The swan was taken to a local vet after the rescue
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Animal experts and a hovercraft rescue crew were called out to save a swan which had become injured by swallowing a fishing hook and line.
A walker spotted the bird in distress at Combwich, near Bridgwater, on Saturday and contacted Highbridge-based Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre.
They called in the Burnham-on-Sea hovercraft crew to help.
The rescuers captured the bird with a large net and it was taken to a local vet for emergency treatment.
The hook and line were successfully removed and the bird was released back to its family on the lake on Saturday evening.
Alan Miller, chairman of Burnham Area Rescue Boat, the charity which runs the hovercraft, said: "If we don't go to the aid of animals, there's a risk that people may enter the water themselves to try and carry out the rescue, thereby getting into difficulty."
"Providing that we're not jeopardising the rescue of a person elsewhere, we'll always help."
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