Birds of a feather! NHS worker adopts distressed pigeon

A woman has revealed how she adopted a pigeon after it hopped onto her lap in the pub.

NHS worker Hannah Hall, 28, from Nottingham, took the bird under her wing after it wandered into the pub looking disoriented then fell asleep on her lap. 

She posts about her unusual new pet on TikTok, where she has racked up more than 200,000 followers. 

The pigeon, named Penny, now sleeps in a cage in her garden and spends her day sitting on Hannah’s shoulder as she relaxes in the garden or does chores around the house. 

NHS worker Hannah Hall, 28, from Nottingham, took the bird under her wing after it wandered into the pub looking disoriented then fell asleep on her lap. She posts about her unusual new pet on TikTok, where she has racked up more than 200,000 followers 

Sharing her story on TikTok, Hannah explained how she had been sitting in the pub with her friends on Bank Holiday weekend when they were approached by the pigeon. 

‘I didn’t really notice him at first,’ she told  Nottingham Live. ‘I told my friend that she could swap with me, so we swapped places. 

‘He just comes on my knee all of a sudden and he stayed there for about three and a half hours. In the end, he was almost tucking himself into my jacket.’ 

Hannah, pictured, has been hosting the pigeon for the last week and letting them go in the garden but it has shown no desire to leave and seems happier and stronger than when they first met 

At the end of the night, the pigeon had fallen asleep on Hannah so she decided to take it home. 

She gave it a bed in a disused pet carrier in the garden shed but feared the bird was so frail it might not make it through the night. 

But Penny has gone from strength to strength and is now more confident in Hannah’s company. 

She later learned that the bird had been abused by revellers in another pub before wandering in. 

Commenters have reacted positively to Hannah’s unusual story of new friendship with one writing: ‘Thank you for saving him’

Experts have said that pigeons are domesticated animals who cling to humans for help if they are concerned they are in danger. 

She is documenting her adventures with her new pal on another TikTok account, @comeonlittlepigeon where with the help of her followers, she will eventually choose a name. 

Commenters have reacted positively to Hannah’s unusual story of new friendship. 

One person wrote: ‘Thank you for saving him’ while another added: ‘He has chosen you, I think he wants to stay with you.’

Another said: ‘I can’t believe how many people he came across who were hurting him before he came across you. Thank you for taking him in.’