They were alerted to the situation by local wildlife charity Wildlife Matters rescue group. The incident took place at the Ravenside retail centre on Monday October 19.
A spokesperson for the wildlife charity said: B&Q is the only building with netting on the Ravenside site. The bird was under the netting, which is some two – three feet above the roof, but flying around.
“We alerted B&Q and they reported it to their head office and said they would get maintenance down with a platform to release it.
“After nothing being accomplished by just after 5pm I called the fire brigade who arrived just before 6pm. They called their raised platform unit, as they didn’t trust the strength of the roof and cut a large hole in the netting to allow the bird to escape.”
A week earlier Wildlife Matters had brought in a huge crane to reach a pigeon that had become trapped in netting at the Hastings library building.
1. Bird rescued from roof of B&Q at Ravenside
Bird rescued from roof of B&Q at Ravenside Photo: supplied
2. Bird rescued from roof of B&Q at Ravenside
Bird rescued from roof of B&Q at Ravenside Photo: supplied