An ambulance service helped rescue a injured owl in north Oxfordshire using an app.
The owl was mid-flight when he hit the top of a South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) ambulance, which was driving back to base during a night shift.
Named Gilbert, the bird was described by ambulance staff as being "stunned" by the unexpected collision on the A361, south of South Newington near Banbury.
The ambulance crew called out the out-of-hours vet and shared the precise location of the incident using what3words, an app used to trace locations through a grid.
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The technology is also available in more than 60 languages and is used by more than 85 per cent of UK emergency services.
The ambulance service say this meant Gilbert could receive the care he needed as quickly as possible.
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He has now fully recovered and released back home.
The app is free to download for both iOS and Android devices, and works offline, "making it easy to use in areas with an unreliable data connection, such as rural farms, national parks, and campsites".
What3words is also used by the AA to enable faster incident response, with hundreds of AA members using the technology to communicate the precise location of breakdowns every day.
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