Flying swan crashes through pensioner’s bathroom window
AN elderly woman has been left in shock after a swan crashed through her bathroom window.
The woman had been at the sink in front of the same double-glazed window just moments before at her chalet in Shamrock Lodge, Barton-in-fabis.
The woman was unscathed, but the swan was left bloodied and dazed with numerous cuts to its body.
The RSPCA, which rescued the bird, said the woman had been lucky to avoid “serious injury”.
Speaking of the incident which happened at around 8am on Monday, January 11, animal rescue inspector, Keith Ellis, said: “The lady was so lucky when this happened as she had just been in the bathroom.
“Had she still been there when this swan crashed through the window I am sure the glass shattering and impact of the bird hitting her would have caused serious injury, or even worse.
“I think the swan was looking and flying to the nearby River Trent and misjudged the direction. It was also quite windy at the time which may have blown her off course. “I have been an RSPCA inspector for 40 years and have never seen a swan crash through a window. I have seen them crash-land onto busy roads thinking they are rivers - but nothing like this - it is so bizarre.” The RSPCA says the swan was taken to a vet where it spent more than an hour in surgery before being transferred to the RSPCA’S Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, near Nantwich, Cheshire, where it will be rehabilitated before being released back into the wild.
Mr Ellis added: “She had lost a lot of blood but we managed to get her to the vets quickly.”