A foul-beaked parrot who got stuck on a roof has told firefighters trying to rescue it to ‘f**k off’.

Jessie, a turquoise and yellow macaw, spent three days on the roof of a house in Edmonton, North London.

London Fire Brigade were eventually called to help with the rescue after the RSPCA and her owner were unable to coax her down, but they received a beak-ful of abuse from the bird.

Jessie the Macaw didn’t have many nice things to say to the firefighter (Picture: Paul Wood)


Jessie had escaped its home in Cuckoo Hall Lane, Edmonton and spent three days sitting on a neighbour’s roof (Picture: Paul Wood)

The owner told the firefighter who went up the ladder to say ‘I love you’ to try and get her to co-operate, but the affection fell on deaf ears and instead he got abuse.



Watch manager Chris Swallow said: ‘Jessie had been on the same roof for three days and there were concerns that she may be injured which is why she hadn’t come down.’

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Mr Swallow, from the Green Watch team at Edmonton fire station said: ‘We then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement.’

Jessie and her unnamed owner also speak Turkish and Greek, so the crew also tried ‘telling her to “come” in both those languages’.

But after she was finished hurling expletives it became clear Jessie wasn’t injured after all – she simply flew off onto another roof, a tree and then towards her owner.

Firefighters were told to tell the parrot ‘I love you’ but the sentiment was not returned (Picture: SWNS)

The LFB has repeatedly called on members of the public not to dial 999 when a pet becomes trapped, following a huge increase in the number of call outs.

It said it officers have previously been called to rescue an iguana from a roof, a kitten wedged in a bongo drum and a chimp trapped in a chimney.

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The fire brigade has asked members of the public to only call emergency services to deal with trapped animals if the RSPCA has been unable to help.

A spokesperson said: ‘As with this incident, the RSPCA should be contacted in the first instance and we would always urge people to do the same if they see an animal stuck or in distress.

‘If the RSPCA require our assistance, they will call us and we are happy to assist with our specialist equipment.’

It was feared the bird was injured but it appears she was absolutely fine albeit foul mouthed (Picture: Paul Wood)

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