Girls in Nature

<p>A woman has taught her stunning pet parrots to fly freely around a national park.</p><p>Motley the Harlequin Macaw is a common sight soaring above the Peak District and in the skies above his home in the East Midlands.</p><p>Owner Chloe Brown, 24, trained him from a young age to return to her and she now </p><p>lets him free fly for several miles at a time.</p><p>Motley is so keen for his daily flights, he even squawks and taps on the window with his beak until Chloe takes him out.</p><p>Chloe has started posting pictures and videos of Motley’s flights online and he is now a rising social media star.</p><p>His videos on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook have already attracted tens of thousands of fans from around the world.</p><p>Chloe, a zoo biology student, said: “I got Motley when he was 21 weeks old and started training him to free fly. </p><p>"It was important to me to let him fly in the wild as much as possible.</p><p>“We started off with a harness and an elastic line which got longer each time. </p><p>"We progressed to free flying so now when I take him out he explores the skies but he always comes back to me.</p><p>“We’ve been everywhere, he’s been rock climbing with me, kayaking and on pushbikes.</p><p>“I absolutely love it and so does he and so does he.</p><p>“He demands to go flying. If I don’t fly him he will bang on the window and tell me he wants to go out.</p><p>“I take him to the Peak District a lot because it’s only a 45 minute drive.</p><p>“His absolute favourite place is Curbar Edge in the peaks. The thermals come straight up the cliff and he just loves it.</p><p>“You can hear him squealing with delight so you know he’s having a great time.</p><p>“He’s been all over the peaks, basically anything with a cliff and he will throw himself off of it.”</p><p>Chloe, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts., started posting pictures and videos of Motley’s escapades on social media earlier this year. </p><p>She said: “I don’t really do social media but we started getting recognised going out and </p><p>I thought it would be nice to let people know what he’s been up to.</p><p>“The response has been amazing. He’s got 4,000 or so followers on TikTok and a few thousand on Instagram and Facebook.”</p><p>Chloe is now using Motley’s profile to raise awareness to campaign against clipping birds’ wings or keeping them in cages.</p><p>She added: “I want let people know that birds shouldn’t be kept in cages. </p><p>“Not everyone can do what I do and it’s important birds are treated humanely.”</p><p>Motley is also poised to become a TV star and will feature on an episode of The </p><p>Antiques Roadshow later this year as well as an ITV pet show.</p>