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| St Ives gull pasty swoop caught on camera | St Ives gull pasty swoop caught on camera |
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| A gull has been caught on camera as it swooped to steal a Cornish pasty from a woman's hand. | |
| Natalie Jones, 33, hoped to "make her friends jealous" with a seaside snap in St Ives, on Cornwall's north coast. | Natalie Jones, 33, hoped to "make her friends jealous" with a seaside snap in St Ives, on Cornwall's north coast. |
| But the "perfect" moment at Porthgwidden beach was ruined when a gull suddenly swooped down to take a bite out of Miss Jones' pasty. | But the "perfect" moment at Porthgwidden beach was ruined when a gull suddenly swooped down to take a bite out of Miss Jones' pasty. |
| Miss Jones, from Glasgow, said: "Just as I went to take the picture I felt something on my head." | Miss Jones, from Glasgow, said: "Just as I went to take the picture I felt something on my head." |
| She was "amazed" to find the picture captured the "microsecond" when the gull struck and showed its "really vicious claws and the beak embedded into the pasty". | |
| The gull managed to fly away with a beak full of pasty and Miss Jones discarded the rest. | |
| The civil servant was unhurt but said the incident "could have been quite serious". | |
| St Ives has had repeated problems with gulls stealing food and the town council has previously drafted in hawks and falcons to tackle the scavenging birds. | St Ives has had repeated problems with gulls stealing food and the town council has previously drafted in hawks and falcons to tackle the scavenging birds. |