A ten-year-old St David’s boy was able to rescue an injured longtail over the weekend, with the help of police.Jade Douglas, a P6 student at Harrington Sound Primary, found the bird on Sunday evening, not far from his family home at Cove Valley Lane.“I was going fishing, and there was a cave that I always look into,” Jade said. “I looked in there this time, and I saw a bird inside that had blood on it.”Grandmother Darlene Warner said: “Jade was going down to the rocks with another member of the family, and he came running back really upset about this longtail that was there on the cliff. He was saying, ‘Its wing is hurt, there’s blood, I think it’s going to die, what can we do?’ By then the Aquarium was closed, so we called the police.”Two officers were dispatched from Southside Police Station.“It was great just to see the look on his face when we arrived,” said Acting Chief Inspector Calvin Smith. “We went down to the cliff’s edge with him and ended up recovering the bird. That’s something this little boy will never forget.”Inspector John Clutterbuck, who helped rescue the bird, said police delivered the longtail to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ).“A member of staff told us the longtail is expected to make a full recovery,” Insp Clutterbuck said. “They were most grateful to receive it. The bird had a broken wing. Once it’s fit enough to fly, they’ll release it.”According to BAMZ principal curator Ian Walker, the bird is now convalescing at a special facility in the zoo for injured birds.“We get quite a few longtails,” Dr Walker said. “Generally, once they’re better and we’re confident the bird can fly well, we will take it back to the spot where it was found and release it there.”A longtail injured earlier this month after it was snagged in kite string has recovered fully, Dr Walker added.“It was successfully rehabilitated, banded, and released back into the wild,” he said.l Useful web link: www.bamz.org.