Today was an uneventful day - everything ran like clockwork and there would have been nothing interesting to report, until I left the office at 1740 to see the last bus go and head off to do the fuelling!
Clustered round a shop front just a few doors up from BVT Worldwide HQ was a growing gaggle of passers by, looking and pointing upwards. As I drew near, doing my best to keep a low profile in my lurid orange jacket, one of them remarked, "what we need is a tall person", and 20 or so pairs of eyes turned to confront me!
Turns out that a pigeon had slipped off a ledge and was now stuck fast in a narrow gap between the shop facia board and the building itself, wedged so firmly it could not move its wings, and legs paddling frantically in thin air, with nothing to grip.
Luckily I was just about able to reach the stranded bird, and with some coercion (and at the cost of a few scratches) managed to push it up clear of the narrow gap in which it was wedged, until its feet could once again grip on the ledge and the day was duly saved!
I left the scene to murmurs of approval (but possibly not the wild applause and devoted media attention that such a brave rescue attempt should surely have warranted!) reflecting with satisfaction on another challenge met and overcome and another string in BVT's bow!
So now you know, if you need any birds rescuing, please don't think of us!
Clustered round a shop front just a few doors up from BVT Worldwide HQ was a growing gaggle of passers by, looking and pointing upwards. As I drew near, doing my best to keep a low profile in my lurid orange jacket, one of them remarked, "what we need is a tall person", and 20 or so pairs of eyes turned to confront me!
Turns out that a pigeon had slipped off a ledge and was now stuck fast in a narrow gap between the shop facia board and the building itself, wedged so firmly it could not move its wings, and legs paddling frantically in thin air, with nothing to grip.
Luckily I was just about able to reach the stranded bird, and with some coercion (and at the cost of a few scratches) managed to push it up clear of the narrow gap in which it was wedged, until its feet could once again grip on the ledge and the day was duly saved!
I left the scene to murmurs of approval (but possibly not the wild applause and devoted media attention that such a brave rescue attempt should surely have warranted!) reflecting with satisfaction on another challenge met and overcome and another string in BVT's bow!
So now you know, if you need any birds rescuing, please don't think of us!
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