What a morning.
I noticed three cats all sat looking quizzically at the dining room wall yesterday, where a fireplace used to be. I assumed a spider had crawled under the skirting board.
I got up at 3.30am and heard a strange tapping noise from the same wall and realised there was a bird, down the chimney, where the old fireplace used to be.
By this time Ian had gone to work and so had all the neighbours, so I called the RSPB, who referred me to the RSPCA.
That was an answerphone, and it was still only 8am so I started with the yellow pages to find a handyman to come and release it.
Six phone calls later and not one of them would come and do it despite me offering to pay them whatever they asked in cash.
At 9.30 I tried the RSPCA again and by 11am an Inspector arrived but the bird had gone very quiet.
He explained that it was brick and that he couldn't get into the chimney space without some damage to the plaster and decoration, and was I sure I wanted to go ahead?
Right on cue, we heard the pecking noise again:)
Slegehammer and a chisel were found and he got to work getting the skirting board off and removed a brick.
As soon as the light was showing, out flew a Starling up to the ceiling.
( much to the cat's surprise!)
We coaxed it out of the window and off it flew.
So, I now have a wall with a hole in it, a skirting board lying on the floor and dust everywhere, but it has to be better than knowing something is dying a slow painful death.
The wind has blown a hanging basket down and broken the latch on the gate, so it's all part of life in the Fen, I suppose.
Pat
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Was it worth it? new
Was it worth it? new