Can you help Northampton girl reunite with her two cherished escaped budgies?

A Northampton 12-year-old girl has been left heartbroken this week after her two cherished budgies flew away from home.

An appeal has been launched to help find Ocean and Buttercup - two budgies who went missing last week after an accident with their cage door.

Now, one little girl and her family are desperately missing the two much-loved pets and are asking for Northampton's help to find them.

The two pet birds escaped on May 20 from their home in Fir Tree Walk, in Weston

Mum Nayla Mahmood told the Chronicle & Echo: "It was an accident. Normally they're very tame and fly around the house and even perch on people's shoulders.

"We put the cage outside for some fresh air, but their cage door hadn't shut properly and no one noticed. We heard a flapping of wings and ran to check but by the time we got there they were gone.

"We all really miss them. They were members of the family."

Nayla and her family have been out searching for the two budgies day after day ever since, and are now asking for the town's help to find Ocean and Buttercup and bring them home.

Nayla said: "I have five children and everyone really misses the budgies - but my daughter Aamna, in particular, is really sad. She's had Buttercup for three years and he would come and sit on her shoulder if she called him."

Anyone who spots the two distinctive tropical birds in Northampton is asked to call Nayla on 07970 490287.