The Patter of Tiny Feet

Polperro Harbour, Cornwall, UK

Visit collection: Beautiful Creatures
A soggy looking seagull, sitting on a seawall in Polperro Cornwall, with a backdrop of fisherman's cottages.
Seagulls patter the ground with their feet Tap dancing it seems but it is all a deceit They pitter and patter again and again Tricking the worms, sounding like rain. Up the worms pop expecting some air, unaware of the fate that awaits them there, A hungry gull with a bright yellow bill Wiggle away little worms before the gulls have their fill.
  • The Patter of Tiny Feet
  • Polperro Harbour
  • Cornwall
  • UK

Have you ever seen a seagull working the ground with its feet? It certainly looks as if they are tap dancing. Sorry to say they are not, they are tricking the worms to come up to the surface. Clever seagulls, poor worms.