Gull in distress rescued by crew

Fire crews were called to a north-east town at the weekend after a gull became trapped on a roof.

The Scottish SPCA were alerted to the incident in Fraserburgh yesterday morning.

They subsequently called the fire service who dispatched one appliance, with five firefighters on board, to the town’s Main Street where the gull had become caught near a chimney stack.

It is understood the bird’s wing was impaled on a spike.

Firefighters were called to the scene at around 10.45am and managed to remove the bird from the roof safely just before 11am.

A spokeswoman for the fire service said: “One appliance was called with five firefighters on board. They used a ladder t o ge t it down.”

It was the second such

“The Scottish SPCA rescue all types of birds”

incident in the north of Scotland over the weekend.

On Friday emergency crews were called to Inverness when the S SPCA alerted them to a gull tangled in roof netting.

Animal rescue officer Sally Fraser was hoisted 40ft high into the air on Henderson Drive and successfully freed the creature.

She said: “Although some people might think ‘it’s only a gull’, the Scottish SPCA rescue all types of birds and we are really pleased we were able to help in this case.”

And earlier this month in Aberdeen six firefighters were called to the city centre to rescue a gull stuck on the roof of a building.

Crews were alerted after the bird was stranded on the roof of the former Gap store on St Nicholas Street. It sustained significant injuries and was put down.