Overview
- Frankie, a four‑month‑old flamingo, flew out of Paradise Park on 2 November despite one wing being clipped, clearing a 12‑foot walled garden.
- Photographs taken at Tréflez in Finistère show the clipped right wing, and the park says they can now identify the bird as Frankie with certainty.
- The bird has been seen more than 100 miles from Cornwall on a protected Brittany estuary, where staff say she appears fit and able to feed.
- Park officials outline major barriers to repatriation, including capturing her in France, health certification, export and import permits, and two 30‑day quarantines.
- With a formal retrieval unlikely, keepers hope she links up with a greater flamingo colony or finds sanctuary in south‑west France, and they continue to seek public photos to track her.