A parrot with a Welsh accent has gone missing leaving his owners "devastated". Ralph is known around Rhondda Cynon Taf for greeting people with a call of "alright butt" and his love of custard creams — but last weekend he flew away from his family home.
The eight-inch-tall bright green bird, who may have been the first parrot to scale Pen-y-Fan, was enjoying the sunshine at 6.30pm on May 21 during a barbecue in the Bundy family's back garden in Llanharan, when he was scared off by crows. The family are offering a £100 reward for his safe return.
Shaun Bundy, who has had Ralph since the bird hatched seven years ago, said: "He was in the garden, which he always is in nice weather. Two crows came down and chased him out of the garden. Normally if he flies off he will only go a couple of metres, then you go and get him. This time he flew down the side of the house, into the front garden of another house and onto a tree. Then he stopped as he always does. I was walking over to get him, but another crow came down from the satellite dish on that house and chased him again."
