A parrot has returned home after being missing for seven years.
A missing parrot has returned home after seven years
Tom Woodford suspected that he would never see his bird Charlie again when he flew out of an unlocked door of his home in August 2015.
After years of fruitless searching, Woodford was reunited with the parrot after spotting an appeal from an animal charity earlier this month.
Tom, who hails from Guernsey, told The Sun newspaper: "I saw the picture and straight away I knew it was him. He looked exactly the same. I couldn't believe it."
Tom and his wife Angela had been scouring Facebook groups for any sign of the bird and he is hugely relieved that the parrot has found his way home.
He said: "I can't tell you the relief I felt.
"Charlie is like family and all these years we've wondered where he could be and what's happened to him. He's a lovely bird, and we always hoped someone would find him."