Concerns grow for pet cockatiel named Ronaldo

Family seek help to find prized bird missing from home for more than a week

The distraught owners of a pet cockatiel named Ronaldo are calling for public help to return it safely, more than a week after it took flight from their Fife home.

The four-year-old bird, named after Juventus’ Portuguese football legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been missing from the Heads’ family home in Rosyth since July 29.

Despite several sightings in nearby Inverkeithing, desperate attempts to coax the bird from high trees have failed.

“We are all devastated he’s gone and we are so desperate to get him back home safe,” said owner Lynne Head.

“We got him four years ago and it was my nine-year-old, football-mad son Lewis who gave him the name of his favourite player.

“During lockdown we’ve been letting Ronaldo fly round the house and my daughter, Mia has been making great progress training him and calming him down as he can be quite aggressive.

“We only had a window open a couple of inches but he’s managed to get out and fly away.

“He was spotted in a tree in Struan Place in Inverkeithing so we raced down there and spent nearly 12 hours trying to coax him back into his cage.

“The neighbours even allowed us into an upstairs bedroom to get closer to him but despite hours of calling him and trying to attract him back into his cage we just couldn’t manage it which was heartbreaking.”

Since then, Lynne said she’s been told of sightings across the Forth in Edinburgh, Portobello and even in the

Lanarkshire town of Kilsyth, all of which have turned out to be false.

The public are urged to report any sightings of Ronaldo to Lynne on her Facebook page or via the appeal on the Rosyth Billboard Facebook page.

Ronaldo the pet cockatiel has been missing from its home in Rosyth for more than a week.