Supervet star Noel Fitzpatrick was filmed stopping traffic to save a confused swan that had become stranded in the middle of a busy road.
The star of Channel 4's veterinary show said he jumped from a car when he spotted the bird in the middle of a main road in Dublin, which seemingly mistook the street for a nearby canal due to wet conditions.
A video shared on Twitter showed Fitzpatrick chasing the bird off the road, and using his jacket to usher it onto a pavement.
He then wrapped the swan in his tweed blazer, before carrying it to a canal where it swam away.
Fitzpatrick, 50, tweeted a video of his actions, saying he has previously been involved in several swan rescues.
He said: "We came across this poor confused fella who was stuck in the middle of the main road.
"Having experienced many Swan rescues down the years I knew I could help... mission accomplished...now happy and safe at home."
He was en route to an interview with RTE Radio 1 as part of his tour to promote a new book, Becoming The Supervet, when he saw the creature.
He said in an interview with host Ray D'Arcy yesterday: "My wrist is killing me, he was huge!
"We were rushing from Grafton Street down here and across the canal and a swan just mistook the road for the canal because it’s blizzarding rain down there," he said on air.
"It just landed on the road right in front of a taxi cab and trucks were coming and bikes were swerving and I said ‘pull the car over!'
"Fortunately, I had a lovely tweed jacket that I had just done a television interview in.
"That was perfect for getting a swan safely under it and ran him back to the canal and released him."
The vet has has been the star of Supervet since 2014, which went behind the scenes of his practice Surrey.
