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Swan plays traffic warden

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2011-6-16 08:22

Drivers travelling to work on the busy M4 are used to hold-ups - but those passing through junction 3 on Wednesday morning were treated to a slightly more unusual site: a swan holding up a lorry and causing further tailbacks.


At one point, the apparently unruffled bird got a bit edgy with a large red truck - before it was shooed away by an unidentified individual onto the hard shoulder to allow traffic to filter past.


He must have been quite a scary man to be more threatening than a four-tonne lorry...


It seems the M4 is a bit of a hotbed for close encounters between animals and cars - particularly swans.

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Almost eight years ago to the day, traffic chaos was caused by another swan sitting on the hard shoulder - with rubberneckers slowing down as they passed to gawp at the bird.


At the time, it was feared the swan was injured but a police spokesman added: 'Drivers were concerned it was unable to fly, although when police arrived it flew off.'


In June last year the M4 was also party to a herd of runaway cows, which led to hours of delays.



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