Moment man gets stuck 40ft up tree while trying to catch his missing PARROT

Chris Merrit obtained trapped within the 40ft tree after his macaw was scared away by a flock of seagulls as he educated it within the backyard of their house in information/brighton/index.html” id=”mol-3ba4b9e0-f17d-11ec-9ed3-69586e2dc58a”>Brighton.

Chris posted footage of the chicken on Facebook earlier than discovering somebody who had noticed him in a tree a number of streets away.

 But the bird-lover’s rescue efforts had been thwarted when he discovered himself stuck close to the highest of the tree unable to attain the parrot or climb down.

Chris known as 999, and a fireplace engine was dispatched to rescue him, with firefighters rescuing him with a ladder.

The harlequin macaw, who is known as Charlie, flew away in the course of the rescue after being disturbed by the hearth engine’s sirens.

Chris filmed himself within the tree while ready to be rescued by firefighters, who managed to attain him with a ladder

Charlie was perched on the prime of the tree, simply out of Chris’s attain, and flew away as firefighters arrived

‘This is what it’s proudly owning a parrot’ – Chris managed to stay in good sprits while ready for the emergency providers, regardless of being stuck on a department 40ft within the air 

Chris took a video of himself stuck within the tree, simply out of attain of Charlie. He mentioned: ‘I’m 40ft off of the ground in f****** bushes taller than homes, and now the hearth engines are right here. Oh how joyous.’ 

He additionally tried to coax the parrot down while ready for the hearth brigade to attain him within the tree, Brighton and Hove news reported. 

 Chris had to wait over 24 hours earlier than listening to any extra news on the parrot, however was lastly relieved to hear Charlie had been discovered after crashing right into a home.

The skilled canine coach mentioned he was ‘embarrassed’ after seeing Charlie fly away when he was stuck within the tree, however praised the Brighton neighborhood as ‘unbelievable’ of their efforts serving to him to discover his chicken.

He added he wasn’t anxious about Charlie operating away or discovering a brand new house as macaw’s normally bond to only one individual.

Over 100 images had been shared within the space by individuals who had noticed Charlie. Chris mentioned he notably loved the response from main college kids within the seek for Charlie.

Chris Merrit was trying to educate his harlequin macaw, Charlie, to free fly in his backyard to free fly when the chicken was chased away by a flock of round 100 seagulls

Macaws are the biggest kind of parrot and might mimic human speech. They even have an intuition to flee shortly when threatened, inflicting Charlie to sprint round Brighton earlier than lastly being reunited with Chris 

He mentioned: ‘Kids see things adults sometimes don’t’

Chris added he’s now contemplating writing a kids’s e book in regards to the Charlie’s journey.

He additionally mentioned the neighborhood would have an opportunity to meet Charlie when he introduced him to the Bevendean Co-Op pub in Brighton the place he’s organising a meet-and-greet to thank everybody for his or her assist.

He additionally warned towards maintaining macaws as pets with out correct coaching, however added he would preserve coaching Charlie in his backyard.

‘He’s a giant parrot,’ he mentioned, ‘he’s obtained to stretch his wings.’

Charlie is now unhurt regardless of crashing right into a home after flying away from Chris’s rescue efforts