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Cheeky seagull divebombs couple on seafront and pinches their chips
metro - 1 month ago
The couple tried to fend the daring bird off but it still managed to pinch a chip (Picture: BNPS)
A couple’s seaside lunch of fish and chips was rudely interrupted when they were attacked by mob of seagulls.
The audacious birds swooped down on the pair in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making off with some chips.
The couple were targeted when they were sitting on the town’s sea wall.
Oblivious to the threat approaching from the skies above, the woman paused for a moment while holding a sizable chip between her thumb and index finger.
One of the gulls then dived in and grabbed the bit of fried potato from her left hand before flying off with it in its beak.
The woman’s immediate reaction was to recoil in shock while her husband used his two-pronged wooden fork to ward off a second bird.
The scene, which was caught on camera by Graham Hunt, may sound like something fresh out of a Hitchcock film, but it is not unheard of in the popular seaside resort.
Three years ago the local town council experimented by hiring two bald eagles in a bid to scare off seagulls that have been known to steal chips and ice creams from visitors.
The cheeky birds came at the pair out of nowhere (Picture: Graham Hunt/BNPS)
Not what you want when you’re trying to enjoy a day at the seaside (Picture: Graham Hunt/BNPS)
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is illegal to ‘intentionally injure or kill any gull’.
It is also a crime to ‘damage or destroy an active nest or its contents’.
Some tourism resorts have brought in by-laws making it an offence for people to feed gulls, with warning signs put up to reinforce the message.
So-called gull-proof rubbish bins have also been used to stop them getting at food waste.
The man attempted to shoo one of the birds away with his fork (Picture: Graham Hunt/BNPS)
Graham said: ‘Seagulls in Lyme Regis seem to be particularly aggressive, especially towards anyone with food by the beach.
‘As soon as the couple sat down one seagull landed on the wall next to them and I told them they should shoo it away.
‘They did and it jumped off but returned a couple of minutes later and did her.
‘She cried out from where it must have bitten her.
‘She said it was quite painful and then got up and moved away.’
