Moment brazen seagull swoops to snatch a little girl’s ice cream in Scottish town plagued by cone thieves
The bird is one of a gang of five greedy fiends targeting customers leaving Giulianotti’s in Stonehaven
A BRAZEN seagull snatches a little girl’s ice cream in a seaside town plagued by flying cone thieves.
The squawking thug scoffed it next to the shocked youngster following the stealth attack.
The bird is one of a gang of five greedy fiends targeting customers leaving Giulianotti’s in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, with their ice creams.
The girl’s mum said: “I thought it was going for her — I got a huge shock.”
During our watch outside the store we also saw a gull relieve a woman of her cone — laying a talon on her shoulder as it swooped in from behind.
The shop’s owner, who didn’t want to be named, said: “They usually swoop for food when they have chicks, but they’ve started earlier this year.
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“I’m warning everyone who comes in to be on their guard.”
Our man tempted the gulls by strolling around with two cones — but they bottled it when a hawk was brought in to scare them off.
Stonehaven isn’t the only place menaced by winged raiders.
We reported previously on a bird dubbed .
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