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A woman in Dundee said a “vicious” seagull swooped at her head and began to chase her away. She believes it was protecting its chick.
In order to protect their newborn chicks, RSPB Scotland says that “mobbing” is a common behaviour in certain birds including seagulls.
Angela McQueen was sitting near the train station on her way to work at the Premier Inn, next to Discovery Point, when the gull attacked her.
She said the bird “came out of nowhere”.
Initially, she thought the bird was attracted to her sunglasses so in an attempt to rid herself of the gull she took her glasses off.
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“It was right at my head, squawking really loud.
“It was so vicious.”
A RSPB Scotland spokesperson said that gulls can be “fiercely protective” of their chicks.
“The chicks leave the nest before they can fly and the parent gulls try to defend their chicks by swooping at any threat to scare it away,” they said.
“It can be very frightening to be confronted by an upset gull but the best things to do are not get too close to young gulls on the ground and if you have to, walk calmly while holding a bag or umbrella above your head so the gulls swoop at that instead.”
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