A man captured the hilarious reaction of a hungry rook after another bird swooped in 'out of nowhere' to steal its food at the last second.

Grant Wood recorded himself offering a cracker to a friendly rook at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, but a cheeky pal came in and pinched the treat before it reached its intended target.

As that bird flew off with its dinner, Grant's original rook gasped and opened its beak in horror after realising it had lost its grub.

A video clip shows Grant Wood offering a delicious cracker to a hungry rook... but another one steals it from his hand

The priceless reaction left Grant and his 18-month-old son Finley in stitches as they enjoyed a family day out at the zoo in Winchester.

Grant, 38, said: 'We had it all set up that this rook would come and take the cracker out of my hand so I held it out, and all of a sudden this other bird came and pinched it.

'They're just wild rooks and there's no real aviary or nets penning them in so they come at you from all angles.

The greedy rook makes off with his prize, leaving the rook the cracker was destined for howling in despair

The incident happened when Grant (right) was taking his son Finley (left) on a trip to Marswell Zoo in Hampshire

'Finley was dead excited because we're really into nature so we thought we'd have a bit of fun by feeding the birds. It gave us a right giggle.

'When we watched the clip back in slow-motion we noticed the reaction of the bird we were trying to feed.

'It was almost human, the look on his face. He was like "Hang on a minute, that was for me.!