NO, this isn’t a deleted scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.

This is the moment hundreds of Brent Geese flocked to Ferry Bridge on Sunday, caught on camera by amateur photographer Peter Staddon.

Peter filmed the flock flying on Sunday afternoon, which can be viewed below.

He said: "I was really chuffed. There were more and more coming down from the Fleet. There were groups of 10 and 15.

"It was great to see. I saw them there last year but nowhere near as many as that - but then you have to be in the right place at the right time.

"There were 500 plus geese there, I'm sure."

Brent Geese are slightly larger than mallards and are known for either having dark bellies or light bellies.

There are about 300,000 worldwide, 100,000 of which come to the UK.

Brent geese migrate in family groups, fly in V-formation and remain in close contact by honking as they fly.

The birds usually arrive in October and depart again in March.

The geese that arrived in Dorset are thought to have travelled from the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia.

Tony Whitehead, from the RSPB South West, said: “It’s a vast area in the north of Russia. They spend their summer there. They bring their youngsters back down to the south coast. They have to move because it all freezes.”

Tony said flocks had been spotted at various points along the coast, including Poole and Southampton.

He said: “They are called Brent Geese because of their dark colour and the name is derived from the word ‘burnt’.”