Cheeky jackdaws are helping themselves to a warm camel hair nest at Longleat.

The annual moult of the Wiltshire Safari Park’s Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) provides the perfect opportunity for the enterprising corvids to feather their own nests.

The camels come from one of the harshest environments on earth, with freezing winters and blistering summers, so their incredibly thick winter coat is shed every spring.

The cunning jackdaws are happy to help speed up the process and the camels don’t seem to mind.

Unlike their cousins the dromedaries, Bactrian camels have two humps and are covered in thick fur to protect themselves from the sub-zero temperatures of their Mongolian homeland.

Originally from the Gobi desert, Bactrian camels are becoming increasingly endangered in the wild - their main threats being poachers and wolves.

However large numbers have been domesticated and are kept by herdsmen in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and China.