Woman left with bald patch & badly bleeding head after viscous seagull attack

The Sun

2 days ago

A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital with a head wound after she was attacked by a vicious seagull.
Lesley Wright, 70, was left with a bleeding scalp that required medical attention after being attacked by the sea bird.
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She was walking to a neighbour's house in Moray in Scotland when the gull swooped in unprovoked and hit her in the back of the head.
Lesley was left dazed and in pain by the random attack and went to seek medical attention.
The attack resulted in a nasty scar and a bald patch with Lesley now questioning why seagulls are a protected species.
"I felt an almighty whack on the back of my head," said Lesley.
"I didn't know it was a seagull at the time - not until I heard it squawking after it had done it.
"Next thing I knew my head was bleeding.
"It wasn't a big cut, but it was bleeding a lot with it being a head wound."
The attack occurred near the home of a lash technician, Selina Ho, who Lesley had been on the way to visit.
Lesley, wanted to avoid bleeding in Selina's home and attempted to call her.
Thankfully, a bystander intervened and knocked on Selina's door for Lesley.
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Selina brought Lesley water, a chair, and some towels to mop up the blood before the pair rushed to Dr. Gray's Hospital.
Lesley said: "I didn't want to go into Selina's house with my head dripping with blood and get blood everywhere, so I tried to phone her to come out.
"At that point, a lady came out of her car to check I was alright, and she went in and got Selina, who came out with water and a towel and a chair to sit down on.
"We sat there until the bleeding stopped, and then Selina looked at it and said I'd better go to hospital to get it seen to, especially with it being a seagull.
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"She drove us to the accident and emergency department, where they glued it together.
"It was quite a small cut, but with a head wound, they bleed a lot."
Thankfully, the wound did not require stitches - but Lesley was left with a nasty scar and a bald patch, which she says is now growing back.
Lesley said the attack left her uneasy around gulls, she has begun to question why the species is protected.
"If I'm out, and I see seagulls or a chick around, I tend to start looking up in the air to make sure none are coming near me," she said.
"I'm very wary around seagull s now.
"I've seen quite a few incidents where they've been eating sandwiches out of people's hands on the high street, and my husband says they always go for the dog at the top of the street.
"I do wonder why they're a protected species - they're not nice to look at, and all you can hear at three or four o'clock in the morning is them squawking.
"People call them flying rats - so why are they protected?"