Woman is savaged by angry seagulls

A grandmother was battered and bruised during a bizarre seagull attack yards from her Weymouth home.

Three birds repeatedly dive-bombed Delphine Mutch as she tried to get home from a nearby doctor’s surgery.

She tripped, landing face first on the pavement, where the birds – described as ‘something out of a Hitchcock film’ – continued to attack as she cowered on the floor.



Eventually, covered in blood, she managed to stumble to nearby OJos hairdressers to raise the alarm.

“When one of the girls heard my calls for help she came to the door and said, ‘Have you been beaten up?’” said the 49-year-old.

The grandmother-of-two, who is nursing a badly bruised face and pecked hand, also needs crutches after tearing her hamstring during the incident.