Civil Air Support
Serving The Community
Author: Will Ingleby
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Civil Air Support (CAS) has supported British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) and the Port of London Authority (PLA) in a major multi-agency operation to monitor and protect a pod of around 25 long-finned pilot whales which entered the Thames Estuary. The unusual presence of the whales in the tidal Thames created a significant risk…
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Civil Air Support has once again put volunteer aviation at the service of wildlife conservation, flying six young white-tailed eagles from the Scottish Highlands to Exmoor ahead of their landmark release into the National Park. The mission, completed in mid-June 2026, supported the continuing white-tailed eagle reintroduction programme led by Forestry England and the Roy…
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As prolonged hot, dry weather continues to increase the risk of wildfires across the UK, volunteer pilots from Civil Air Support are helping emergency services by providing an unexpected but valuable early warning capability from the air. Whilst the majority of Civil Air Support’s missions are planned in response to requests from partner organisations and…
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Three charities, one mission, and a race against the clock — Civil Air Support’s Transport Group once again proved the power of teamwork and aviation for good.
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Civil Air Support, the UK’s leading volunteer aviation charity, is proud to announce its continued involvement in one of the most significant wildlife conservation efforts in recent history: the reintroduction of White-Tailed Eagles to southern England. In July 2023 Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation announced that their project to return this species…
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"The ‘not so good’ news was that once prepared, the material has an extremely short shelf life. With the time it takes to transport via road and then ferry to get from Birmingham to the Isle of Wight, you have a problem!"
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Freak weather events can cause humans and wild animals to find themselves in precarious and often life-threatening positions with almost no warning. When such circumstances arise and tragic outcomes are feared, Civil Air Support Operations Managers anticipate the demand for their services and prepare their crews to standby. Storms Babet and Ciarán contributed to October…
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Civil Air Support crews were active across Scotland yesterday, monitoring the impact of extensive flooding following extreme weather over the weekend. Our response featured up to seven aircraft operating simultaneously over the Highlands, Tayside, Fife and Forth Valley areas and the collection of hundreds of images and videos of the on-going incident. Civil Air Support’s…
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Civil Air Support were alerted to the mass stranding of a pod of 55 pilot whales near Stornoway on Sunday morning. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) mobilised specialist Marine Mammal Medics with the skills and equipment needed to assist local experts already at the scene, but the logistics of getting them from their mainland bases to…
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Raptor enthusiasts are ecstatic that a small breeding colony of Britain’s biggest bird of prey has become established in England again, having successfully hatched a healthy eaglet for the first time since 1780. Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and Forestry England began the process of restoring the breeding population by translocating young white-tailed eagles from Scotland…