A black swan has been banned from a town and exiled after 'terrorising' tourists and trying to drown other birds.

The bird - nicknamed Reggie by locals - has been tormenting mute swans in Stratford-upon-Avon for the last nine months.

The town's swan warden Cyril Bennis said capturing Reggie - who he calls Mr Terminator - 'had to be done' and that the mischievous bird 'had attitude'.

'Other swans appeared to bow in respect and parted to Reggie as he swam through,' Mr Bennis told The Telegraph. 'It was extraordinary.'

He will now be rehomed 150 miles away in Devon at the Dawlish Waterfowl Centre.