{"id":398482,"date":"2026-01-30T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398482\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:23:09","slug":"swan-brings-traffic-to-a-halt-on-dorset-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398482\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan brings traffic to a halt on Dorset road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Officers, PC Grant and PC Turle were called to the scene after the swan was spotted wandering on the busy road in Poole.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The officers managed to safely corner the swan into a neighbouring property while they contacted Moyles Court Wildlife Rescue for assistance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>null (Image: Facebook)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Volunteers from the wildlife charity arrived quickly and, although the swan appeared uninjured, it was taken to their premises for a full health check as a precaution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Once assessed, the swan is expected to be released into a more suitable environment with access to water.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Officers thanked the volunteers at Moyles Court Wildlife Rescue for their swift response and ongoing work supporting local wildlife.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The non-profit organisation cares for a wide range of animals, including birds, deer, hedgehogs and waterfowl, and relies on public support to continue its work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers, PC Grant and PC Turle were called to the scene after the swan was spotted wandering on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-398482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}