This is the 'Hot Fuzz' moment when three police officers had to escort a young swan out of a busy city centre.

The cygnet caused a flap among shoppers when it wandered into the middle of a Bath yesterday afternoon (sun).

Three police officers were called in to move the bird towards the nearby River Avon.

One used a fluorescent police jacket to gently usher the wayward swan towards the river as shoppers pulled out their phones to snap the scene.

Local Simon Galloway, 49, said: "I was just out shopping with my wife and daughter - and we noticed a bit of commotion outside the shop. "

"That was when we saw a cygnet being escorted down the street - presumably down to the river."

"There were loads of shoppers around, everyone had their phones out, laughing. "

"A few dog walkers seemed quite amused, too." "

The 2007 comedy movie Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg features an iconic scene in which police officers round up a swan.