This is the bizarre moment an escaped ostrich was seen running along a road before window shopping in China,

The bird had broken free a local farm in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, on May 6.

Officials from the Sihui City Forestry Bureau were notified and traced the owner, who later reclaimed the big bird from the store.

Footage shows the ostrich running down the street alongside cars at incredible speed, before stopping and deciding to look in the shops.

After going into the supermarket a person inside managed to use a plastic chair to direct it back towards the entrance.

A local store owner said: 'It wandered around the roadside for a while, and then stayed at the door of the store. The clerk could only close the store door and did not dare to come out.'

The ostrich remained in the area around the store for 20 minutes before the owner came up and managed to catch it.