Good trench! Friendly seabird perches on ferry pilot’s head as he searches for food
- Gulliver the Gull Perched on Teignmouth and Shaldon Ferryman’s Head Pete Brock
- He won tourists in Devon for his seat selection while looking for food?
- Funny moment was captured on camera on the ferry from Teignmouth and Sheldon
While seagulls are not normally welcome guests on seaside excursions, this friendly herring gull – known locally as Gulliver – has won over tourists and sailors in Devon, where it regularly perches on the head of ferryman Pete Brock of Teignmouth and Shaldon in search of leftover food.
The funny moment was captured on camera.
While seagulls are usually considered a nuisance in most beach towns, this one seems to have developed a friendly bond with Pete as it isn’t the first time he’s taken the unusual position.
What do you call a man with a seagull on his head? The answer, it turns out, is Pete Brock
The funny moment when a friendly seagull, known locally as Gulliver, landed on the ferryman’s head has been captured on camera
The photos were taken by fellow sailor Rob Hughes of Devon Sea Safari.
He said: ‘It is a herring gull that is quite well known in the area, so much so that people call it Gulliver.
“It usually gets some grain or bread and that’s why it hangs around the ferry and looks like it got a shine to Pete.”
Gulliver has won over tourists and sailors in Devon, where he regularly perches on the head of ferryman Pete Brock of Teignmouth and Shaldon in search of food scraps