Woodpecker in Wolverhampton caught in fishing line

The RSPCA has released footage of a woodpecker caught in fishing wire to warn of the dangers that discarded lines pose to wildlife.

The bird became trapped in line hanging from a tree next to a canal in Wolverhampton.

The RSPCA officer who rescued the "panicked" animal said it had a barbed hook in a wing and was left "swinging like a pendulum".

The woodpecker was due to be returned to the wild on Tuesday, after being treated at a rescue centre in Shropshire.