Hayden Panettiere storms off the set of Heroes

Hayden Panettiere has walked off the set of the hit TV show Heroes after she accused a crew member of being cruel to birds.

The 19-year-old actress was enraged when the worker used a lawn-blower to scare some birds out of a nearby tree after they disturbed filming.

Hayden is said to have shouted: “What are you doing? How would you like someone to blow that thing inside your house?”

She defended the birds by insisting they were only flying in front of the camera to get back to their nest in the tree.

It is reported that Hayden made such a fuss the director eventually decided to move the scene to a new location.