Man takes up job as human scarecrow

A British graduate has found work as a human scarecrow.

Jamie Fox, 22, who studied music and English at Bangor University, has been placed in charge of scaring partridges away from a field of oilseed rape on a farmer's 10-acre field armed with an accordion and a cow bell.

He explained: "I get to sit and read for a lot of the time, but whenever the partridges appear I have to get up and scare them off.

"I ring a cowbell and I've even played the accordion, but the ukulele doesn't seem to have any effect on them."

Jamie – who is saving up for a trip to New Zealand earns £250 a week for his job, but admits some of his friends are envious about his position.