Gull ‘mugs' maintenance man of his coffee cup
Darren Pardoe watched as the bird finished off his drink before taking to the sky and dropping the mug out at sea.
Mr Pardoe had been carrying out a roof repair on an old lifeboat house in Porthleven, Cornwall, when he stopped for a coffee.
As he pulled out his camera to take a few pictures of the harbour, he was told by someone next to him that a gull had started drinking his brew.
Seconds later, the gull took off with the mug in its beak and flew across the harbour.
After landing on the water, the bird dropped the mug, and it sank.
Having carried out bird-proofing in the town before, Mr Pardoe joked that the gull had taken revenge.
He said: 'I've been in Porthleven doing bird-proofing and I've obviously upset a few of them.
'I'd just been out looking at a roof repair on the old lifeboat house, and it was a nice morning, so I thought I'd have a coffee and take a few pictures of the harbour.
'I was talking with this guy and he said, 'There's a seagull drinking your coffee.' There it was, beak in my coffee, so I got a few photos.
'I turned back again, and he said it had my cup and sure it enough it was flying across the harbour with the coffee mug in his mouth.'
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