Disappointment for these plough-following black-headed gulls - there was nothing on the plate

                                                               

In line with age-old custom, these black-headed gulls were following the plough on a field in Lincolnshire this week. But if they were hoping for a quick and easy meal, they were to be disappointed. Drenched in chemicals throughout the year, the soil of today no longer provides the abundance of worms that was the case in years gone by.