9 April 2018
An African sacred ibis has been
caught after being seen wandering around a West Lothian car park following its
escape from a zoo.
The bird, which got out of its
cage at the Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, was caught six miles away in
Whitehill Industrial Estate in Bathgate.
The zoo confirmed the black and
white bird escaped on Friday morning.
A zoo keeper managed to catch the
bird, which was hiding in a bush, after workers told them where it was.
David Wood, 60, who works at
microchip company Innovative Ion Plant at the industrial estate, told the BBC
Scotland news website how he had a "double-take" when he saw the bird
walking past his window on Monday.
He said: "At first I thought
maybe it had been blown off course, but then I realised it must have come from
the zoo.
"I don't want to attempt to
catch it because it has a very pointy beak.
"Seagulls were swooping at
it this morning to protect their patch but luckily it's still ok."
