Firefighters had to part-close a shopping street in Haywards Heath to save a trapped pigeon.
The crew was called to South Road on Saturday afternoon after reports of a bird in distress.
The RSPCA became worried about the bird's welfare after it became trapped in netting round a parapet designed to stop pigeons resting there.
The firefighters freed the pigeon, which was not injured.
The incident was later recorded in Haywards Heath fire station's log book as: "Petrified pigeon perched precariously on parapet persuaded by personnel pitching ladder".
A spokesman for the fire station said: "We had to close off the pavement to Saturday afternoon shoppers and put up a ladder to rescue the pigeon.
"It is a busy road at the best of times but even worse on a Saturday."
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