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Firefighters rescue swan from frozen Cambridgeshire lake

News imageCambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Large lake with two firefighters crouching on an inflatable path to reach a swan stuck in iceCambridgeshire Fire and Rescue
An inflatable rescue path was set up to reach the swan

Fire crews have used an inflatable path to rescue a swan stuck in a frozen lake.

Firefighters from Dogsthorpe near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire carried out the rescue at Thorpe Meadows on Saturday morning.

Posting on social media, the crew said the swan was becoming tired and distressed.

They used an ice rescue path to free the bird and took it to another part of the lake and let it go.

News imageCambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Neck and bill of a swan poking out of a plastic cover inside a vehicleCambridgeshire Fire and Rescue
The swan was eventually released into part of the lake that was not frozen

The fire and rescue service added the incident was "a good opportunity [to] practise using this rescue equipment".

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