The story of how Dublin Airport and Lidl saved a parrot’s life with a tweet

Earlier this week, an African grey parrot was discovered by the airport’s firefighter after a routine runway inspection at Dublin Airport.

In a bid to find the owner of the rogue bird, @DublinAirport posted a photo on Twitter with an update of its well being.

“She’s being given special care and is doing well. We’d like to reunite her with her owner. Please RT to help us find them and DM us if she is yours”

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. 🦜 🦜 pic.twitter.com/aIIImvzL6p

— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) February 19, 2019

Roughly 20 minutes afterwards, Lidl Ireland’s official account came to save the day.

@LidlIreland, which is arguably the best account on the platform, replied to the tweet saying that one of its stores has a missing parrot poster on its noticeboard.

The store then contacted the number on the poster and turns out, it was the same parrot!

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 🦜

— Lidl Ireland (@lidl_ireland) February 19, 2019

The owner, who is said to be based in Finglas, will be reunited with his pet later today.

Finally, a tail with a flappy ending.