This is the harrowing moment neighbours in Thailand unwrapped a blanket and found a newborn baby abandoned on their doorstep.

The little girl, still with her umbilical cord attached - was left on the porch of a house in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok.

Neighbours heard the tot crying and found the newborn wrapped inside the sheets.

A neighbour took this photograph as people gathered round to help the child, who has not yet been given a name

The women frantically tried to help the tot and bathed her in clean water before an ambulance rushed her to nearby Wachirakorn hospital.

Onuma Moss, who lives nearby, said: 'It was about 8pm at night and somebody heard crying.

'They found the little girl on the doorstep . She had only just been born. But nobody could find the mother.'

The baby has been taken into care but the authorities are still trying to track down the mother, who gave birth on November 5.

The baby was only a few hours old and still had her umbilical cord attached. She is recovering well but there are concerns for her mother

The baby was found on the doorstep of a simple wooden home in a fairly poor neighbourhood of Nonthaburi, north west of Bangkok