Exhausted budgie rescued by divers after being spotted half a mile out to sea

Half a mile out to sea and in rough weather, it was the last thing the members of the diving club expected to see. There, being thrown about helplessly on the waves, was a little blue budgerigar.

Bedraggled, half drowned and too tired to fly, it seemed it would not be long before he was heading to the great bird cage in the sky.

Pausing only to wonder what on earth he was doing so far from land, the divers turned their boat round and after three passes eventually managed to pluck him from the waves.



And yesterday the bird, nicknamed Captain by his rescuers, was looking full of bounce as he recovered at an animal shelter.

The RSPCA said it was 'unbelievable' that the tiny bird had been spotted and saved so far out to sea.

Captain was wearing a ring with a number identifying his breeder, so the RSPCA hopes it will be able to track down his owner.