POLICE were startled when they stopped a car in the North Yorkshire countryside and found this swan in the back.

Sgt Paul Cording tweeted that his colleague had asked for a vehicle check, and followed it up with: “It’s a BMW with a swan in the back."

Sgt Cording said: "He wasn’t lying, some great people taking this injured little beauty to Swan Rescue to be looked after..."Just another day in rural North Yorkshire."