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Poorly Pigeon Commutes From Canary Wharf To Crawley

7 years ago
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16th May, 2017 15h12

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Born Free Foundation


A kind-hearted Crawley commuter had an unusual journey home this week, after he rescued a stranded baby pigeon, and brought him home on the train… in a gift bag!

Lee Fern, who lives in Three Bridges, and works in Canary Wharf, spotted the little bird all alone on a busy pedestrian walkway when he arrived at the office on Tuesday 2nd May. Concerned that its nest may have been disturbed or destroyed by nearby building work, Lee went back at lunchtime to check on the bird, which was too terrified to move from the spot.

When he left work at 7pm that evening, and the little pigeon was still there, confused and with no sign of its parents, Lee decided to intervene.

“I realised that the pigeon was in a bad way and that I needed to get it to safety” said Lee, “so I bought a gift bag and some napkins from a local convenience store, and carefully placed the bird, which I nicknamed ‘Wotsit’, inside.”

Lee and Wotsit then travelled on the tube to London Bridge station before boarding a train back to Three Bridges. Lee said: “Wotsit was very good, but I must admit, the squeaking coming from the bag, did attract some strange looks on the train!”

Once at home, Lee quickly found a more suitable temporary home for Wotsit, and contacted Tarnya Knight, from Horsham-based wildlife charity Born Free.

Tarnya, who is experienced in rehabilitating and releasing a variety of UK wildlife species, collected Wotsit, and is caring for him as he recovers.

Tarnya says: “Wotsit is in good health and Lee has done an extremely good job taking care of him.  Once Wotsit is feeding for himself he will be transferred to an aviary in order for him to strengthen his wings before being released back into the wild.”

“Wotsit was very lucky that Lee spotted him in time, and he did something a lot of others wouldn’t have done by helping.”

Find out more about the work of the Born Free Foundation at www.bornfree.org.uk


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