A doorbell camera captured a huge swarm of starlings and magpies invading a garden in the UK, which was likened to a scene from the 1963 film 'The Birds'.

Danielle Piggott of Derby caught the spectacle on her Ring Stick Up Cam Battery, where approximately 100 birds landed in her garden.

In a statement from Ring, they said: "What started as a regular day in her garden turned into a scene straight out of The Birds, as a massive flock of starlings (and a few cheeky magpies) swarmed her bird feeders."

Discussing the footage, Danielle said: "The starlings (and magpies) have learnt the sound of me opening the shed and will gather on the surrounding rooftops waiting for me to finish and go inside.

"On this day, I barely closed the back door before they all swarmed over. Usually it's only 10-1

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