Police say baby boy found abandoned in Birmingham park was just HOURS old

Pictures have been released of a £1 Matalan T-shirt worn by a baby boy when he was found in a park, as police desperately search for the mother.

The baby was just hours old when he was discovered Thursday evening at around 5.30pm.

He was found by a passing dog walker in a park known in Birmingham as The Mound, off Shannons Road in Kings Norton.

The child was rushed to hospital and police are now trying to find the mother as they are ‘extremely concerned’ about her.

Pictures of Matalan clothes worn by the boy have been released by West Midlands Police in a bid to help trace the mother.

The baby was wearing an orange striped T-shirt with a picture of a dinosaur on it and the words ‘Dino Dude’.

Also, he wore grey bottoms and was wrapped in a white-and-grey blanket with a zig-zag pattern.   

Detective Superintendent Annie Miller said: ‘The boy was full term and had most likely been born that day.

‘Luckily he hadn’t been there for very long because he was found by a dog walker who immediately raised the alarm.

‘The boy is in hospital and doing really well.

‘Our primary concern is the well-being of the mother and we need to find her to check on her physical and mental health.

‘Her baby is fine and in good hands, but the most important person in his life is his mother and it’s our priority to find her.

‘We need to know she’s safe and how she is medically, after giving birth.’ 

Ideally we’d like the mother herself to come forward, but are also appealing to the family.’

Police are unable to reveal the ethnicity of the baby, but they wish to speak to a white woman in her ealy 20s who was seen by several witnesses around the area at the time. 

Anyone with information has been asked to get in touch, quoting log 3476 of 22 April.

Officers can be reached via live chat at west-midlands.police.uk, or via Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.