A stranded parrot turned the air blue when it verbally abused a crew of firefighters who had came to rescue it from a roof.

Officers from London Fire Brigade were called to rescue Jessie, a turquoise and yellow Macaw parrot, after she had spent three days stuck on the roof of a house in Edmonton, north London.

The animal had escaped from its home nearby and the RSPCA called in the emergency services on Monday morning, after they and Jessie’s owners were unable to coax her down.

LFB watch manager Chris Swallow, who attended the scene, 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.”

The fire crew quickly sent a volunteer up a ladder with a bowl of food and a fluffy white towel to rescue the bird, complete with instructions from the bird’s owners to tell Jess “I love you” to encourage her to come down.