'Like a horror film': Muttonbirds fall from the sky

Garston business owner Robert Durling holds some of the muttonbirds he helped rescue in the area yesterday morning, following a major storm. PHOTOS: DOUG BROEKSTRASnow was falling, the wind was howling, and muttonbirds were falling out of the sky. Garston business owner Robert Durling said it was like a scene out of a horror movie when dozens of muttonbirds started crashing into his roof and nearby trees on Wednesday night. "To be fair, it was really weird — a bit like a horror film, to be honest. Mr Durling and his wife Kylie Sutton started collecting the birds and putting them in a sheltered place.