Escaped macaws found safe and returned to zoo

Two critically endangered parrots that escaped from London Zoo during a regular formation a week agone person been recovered successful "good health" 60 miles (97km) away.

Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot were traced to Cambridgeshire connected Sunday aft sightings by section residents, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said.

Following respective tip-offs, London Zoo bird-keepers headed to the location of a household successful Buckden, who had searched online for missing vertebrate reports aft spotting the macaws resting successful trees successful their garden.

They flew disconnected earlier keepers arrived but, with the assistance of knowledgeable locals, were followed to a tract successful adjacent Brampton.

The bird-keepers confirmed the parrots were missing Lily and Margot and, upon seeing the zoo staff, the birds instantly flew down from a histrion onto their arms, ZSL said.

They were past fixed tons of their favourite foods - pumpkin seeds, pecans and walnuts.

A ZSL spokesperson said: "Lily and Margot are some successful bully information and their accustomed loud, chirpy selves, though a small bushed from their agelong formation from London to Cambridgeshire."

The birds person been taken into quarantine successful the zoo's hospital, which is simply a modular process for each animals brought into London Zoo.

They were receiving tons of attraction and nutrient from vets and zookeepers, ZSL said.

After this period, they volition rejoin their parents, Popeye and Ollie.

"Our acknowledgment spell to those crossed the state whose assistance proved captious successful the harmless instrumentality of Lily and Margot to London Zoo," the spokesperson said.