SCHOOL GULLS ROW Dad pulls kid out of class after seagull attacks him on playground but RSPB tell teachers ‘you cant move nest’

STEVE Young, 35, was set upon by one of the birds as he collected sons Cobie and Kyle from school

BY ELLIE FLYNN 

8th July 2016, 12:33 pm

A DAD has removed his sons from primary school after he was attacked by a seagull in the playground.

Furious Steve Young, 35, was injured by one of the birds as it clawed the back of his head while he was collecting his two young sons from school.

The birds have nested in a patch of grass at Stranton Primary School in Hartlepool and Steve has said they are a danger to the kids.

He has refused to take sons Cobie Dent, five, and Kyle Dent, 10, back to school until the problem is resolved – but teachers say they are not allowed to move the birds nest.

Steve said: “Since the school holidays in May there has been a nest in the playground with an egg in it and two adult gulls.

“Now the egg has hatched. The gulls have a chick and are attacking anyone who walks past. I was attacked on Friday and the bird drew blood from my head.

“I was just walking on the playground to pick my sons up from school when it swooped down and clawed the back of my head.”

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Bird watchers catch glimpse of rare warbler that blew into Hartlepool from Siberia

THE sight of a rare bird species set bird watchers twitching when it flew off course and landed on the Headland.

Around 40 birders descended on the Borough Hall area to catch a glimpse of the yellow browed warbler.

A handful of the birds landed on the Hartlepool coast as they migrated for the winter from Siberia thousands of miles away.

Twitchers hoped even rarer birds might also follow the same course and looked in gardens through their binoculars.

Billingham birder Colin Dodsworth, 43, said: “They are rare but not mega rare. There was about five of them by the end of the day around the putting green and Borough Hall area.

“They are the flag bearers of more rare autumn migrants coming into the country.

“They breed over the summer in Siberia and migrate to South East Asia, places like India.

“They are a bit off course to be turning up in Hartlepool but you can get a weather course that blows them slightly westwards until they hit the east coast.”

Colin, who works as a gardener, thanked Headland residents for being so friendly and accommodating to the birders.

He said: “They are always so tolerant and friendly even though we are looking in their gardens. They often come out and ask what we are looking at and have a chat with us.”

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