured or Distressed Animal Location

  Where an animal is thought to be injured and lying still, thermal detection can find it in dense cover, on steep ground or in places rescuers cannot easily reach.

  Useful for a casualty in a woodland clearing, on Portsdown Hill or in a field where it cannot be seen from a path.

  Precise GPS positions, so rescuers go straight to the animal.

  We locate and observe. Handling and treatment stay with vets and welfare professionals.

• Priority Call-Outs

  When time matters, phone us with the location and what has happened. Each call-out is assessed against location, airspace, weather, light and who is available.

  A clear answer on the phone about whether a search is possible, and what it involves.

  We do not publish response times; availability depends on the day.

1. STAGE 01

   Enquiry and information

   You tell us what is missing, where and when it was last seen, and what the ground is like.

2. STAGE 02

   Location and feasibility

   We check the location against our zones and look at airspace, access, weather and light.

3. STAGE 03

   Search plan

   We divide the area into search zones from the last known position, the terrain and the animal’s likely behaviour.

4. STAGE 04

   Aerial search

   Our pilot watches the thermal and visual feeds live and checks every heat signature against the animal’s size.

5. STAGE 05

   Findings and handover

   We relay GPS positions to your team and stay on station until recovery or until you stand us down.

The ground we search around Waterlooville

• The Queen’s Inclosure, Havant Thicket and Creech Woods

  These Forest of Bere woods mix oak, conifer plantation and open rides, with heathy clearings in places. A dog that runs into them often stops along a ride or at the edge of a clearing.

  LimitationUnder a closed canopy the camera cannot see the ground, so the drone sweeps the rides and clearings and guides people into the right part of the wood.

• Staunton Country Park and the farms

  Staunton has parkland, lakes, a farm and woods, and the countryside around Denmead, Hambledon and Rowlands Castle is paddocks, hedged fields and small farms. Open ground like this gives a very clear thermal picture.

  LimitationThe country park has livestock and many visitors, so we plan flights to avoid both and keep them short.

• Streams, ponds and the lakes

  Small streams run south through the woods towards Langstone Harbour, and there are ponds and lakes at Staunton and in the forest. Wet, overgrown banks are slow to search on foot.

  LimitationWet woodland and ponds hold wildlife and nesting birds. Flights are brief, and anything near water is confirmed on the visual camera first.

• The town, the A3 and the A3(M)

  Waterlooville is built up along the old London Road, with the A3(M) to the east and the A3 running north through Horndean. An escaped animal usually heads for the nearest woodland or field.

  LimitationWe do not fly over the town, motorways, main roads or houses. Searches next to them are assessed individually.

• CAA Registered Drone Operator

  Airframe is a CAA Registered Drone Operator and our pilots are qualified for commercial operations.

• Aviation safety and airspace

  Every search is planned within UK drone rules, including checks on controlled airspace, roads, railways and people nearby.

• Site-specific assessment

  Each search is assessed for its own location, access and hazards before we fly.

• Weather and suitability

  Rain, wind, fog and low cloud can stop or limit a flight. We will not fly when it is unsafe, and we will tell you why.

• Fully insured

  Commercial drone liability insurance is in place for every deployment. Documentation is available on request.

• Animal welfare and your information

  We work to your plan so the animal is not pushed further away, keep you informed, and do not share your details with third parties.

More on how we plan and fly operations and the aircraft we use.