Why did the geese cross the road? Drivers wait patiently as a gaggle of waddling birds stop the traffic in south-east London
- Canada geese crossed the road in Blackheath at 7.15pm on September 6
- Theresa Mcclafferty, 51, spotted the orderly convoy marching across the road
- A queue of traffic is seen in the video stretching back as far as the eye can see
This is the moment a gaggle of geese brought motorists in south-east London to a halt as they slowly crossed a road to safety.
Motorists waited patiently in Blackheath as scores of Canada Geese ‘headed home’ towards the heath on Sunday evening.
The birds were filmed disrupting the traffic on the Prince of Wales Road at 7.15pm by resident Theresa Mcclafferty, 51.
A lare gaggle of geese crosses a road between two patches of grassland in Blackheath, South East London, on Sunday September 6
In the footage, the geese cross the road in an orderly queue and slowly waddle across.
A line of cars stretches back as far as the eye can see as they wait for the birds to safely cross over.
A crowd of passersby gathered either side of the procession of geese.
Speaking about the incredible sight, Theresa said: ‘It was a pleasure to watch and brought a smile to my face.
The convoy of geese causes a backlog of patient traffic which stretches as far back up the road as the eye can see
‘It happens almost every day as they head home in the evening. They feed on the heath all day, have a swim in the pond and then home at dusk. It’s a real joy to watch but 1st time I filmed it.’
The geese are a common sight in Blackheath, having two regular watering holes at the Prince of Wales and Hare and Billet ponds.
Canada Geese were introduced to the UK from North America and have since successfully spread across most of the country.
It is estimated that there are around 62,000 mating pairs of the birds in the UK.