A parrot stuck on a roof for three days had nothing nice to say to the firefighters who tried to save it.

Jessie, the Macaw parrot, escaped its home in Cuckoo Hall Lane, Edmonton, and spent three days sitting on a neighbour’s roof.

When Jessie’s owner and the RSPCA thought the parrot could be injured, they called the fire brigade and tried to lure it down by saying “I love you”.

Watch manager Chris Swallow, who was at the scene, said: “Jessie had been on the same roof for three days and there were concerns that she may be injured which is why she hadn’t come down.

“Our crew manager was the willing volunteer who went up the ladder to try and bring Jessie down.

“We were told that to bond with the parrot you have to say to her ‘I love you’, which is exactly what the crew manager did."

Jessie responded “I love you”, but the crew manager discovered Jessie also had a foul mouth and started swearing at him.

The firefighters soon discovered the parrot was trilingual and attempted to lure the parrot away by saying “come” in Turkish and Greek as well as English.

Jessie, as it turns out, was healthy and uninjured and flew off to another roof and then to a tree and down to safety.

Mr Swallow added: “As with this incident, the RSPCA should be contacted in the first instance and we would always urge people to do the same if they see an animal stuck or in distress.

“If the RSPCA require our assistance, they will call us, and we are happy to assist with our specialist equipment.”

The incident was over at 12:08 pm.

One fire engine from Edmonton fire station attended the scene.