Woman forced to wear colander on head to protect herself from seagull attacks

A grandmother is being forced to protect herself from seagull attacks in her garden by wearing a colander on her head.

Dina Wilson, from Herne Bay in Kent has been dive-bombed by a bird nesting in her roof as she went to bring in her washing. One attack even drew blood as the creature pecked the 71-year-old's scalp. The attack on Mrs Wilson happened after a chick fell out of its nest into the garden.


She did not notice it by her washing line and its mother swooped down to attack her. When she went out in the garden again, it dived at her again - and pecked her head, drawing blood. Mrs Wilson said: "I had to go around my garden with a colander on my head to get the washing off the line.

"I think a fox must have got the chick in the end as it couldn't fly and it was soon gone. We have got grandchildren and while an attack on an adult is bad, it's another thing with a child. It could be quite scary for them." Now she is calling on the council to stop people feeding the birds and for fast-food outlets to cover their waste, which the birds feast on.