Lonely swan fell in love with a helicopter after his mate died

The swan called Whooper has been looking for a new mate for the past two years in the skies over Les Mielles Golf and Country Club on the Channel Island of Jersey after losing his partner. But instead of falling for a fellow bird he's become obsessed with the dark-coloured Eurocopter that regularly lands at the adjacent airstrip. But the helicopter's pilot is so terrified the besotted bird - named after its species the whooper swan - will fly into its rotor blades they've been forced to clip his wings.