The great bird rescue.

A couple of weeks ago my Dad found a bird in their garden. It was just sitting there on the grass, with a dog standing next to it, not moving! He picked it up quite easily and brought it inside. We quickly established that it could not fly. Flap - yes, fly - no.

The girls, particularly Abigail were very excited and had turns to hold it.

The bird didn't seem to mind too much at all. It was immediately named Amelia!

The next day we took it to the vet so that he could "fix" it and set it free, I don't think there was too much fixing but as far as they know Amelia is now free as, well as a bird!! And flying happily somewhere!

This is SO much like my sister, Abigail definitely gets her love for animals from her - especially of the bird variety. Beverley used bring in all sorts of stray or sick animals and nurture them back to life - Abigail is exactly the same.

She wants to be a vet one day but we'll have to wait and see if that ends up being the career path she chooses.

For now I guess we'll have to be happy to foster any injured or homeless creatures we find along the way.