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A SHOPPER had her lip torn open by a hungry seagull as she tucked into a McDonald’s hash brown.
The food-crazed bird swooped as Laura Morgan, 32, took a bite out of the piping hot breakfast snack.
It struck her across the head with its huge wing before making a dive for the hash brown, sinking its beak into Laura’s lip.
Luckily she managed to cling on to her breakfast but was left bruised with a bloody mouth.
Laura said: ‘It must have been large, I thought someone had just assaulted me.
‘I had no idea it was a gull at first, I thought I had been punched.
‘I didn’t actually even get to see the bird. It was all over so fast.
‘I was in shock, it actually went into my mouth.’
Laura, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, had just bought the 79p hash brown when the bird seized its moment to strike on Tuesday morning.
The nursery practitioner grabs breakfast from the fast food chain every Tuesday, before going to meet her 82-year-old grandmother to help her with shopping.
Laura had spotted gulls eyeing her up before but said this is the first time she had been attacked.
She said: ‘My nan couldn’t quite believe it when she saw me.
‘I am laughing about it now but what if it had got me in the eye?
‘People need to be aware they are about and can do this sort of thing.
‘Whenever I’m getting a McDonald’s, I can see them following me.’
Following the attack, Laura visited a nearby pharmacist who advised her to go to her doctors.
She was treated with antibiotics and mouthwash at the minor injuries unit at Clacton Hospital, where she says she caused quite a stir with the doctors.
She said: ‘It got a lot of interest, the doctors were discussing it amongst themselves.
‘Of course, my friends were all laughing at me.’
In 2015, four-year-old James Bryce suffered a badly gashed finger when a seagull swooped down and swiped the sausage roll he was eating.
It followed an attack on Rebecca Harrison, 13, who was mobbed by seagulls for her Greggs steak bake.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds advises the best defence against seagulls is to raise your arms to protect your head and then move away.
They say people should keep food hidden or covered as much as possible and take it out only to eat it.
A SHOPPER had her lip torn open by a hungry seagull as she tucked into a McDonald’s hash brown.
The food-crazed bird swooped as Laura Morgan, 32, took a bite out of the piping hot breakfast snack.
It struck her across the head with its huge wing before making a dive for the hash brown, sinking its beak into Laura’s lip.
Luckily she managed to cling on to her breakfast but was left bruised with a bloody mouth.
Laura said: ‘It must have been large, I thought someone had just assaulted me.
‘I had no idea it was a gull at first, I thought I had been punched.
‘I didn’t actually even get to see the bird. It was all over so fast.
‘I was in shock, it actually went into my mouth.’
Laura, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, had just bought the 79p hash brown when the bird seized its moment to strike on Tuesday morning.
The nursery practitioner grabs breakfast from the fast food chain every Tuesday, before going to meet her 82-year-old grandmother to help her with shopping.
Laura had spotted gulls eyeing her up before but said this is the first time she had been attacked.
She said: ‘My nan couldn’t quite believe it when she saw me.
‘I am laughing about it now but what if it had got me in the eye?
‘People need to be aware they are about and can do this sort of thing.
‘Whenever I’m getting a McDonald’s, I can see them following me.’
Following the attack, Laura visited a nearby pharmacist who advised her to go to her doctors.
She was treated with antibiotics and mouthwash at the minor injuries unit at Clacton Hospital, where she says she caused quite a stir with the doctors.
She said: ‘It got a lot of interest, the doctors were discussing it amongst themselves.
‘Of course, my friends were all laughing at me.’
In 2015, four-year-old James Bryce suffered a badly gashed finger when a seagull swooped down and swiped the sausage roll he was eating.
It followed an attack on Rebecca Harrison, 13, who was mobbed by seagulls for her Greggs steak bake.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds advises the best defence against seagulls is to raise your arms to protect your head and then move away.
They say people should keep food hidden or covered as much as possible and take it out only to eat it.
