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Share Chief engineer Tomasz Stefanik spotted a blue and yellow feathered stowaway on deck when the ship was 25 miles off the Cornish coast from Plymouth The ship's crew has now put out an appeal to trace the owner of the budgie which they think escaped from its cage in someone's kitchen or living room in Plymouth and flew to the docks. Pictured: Ocean Osprey It looked up weakly when Mr Stefanik approached, and gratefully hopped on to his outstretched hand. How far can budgies fly? Budgerigars can fly as far as 15.6miles per day without any breaks. And they can travel at roughly 25-30miles per...

The crew of the Ocean Osprey fishery protection ship may be more used to boarding vessels but now they've been boarded themselves 25 miles off the Cornish coast - by a lost and exhausted budgie. The ship was on its way from Plymouth to patrol the Celtic Sea when 25 miles off the Cornish coast going past Padstow, chief engineer Tomasz Stefanik spotted the exhausted blue and yellow budgie on the deck of the ship. He was spotted resting on the vessel's deck He put out his hand and it hopped on and he is now looking after it after it took a particular shine to him. The crew making an ap...