The warm weather may attract tropical birds but things were going a bit far when a loose parrot was spotted on the islands.

The bird was seen on St Mary’s by local couple Georgia and Rob Hale who saw it on their roof last week.

Georgia told Scilly News: “It was really strange to see it.”

According to one islander on St Agnes there several people saw a wild parrot last summer although it is unclear whether it is the same one.

A local bird enthusiast also has revealed that he believes it is an escapee from a Cornish Zoo.