Adventurous cockateil Coco found 15 miles away in East Lothian after escaping from Leith flat
The beloved pet was found after a social media appeal
An intrepid cockatiel that escaped from its owner’s home in Edinburgh has been found four days later - 15 miles away in East Lothian.
Ella Moran-Jones was left distraught after her two-year-old bird Coco managed to escape through a window of her flat in the Leith area of Edinburgh last Saturday afternoon.
The office worker spent the next few days posting appeals on social media and putting up missing posters in her local area in a vain attempt to find her feathered friend.
But after four days of worrying Ella was left “overjoyed” when she received a phone call saying Coco had been found in a garden in East Lothian.
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Housewife Agnes Kay had been hanging out washing in her back garden when the cheeky Cockatiel flew down and landed on her shoulder at around 6pm on Tuesday evening.
Ella, 41, said: “I was so upset when I discovered Coco had managed to get out and I spent days looking for him and putting up posters in an effort to find him.
“I was on the brink of giving up as it had been four days and I really thought I’d lost him. But when Agnes called to say Coco had landed on her shoulder and he was safe I was overjoyed.
“I really couldn't believe he had flown so far - it’s very unusual for a cockatiel to go more than a mile or two.
“Agnes had posted a message on her local village Facebook group saying she had found Coco and a friend of hers had seen one of my friend’s posts about him going missing.
“It is such a coincidence and really shows the power of social media when it is used for good.
“Agnes couldn’t keep Coco as she has four cats so a friend of hers came and took him in and we drove out and collected him. I can’t thank everyone involved enough - they have all been so kind.
“Coco is now back home in his cage with his pal Hope who has been missing him terribly and they both seem very happy.”
Agnes, 47, was left stunned when Coco flew down and perched on her shoulder while she was in her garden at Boggs Holding in East Lothian on Tuesday evening.
She said: “I was in my back garden hanging some washing when I saw something bright out the corner of my eye.
“I saw it was a brightly coloured bird and the little thing just came and landed on my shoulder, it was so surprising.
“I walked round to the front and into my house and he didn’t move an inch.
“I gave him some mashed up banana and some seeds as he seemed pretty hungry and I put a message up on our village Facebook page as I thought the bird must have come from a nearby house.
“I was so surprised to eventually find out the bird had flown all way from Edinburgh and through a few contacts on social media I was given Ella’s number. I was just so happy we could help to reunite them.”