Parrot found at Dublin Airport reunited with owner through Lidl store poster

We love a witty Twitter exchange, and more often than not when the people behind Lidl Ireland's Twitter account are involved, it's golden.

Parrot found at Dublin Airport reunited with owner through Lidl store poster

We love a witty Twitter exchange, and more often than not when the people behind Lidl Ireland's Twitter account are involved, it's golden.

What's more, a presumably distraught parrot owner and his pet bird who had gone missing were reunited thanks to the speedy response of the Lidl team.

The story begins with a Tweet posted by Dublin Airport about a parrot who had been found by resident firefighter Craig Wade during a routine runway inspection.

She had been cared for and was in good hands ahead of the airport's quest through social media to find her owner.

The Tweet read:

"Our firefighter Craig Wade found this African grey parrot during a routine runway inspection earlier this week.

"She’s being given specialist care & is calm & doing well. We’d like to reunite her with her owner. Please RT to help us find them & DM us if she is yours."

The response that followed from Lidl Ireland just proves how small a world we really do live in and even more so how small an island Ireland is.

Lo and behold, on the wall of one of Lidl's stores was a missing parrot poster.

The infamous Dublin Airport parrot turned out to be the same parrot up on the Lidl store's wall.

Lidl Ireland tweeted:

"Guys this is going to sound unbelievable but there's a "Missing Parrot" poster in one of our stores, so we called the number to check and it's his parrot! We'll drop you a DM now."

LADS. Only in Ireland.

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