PLUCKY HERRING GULL SEEMS UNAFFECTED BY FREAK GROWTH EMERGING FROM RIGHT EYE

 A curious growth has been detected sprouting from the right eye of one of the juvenile herring gulls that has become an ever-present on the beach at Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire over summer. It is not entirely clear if the gull has a right eye or just a socket  Despite the disfigurement, the plucky gull does not seem to be in undue distress and is holding its own against its less disadvantaged compatriots in its daily struggle to find enough scraps to keep the hunger pangs at bay.