Fire crew rescues bird from tree

Clinton the crow has been rescued from his own nest after getting his leg caught in a piece of string and being left hanging upside down.

The luckless bird was eventually lifted to safety after an hour-long operation inv­olving seven firefighters, RSPCA officers and a crane.

'He was in a very precarious position ten metres up in the tree and it wasn't safe to use a ladder, so we had to call for the aerial platform,' said crew manager Shaun O'Neill, of Mereway fire station in Northampton.



Clinton's ordeal began when he became tangled in string used to line his nest. After three days, residents of Clinton Road, after which he is named, called the fire brigade for help.

'It's a bit ironic that a bird had to be rescued from a tree,' said resident Danny Coles, 39. 'Quite a crowd gathered to watch.'

The exhausted bird is now being cared for in St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.

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