SAVED FROM BEING SQUASHED BUT STRICKEN HOUSEMARTIN MAY STILL HAVE COME TO GRIEF

Vulnerable - the bird was first seen on Tetney Road near the junction with South Sea Lane

 AN uncertain fate befell a  housemartin chick spotted immobile on Tetney Road in Humberston.

It was at risk of being crushed by the next approaching motor vehicle until  a cyclist stopped, picked it up and checked its condition.

It seemed to be OK so he threw it into the sky, hoping to see it fly off to find the rest of its family.

At first, it appeared to fly strongly but then lost oomph and landed in a hanging basket.

It was re-rescued and again thrown into the air but was lost from sight as it fell into a back garden.

It may have survived, but it seems more likely that it will have fallen victim to a cat or some other predator.

A road carrying fast-moving traffic is no place for a housemartin

The hanging basket which broke the bird's fall as it tumbled from the air