MOTORISTS in Shipley found themselves in a flap after this swan caused “traffic chaos” at a major road junction.

A spokesman for the Shipley Neighbourhood Policing Team said police received a number of calls from worried members of the public about the adult swan, which sat in the middle of the road at Fox Corner traffic lights and refused to budge.

After some drivers parked their cars in protective positions to ensure the bird’s safety, officers from the Anti-Social Behaviour Bike Team carried the swan to the side of the road to allow traffic to return to normal during the incident on Sunday.

The spokesman said: “We believe the swan had mistaken the wet road for a river and had landed with a bump.