There, being thrown about helplessly on the waves, was a little blue budgerigar. Bedraggled, half drowned and too tired to fly, it seemed it would not be long before he was heading to the great bird cage in the sky.Pausing only to wonder what on earth he was doing so far from land, the divers turned their boat round and after three passes eventually managed to pluck him from the waves.
And yesterday the bird, nicknamed Captain by his rescuers, was looking full of bounce as he recovered at an animal shelter.
The RSPCA said it was 'unbelievable' that the tiny bird had been spotted and saved so far out to sea. The drama began on Saturday as members of the Torbay British Sub Aqua Club prepared to dive from their boat half a mile out from the Berry Head beauty spot in Brixham, Devon, in a heavy swell.
Diver Cathy Jackman said: 'The bird was flapping and disappearing under the water and had almost drowned as it clearly could not take off or swim ... (Daily Mail)
