UK mountain rescue scrambled as girl’s parrot attacked by a falcon

A lady was left caught on a cliff after a falcon attacked her pet parrot.

A gaggle of parrot lovers from Derbyshire had been mountaineering in Cwm Idwal within the Glyderau vary of mountains in northern Snowdonia when an area peregrine attacked the brightly colored chicken, little doubt recognizing a possible meal.

One chicken shortly took off to save lots of itself from the identical destiny and in a determined try to rescue the beloved pet, a lady scaled the cliffs of Glyder Fawr together with her second parrot perched on her rucksack.

She was finding the runaway chicken with a tracker, nevertheless, as soon as she arrived near the highest, the chicken “decided freedom was great” and flew again right down to the group unassisted, leaving its proprietor stranded on the cliff.

The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OVMRO) stated in a Facebook post: “The workforce had been alerted to a feminine caught excessive on the cliffs of Glyder Fawr above Cwm Idwal. 

“She was one of a group of parrot owners from Derbyshire walking in the area, they were flying their birds in Cwm Idwal when a peregrine falcon attacked them, causing one to fly off. 

“The owner’s tracker showed it to be high on the upper cliffs of Glyder Fawr and she climbed up to retrieve it. 

“Unfortunately the parrot decided freedom was great and flew back down to the group unassisted, leaving the owner and her second bird now stuck.

“To a barrage of parrot jokes from Maritime and Coastguard Agency and teams in North Wales Mountain Rescue Association, a hill party climbed up to the base of the cliffs and belayed a team member up to her location to make her safe. 

“On arrival at the casualty, Jeckyll, the second parrot, perched on her owners’ rucksack, greeted our team member with a “Hello”! Once safely on belay, both parrot and owner were lowered to safe ground before being guided down off the mountain.”

The incident occurred on Monday, which noticed the OVMRO workforce referred to as out 3 times earlier than mid-afternoon, a spokesperson for the organisation stated.