hi stu ,i know how you feel mate, being a fisherman i've had a few encounter's with sea gulls, i remember one time down rhosilli ledges just about to have a bite on a cheese sandwich when i had a bite on my rod, put the sany down went over to my rod , looked back a minute later just as a seas gull was swallowing the last one whole(b**tard i thought). i remeber another time catching a sea gull on mumbles pier, but that's another story.