Footage of a wheelie bin being blown down a street by powerful winds has been captured by an STV viewer.

The clip caught on Tuesday morning shows the bin being blown hundreds of yards down Leith Walk in Edinburgh.

It comes after the "OMG! Trampoline" video of a runaway trampoline in high winds last month went viral after it was featured on STV News and was shared on social media sites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Sander van den Driesche, who lives in Leith Walk, filmed the bin at around 9am on Tuesday.

He told STV News: "We live on a third floor flat and noticed rubbish had been blown about past our window, so I looked outside.

"Another bin had been blown down the street when I caught this one.

"During the previous storm bins were being blown down Leith Walk, while this one was really bad as it ended up on the other side of the road."

Mr van den Driesche’s video had been viewed hundreds of times on YouTube on Tuesday morning and he was pleased that it appeared to be going viral.

He added: "It’s really quite surprising, I’ve had people in Canada getting in touch with me asking if they can use it on their blogs, while someone said it is nearly as good as the trampoline video.

"I didn’t intend for it to go viral when I put it up, but it gives it a bit of attention."