{"id":817065,"date":"2026-10-29T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817065\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:08:10","slug":"swan-rescued-from-kidderminster-ring-way-after-collision-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817065\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan rescued from Kidderminster ring way after collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The incident happened on the ringway near Weavers Wharf in Kidderminster on Friday (October 23), when the bird was seen attempting to cross the road with the help of passers-by.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was suggested the swan had a crash landing after a mid-air collision with a lamppost before landing on the carriageway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bromsgrove officer PC Britton, who was in the area at the time, quickly found the swan sheltering in a nearby puddle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A member of the public stayed with the bird until help arrived.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  With the assistance of a call to a local vet, some members of the public, and a now very soggy coat from PC Britton, the swan was safely placed in the back of a police car and transported to the vet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After an examination and some pain relief, it was confirmed that the swan had not suffered any broken bones.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: &#8220;The swan settled in for a night of rest and relaxation while PC Britton returned to his normal duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident happened on the ringway near Weavers Wharf in Kidderminster on Friday (October 23), when the bird&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-817065","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\/817065","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=817065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}