Good advice but it all happened so fast there was no time to get a towel and the dog was too interested, plus I had a saucepan boiling on the stove.With birds throw a towel over them and wrap them up lightly. The dark settles then down then you can take them into the garden and release. I had a Magpie in the bathroom the other day. How it managed that Im not sure. As I do feed the birds, I do know they will come into the house sometimes so it must have flown up the stairwell and into the bathroom. It was fine when I released it again.