This hilarious footage captures the moment when 12 sheep sought refuge from storm Jocelyn - in a homeowner’s back garden.

The flock was filmed on CCTV creeping up the driveway of the suburban semi-detached property, in Edenfield, Lancs., amid stormy conditions in the middle of the night.

They were then videoed standing by some outhouses and nibbling on grass before finally heading back out of the address when dawn broke around five hours later.

Homeowner Mark Howarth said he’d first noticed something moving outside his property at around 2.40am on Wednesday (Jan 24).

And when he checked the footage from his Ring doorbell cameras, he was stunned to find that his back garden had become a resting spot for the group of lost livestock.

When he later examined his cameras again in the morning, he found the sheep had trotted off to "pastures news" at around 7.30am."

He joked: "In total, I think there were 12 sheep, but I fell asleep after counting 12...!"