Dozens of birds left injured as freak wild hail storm hits Sydney and Canberra

Dozens of birds were left battered and bruised after a freak thunderstorm swept through Australia’s east coast. 

Golf ball-sized pieces of hail hammered Canberra on Monday afternoon, leaving behind a trail of destruction. 

And while some motorists were able to move their cars under shelter before the storm hit, some wild life weren’t quick enough.

A crow and galah were just a few of the birds who were found injured by the wild weather. 

A galah was wrapped in a towel and taken to a vet in Canberra after the wild hail storm hit the city on Monday

An enormous thunderstorm is travelling toward Sydney and Melbourne after ravaging Canberra, destroying cars and tearing down trees in its path

Kindhearted Samaritans rescued the birds, wrapping them in towels before taking them to see a vet. 

‘This poor crow has taken a hail stone to the head during the storm in Canberra by the looks of it. Parliament House staff are looking after him,’ reporter Finbar O’Mallon shared on Twitter. 

Another man also reported rescuing a ‘very cold and injured galah’.  

Car windows were also shattered in the storm and the ferocity of the downpour ripped branches from trees throughout the state.

The enormous thunderstorm has been slowly making its way towards Sydney, and meteorologists now predict the supercell storm will drench much of drought-ravaged NSW and Victoria later in the afternoon. 

Stirring scenes as golf ball size hail fell on the gardens at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday

Golf ball sized hail balls pounded parts of Canberra on Monday – with fears the storm is heading to Sydney

The grounds of Parliament House were entirely covered in hail balls after the storm swept throug

Weatherzone meteorologist Scott Morris on Monday told Daily Mail Australia Sydneysiders could expect the storm to hit by about 4pm.

‘We should be expecting severe thunderstorms more south east NSW this afternoon and late into this evening,’ he said.

‘They should be in Sydney very soon. They will be moving on to the city between 3-4pm. With the system we could see destructive winds, possibly in excess of 100km/h.’

A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued for the southwest slopes, as well as parts of the southern tablelands, central-west slopes and plains, Riverina, lower western and Snowy Mountains regions.