Ring doorbell captures surprising moment as flock of sheep visits Mayo home

One Mayo resident had some very surprising visitors to her house recently which was picked up on her ring doorbell. The Westport homeowner got an unexpected call around lunchtime in recent days when a flock of sheep descended on her doorstep while she was away. 

The footage, recorded on a Ring Video Doorbell at the home of a Westport resident, shows sheep approaching the front door before gathering on the doorstep, keen to explore their new surroundings.  

The Ring Video Doorbell alerted her to the unusual visitors, giving her an unexpected lunchtime laugh. The person was on holiday in Croatia when her Ring Video Doorbell sent a motion detection alert to her phone, notifying her of the unusual visitors in real-time. "We answered, and the sheep were there," she said. "We were all laughing, it was hilarious!" 

“I couldn't believe it when I looked at my Ring app and saw a flock of sheep standing at my front door. They had broken out of a field nearby,” she explained, who has been a Ring customer for nearly six years. “We see lots of things in the Irish countryside, but this is the funniest thing we've encountered at our door so far.”  

The Westport resident immediately shared the footage on a family WhatsApp group, where it got a great reaction. The incident highlights how Ring devices can capture not just security moments, but also the unforeseen and amusing events that happen around Irish homes. Ring's motion detection ensures  Irish homeowners are alerted to any activity at their door whether it's a delivery, a visitor, or in this case, a flock of sheep even when they're thousands of miles away.

You can watch the sheep on the doorstep in the video below:

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