Some neck! Swan loses its way and stops traffic in Newbridge!

Vehicles had to slow down as this swan wandered across the Athgarvan Road in Newbridge today.

The number of swans straying onto roads recently is mostly due to younger birds being pushed out by elders at this time of year.

Juvenile swan also mistake wet roads for rivers as they fly overhead.

Last month a swan wandered onto the M7 motorway.

The bird was causing an obstruction on the southbound lanes just past Johnstown Garden Centre near Junction 8.

However a skilled Kildare Animal Foundation volunteer successfully removed the young female bird and brought it to the Foundation's base outside Kildare Town to have it checked over.