Two chickens found trapped in a hedge at the Creamfields music festival in Cheshire were brought to safety by the Nantwich's RSPCA Stapeley Grange.

The birds, one cockerel and a hen, appear to have strayed onto the electronic dance music festival's campsite at the Daresbury Estate near Warrington before the four-day event started.

They were spotted in a hedge by festival goers, one of whom helped RSPCA Inspector, Leanne Cooper, with her rescue on Saturday 29 August.

Leanne said: "I was surprised that they were inside the festival site and I needed to get through the road blocks and security before reaching them on foot through muddy fields.

"I met the caller who helped me as they were just running up and down the hedge line where there was a wire fence blocking access.

"We managed to guide them out and I caught both of them with my rescue net which was a bit of a sight for the festival campers.

The birds, one cockerel and a hen, appear to have strayed onto the electronic dance music festival's campsite at the Daresbury Estate near Warrington (Photo: RSPCA).

"I don't think they were abandoned and they're more likely to be stray because it's farmland all around the festival site.

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"They don't have any health issues, apart from being quite underweight. With the fences going up a week before the festival starts they'd probably been unable to get out for some time and had been left foraging in the hedge.

Both birds are recovering from their ordeal at RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre on London Road, but if no-one comes forward they will be rehomed.

The RSPCA has information about what people should do if they come across trapped birds on its website.

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