A confused swan was rescued by traffic officers after it brought a stretch of a motorway to a standstill.
National Highways said the bird wandered across a four-lane section of the M1 near Northampton last month.
CCTV footage showed vehicles had to come to a complete stop to avoid hitting the animal.
Adrian Woods, one of the National Highway officers involved, helped move the bird to a small lake off junction 16, resulting in “a happy ending all round”.