Swan found hanging upside down near Colchester
The RSPCA were called out to Flatford to help him
A swan has been found hanging upside down in Flatford.
The RSPCA had to be called after the bird got one of its legs stuck in a branch.
Thankfully he's okay apart from a little wound to his leg.
RSPCA inspector Jessica Dayes responded to the call and found the swan was stuck by one of his leg's which was caught between the branches of a tree.
Jessica said:
"This poor swan had been stuck for quite a while and he did look in a sorry state.
"Luckily one of the National Trust staff members was quite tall so was able to bend the tree down so I could reach the swan and dislodge his foot from the two branches.
"He was a lucky swan, because it all happened so near to a footpath fortunately someone spotted him.
"I was concerned about his leg being damaged so I took him to South Essex Wildlife Hospital for them to check him over.
"He had a surface wound to his wing and probably had a numb leg as a result of hanging how he was! I'm grateful to everyone who helped with the rescue of this swan."
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