A bird, thought to be an ostrich or a rhea, was causing a nuisance between junctions 27 and 28 on the A12.
Commuters trying to get home were left in a flap when traffic came to a standstill after a suspected ostrich wandered on to the road.Footage shows people trying to shoo the bird off the road and into the safety of the grassy verge.Essex Police attended alongside Highways England staff and located the bird at around 7pm between junctions 27 and 28.
The scene closely mirrored the escape of Colin, a runaway rhea that was initially reported to be an ostrich, who caused havoc on the nearby A133 in Elmstead last year. It is not known where Thursday's mystery bird, which is also thought to be an ostrich or a rhea, came from or how it got on to the road.
Grace Hoffman, a student who snapped a short film of the bird, told the Press Association:"There was suddenly standstill traffic and I pulled to a stop.
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