Log inLive lost and found African grey reports from across the UK, plus what to do right now, whether your African grey has flown away, or one has just landed on you.
3 lost African greys reported in the UK recently
No found African greys are listed right now. If a African grey has turned up in your garden or come to you, report it. The owner is very likely searching, and a ring or microchip number can match you to them the same day.
Report a found African greyA frightened grey goes quiet. Unlike most escaped parrots, an African grey will often sit silent and motionless high in a tree for hours, and its plumage all but disappears against bark and an overcast sky. Look for movement and the flash of the red tail, rather than expecting to hear them. What greys do answer is the familiar: talk normally as you walk, use the phrases and household sounds your bird knows or mimics, and play recordings of the bird itself or of your home (the microwave, the doorbell, your voice). Dawn and dusk are still your best windows, when even a hiding grey is most likely to answer.
Put the cage outside in clear view with favourite food, and keep returning to the spot where the bird was last seen or heard. Hunger often brings a grey lower on the second day. File your report here on day one, and follow the hour-by-hour protocol in the lost bird guide.
A grey on the ground or on a stranger's fence is exhausted, and a frightened grey may bite. Approach slowly, offer an arm or hand to step up, and put it somewhere quiet and enclosed with water and plain food. Check the legs for a ring and ask any vet to scan for a microchip, free of charge. Report them here with the ring or chip number and expect the owner to be searching hard.
