A peregrine falcon has been rescued after getting stuck on the 75th floor of a London skyscraper.
South Essex Wildlife Hospital was called to a residential building, external in Canary Wharf, London, to retrieve the female bird, which was found “smashing itself against the glass” after flying into a roof garden on Sunday.
Once the falcon had been caught in a towel, it was rushed back to the Orsett-based hospital, where it was examined and had an X-ray.
Sue Schwar, the hospital’s founder, said: “We’ve put her in our big flight aviary. She does need a bit of time. She’s not 100%, but as soon as she’s ready we’ve absolutely definitely got to get her back up into the sky.”