Police rescue swan from Peterborough road

Police have rescued a swan from a road in Peterborough today (December 8).
By Ben Jones
Published 8th Dec 2021, 18:40 GMT
Police rescued the swan earlier today (December 8).Police rescued the swan earlier today (December 8).
Police rescued the swan earlier today (December 8).

The swan was spotted on the Nene Parkway, around a quarter of a mile from the rowing lake at Thorpe Meadows on Wednesday morning.

Police preceded to catch the bird, finding it unharmed, and returned to the lake before 12pm.

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A statement on the Policing Peterborough Facebook page said: “We were called out to concerns someone was swanning around on the parkway earlier this morning.

“The friendliest swan there ever was who was more than happy to be carried a quarter of a mile back to the rowing lake!”