The delightful moment a family checked their video doorbell and found an unexpected visitor has been caught on camera.

The Jones family from Kent in the U.K. were alerted to what they thought was someone attempting to ring their doorbell. But when they checked who was there, they were treated to a rare glimpse of a young woodpecker.

Joanne and Paul Jones, who run a cleaning company, shared the incident with home security firm Ring after being alerted by the motion sensor on their doorbell. The couple, along with their nine-year-old son Leo, have affectionately named the bird "Woody," inspired by the famous cartoon character, Woody Woodpecker.

"We've seen him around lots of times on our bird feeders," the Joneses told Ring. "They had run out, so I think he was asking us to top them up. We all thought it was very funny and a bit cheeky."

In the south of England, where the footage was captured, three species of woodpeckers are commonly found. These include the green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker and the smallest and rarest, the lesser spotted woodpecker.

The doorbell footage features a juvenile great spotted woodpecker—often mistaken for their rarer relative the lesser spotted woodpecker because of their red crowns.

Key identifying features of the great spotted woodpecker include a larger, stronger bill, a prominent black line extending onto the chest, and a distinctive white shoulder patch.

Great spotted woodpeckers are best known for their drumming ability, able to beat their beaks against hollow branches or tree trunks at an impressive rate of 40 hits per second, far surpassing other woodpecker species.

In England woodpeckers are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, making it illegal to intentionally kill, injure, or capture them, or to destroy their nests.

Doorbell cameras have become increasingly popular in recent years. The global doorbell camera market is expected to have grown by over 10 percent between 2019 and 2025. North America, and particularly the U.S., has dominated the market with a 33 percent share.

Video doorbells have become a treasure trove for unexpected content. For example, a dog tried to use one to get back into his house after locking himself out and a woman answered her doorbell only to find an adorable fluffy surprise in the form of a litter of kittens.