[Ananova]
A Cornish vicar has resorted to wearing a hard hat to church as protection from dive-bombing seagulls.
The seagulls are protecting a chick in the graveyard of St Petroc's in Bodmin, Cornwall, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The Rev Canon Graham Minors said: "It is a case of mother nature. People are able to walk through the churchyard safely but if you get too close you might be dive-bombed."
Rev Minors said it would be wrong to move the seagulls and he believes they will calm down once the chick leaves the nest.
Local photographer Peter Glaser said he was attacked just trying to get a picture of the birds.
He said: "It gave me shivers and made my hair curl as the seagulls flew towards me. I was terrified and stood with my back against the wall."
Seagulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, making it an offence to kill the birds or interfere with their nests.