Shropshire Star

Wildlife rescue centre steps in as swan holds up Telford traffic

As an excuse for being late work, claiming that a swan was blocking the road is certainly one you don't hear every day.

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But that was the case this morning, when one of the birds was blocking Hortonwood 30, a road on an industrial estate in Telford.

A call was made reporting the incident to Cuan Wildlife Rescue at around 7.20am, and they immediately despatched one of their staff to the scene.

Dale Smith, 30, has earned the label of being the Cuan Wildlife's resident 'swan-catcher' and said he arrived to find the swan sitting in the middle of the road

He said: "Cars were inching their way past it and I tried to catch it but it just kept running away.

"It was probably spooked by the cars, so I called the police to come down to help control the traffic.

"Once the police had arrived and the traffic had been stopped, I was able to catch the swan and put it into a swan bag."

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