Bathroom Makeover

I know what you mean. I have been to one or two too!

A few years back now I was walking along a beach in  a south coast town when I came across two seagulls in the water that had tried to eat the bait from discarded hooks and got the hooks in their beaks. They were obviously in a poor state and, on looking around, I was the only one in view so had to do something or they would die. I tentatively reached to them and dragged them out gently pulling on the wing of one. As they were not reacting I crouched down and holding the first like they do on nature programs - with my hand across it's back holding the wings folded - I removed the hook from it's beak. That was difficult because of the barb and did leave a hole. I then placed it on the beach on it's feet, At which point it took off and casually flew away. I then did the second, which had been quietly lying down near me. It was the same problem and it behaved exactly the same, flying off in the same direction as the first. I was actually shocked that they were so placid, even though not in a good way. The seagulls on the south coast here are somewhat bigger than those locally to me on the east coast and they have massive beaks which I wouldn't want to get the worst of. It made the holiday for me. I do see seagulls a bit differently now.