Man spends more than two hours ushering 40 GEESE to safety after spotting them along busy street

Simon Finnegan, 49, couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the huge flock of Canadian Geese waddling in and out of busy traffic in Erdington, Birmingham, on Sunday (3/7).

He leapt into action as the lost birds caused havoc along a dual carriageway and began carefully guiding them towards the nearest canal more than a mile away.

Simon managed to act as Mother Goose as he helped the massive gaggle along two main roads and down a slope next to a petrol station back to the safety of water.

Mobile phone footage shows the frightened birds in a flap stranded on the central reservation of the dual carriageway while impatient motorists beeped their horns.

Simon, a data centre specialist, then captured the moment he was able to save the geese from being run over as he walked them back to the canal where they swam off.

Simon, of Bromford, Birmingham, said: "I had just finished work and got a lift to where my friend lives as we were going to watch the Grand Prix together.

"On the walk to his house I saw a few geese emerge over the road and then they just kept coming and coming, there were at least 40 of them.

"I could see they were in a bit of distress and obviously lost and disorientated. I do consider myself an animal lover and I knew I couldn't just leave them like that.