A spokesman for Blackpool Zoo said: “We can confirm that a young pelican was scared by a flock of seagulls at around 2pm on Friday (August 4), causing it to try to fly onto the roof of our flamingo house and it was taken on a gust of wind.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/consumer/pelican-escapes-from-blackpool-zoo-4247416

Blackpool Zoo has housed the magnificent special for many years and is the only collectiion in the UK to have successfully bred them which makes the youngster’s return, special.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/people/blackpool-zoos-escaped-eastern-white-pelican-rescued-safe-and-well-in-knaresborough-north-yorkshire-4267746

Blackpool Zoo in Lancashire advertised the position after the birds persistently stole food from visitors and animal enclosures.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/sudan-metgala-palestine-russia

Blackpool Zoo was alerted and a team tried to recapture the pelican at the nature reserve on Saturday but was unsuccessful.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/people/escaped-pelican-from-blackpool-zoo-spotted-in-heysham-but-continues-to-evade-capture-4262616

Paranormal investigators John Blackburn and Ian Lawman held a ghost hunting night at Blackpool Zoo in 2012.

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/25-spooky-blackpool-places-and-old-haunting-halloween-tales-from-foxhall-to-cloggy-at-blackpool-pleasure-beach-3887745