Police officers encountered a real-life Hot Fuzz moment as they tried to capture a runaway swan on a busy road.
The white bird brought traffic to a halt on the aptly named Swannery Bridge in Weymouth, Dorset, at about 7.30pm on Thursday.
Police arrived on the scene a short time later and blocked the road as the swan waddled towards the carriageway.
The officers carefully approached the bird in an attempt to shoo it back into Radipole Lake, which runs beneath the bridge.
After a five minute stand-off the bird got the message and re-entered the water.
In the 2007 comedy movie Hot Fuzz, starring Simon
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