A LONE parrot seen frequenting an Edinburgh beach has sparked concern among local birdwatchers.
The bird was spotted on Cramond beach and has been sighted several times over the last few days.
It appears to be an escaped pet with local birdwatchers and avian experts having become concerned for its wellbeing.
The parrot is green in colour with red accents and appears to be larger than a songbird, with avid birdwatchers theorising that it may be an Alexandrine or an African ringneck.
Sightings of the bird have been reported to a government run non-native species sighting register.
It has sparked concern and intrigue with those who spotted it and social media bird enthusiasts wondering where the exotic bird came from.
The bird was photographed and posted on a local birdwatching group, pointing out that the bird was always seen alone.
People quickly responded to say that the exotic bird was most likely an escaped pet and began looking for the owner.
Concern was raised that the bird would not be able to survive alone in the wild and birdwatchers from across the Lothians began reporting the escaped pet.
The images of the bird were shared to social media in the small hours of this morning with the caption: “My partner took these pics last few days at Cramond, but only one bird, never a pair, is this normal behaviour or possibly only one?”
Images of the foreign bird received over 140 likes and more than 35 comments from social media users.
One wrote: “If this is someone’s pet, I have seen it for two days now on the same tree, someone facing me has bird feed outside their window, so it spends a lot of the day there.
“Happy to tell you where I’ve seen it.”
Another replied: “This is a lost pet Alexandrine not a wild ringneck like everyone [is] saying, there will be [an] owner looking for it and you’re all giving the wrong information out, this how posts get removed.”
A third wrote: “100% a male Alexandrine and they are not wild in this country, that’s someone’s escaped bird.”
