A “shy” eagle that went missing from a birds of prey centre after being mobbed by crows has been found.

Aspen, an American bald eagle, was chased from Herrings Green Activity Farm in Wilstead, near Bedford, just before a flying display on Monday.

A BBC Three Counties Radio listener named Dot told presenter Andy Collins she thought she had seen the eagle after “a really big bird flew across my car”. He was found near Cardington, south of Bedford, on Tuesday after another sighting by a member of the public.

Sarah Hesford, from the centre, said he “literally saw me and the second I put my glove up he was right there”.