The bird mistook the roof for a body of water and fell 15 feet down the mesh fence.
and slid on the slippery surface, becoming wedged between the side of the building and a wire mesh fence. The swan would have starved to death had she not been found by a garage owner, who was checking an outside yard and spotted her.were called and the bird was set free by animal rescue officer David Holgate. He said: “On dark, wet nights it’s so easy for birds to mistake roofs for canals and other water courses.
The bird landed on the wet roof of an industrial building on Low Mill Lane near Dewsbury and slid on the slippery surface, becoming wedged between the side of the building and a wire mesh fence. "I managed to pull her through the hole and grab her by the neck, although she was quite lively and I had to catch her again as she gave me the slip and was running around the car park. Thankfully she was in good condition and none the worse for her ordeal and she swam off happily, and hopefully wiser, when I released her in the nearby.”
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