Jackdaws making the most of Longleat camels' moulting
The birds have been pinching hair for their nests
Cheeky jackdaws have been helping themselves to a warm camel hair coat at Wiltshire's Longleat.
The annual moult of the Bactrian camels at the safari park is giving the birds an opportunity to literally feather their own nests.
The camels come from one of the harshest environments on earth, with freezing winters and blistering summers, so their incredibly thick winter coat is shed every spring.
The birds are seemingly speeding up the process and the camels don’t appear to mind too much!
Keeper Ian Turner captured the moment on camera as the birds took the up-market woolly lining to create the chic fur lined nests.
Bactrian camels have two humps and are covered in thick fur to protect themselves from the sub-zero temperatures of their Mongolian homeland.
They're becoming increasingly endangered in the wild with poachers and wolves their main threats.
Large numbers have been domesticated though and are kept by herdsmen in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and China.
The camels can be seen in the drive-through Safari Park at Longleat, which was the first to open outside of Africa back in 1966.