The Widnes canal crisis continued this week as wildlife lovers donned wellies to move swans to deeper waters in another town.
Lyndsey Byrne, of Hough Green, told the ECHO visitors had rescued 36 swans including a lone whooper to Winsford in mid-Cheshire, meaning about 15 or 16 swans remain in the Widnes stretch of the Sankey Canal at Spike Island.
The drastic action was taken following a rapid drop in water levels after a pump that had previously supplied fresh water was switched off due to the decommissioning of Fiddlers Ferry power station.
