03/06/2026
Called out to a customer today reporting what they thought was a bird stuck inside the chimney above the wood burning stove. After carefully laying my dust sheets, I began stripping down the stove. Base brick, side bricks, back brick, baffle followed by a secondary baffle plate but no sign of the bird. I could definitely hear scratching from above so I lit my torch, placed it into the stove then hey presto, down dropped an adult starling. I managed to delicately extract this inquisitive chappie and released him/ her outside.
All in a day's work for the Yorkshire Sweep 😀