Swan safely removed from M7 by Kildare Animal Foundation volunteer

This was the scene on the M7 yesterday evening as a swan wandered onto the 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.

The Foundation said the number of swans straying onto roads recently is mostly due to younger swans being pushed out by elders and they mistake wet roads for rivers.