A SEAGULL has taken revenge on a man bird-proofing his town - by flying off with his mug of coffee.

The caffeine-craving winged menace was pictured in full flight - with the victim's mug still hanging out of its beak.

Maintenance worker Darren Pardoe watched in shock as the guzzling gull finished off the brew - before taking to the sky and dumping the evidence out at sea.

Darren had been carrying out a roof repair on an old lifeboat house in Porthleven when he stopped for a coffee.

As he pulled out his camera to take a few pictures of the harbour, he was alerted by someone next to him that a seagull had begun helping itself to his brew.

Seconds later, the gull took off, mug in beak, and Darren said he had to a double take as he watched the bird fly across the harbour.

After landing on the water, the seagull dropped the mug, and it sank - with Darren saying the venue was "very understanding" after seeing the evidence.

Having carried out bird-proofing in the town before, Darren joked that a seagull had taken revenge.

He said: "I've been in Porthleven doing bird-proofing and I've obviously upset a few of them.

"I'd just been out looking at a roof repair on the old lifeboat house and it was a nice morning, so I thought I'd have a coffee and take a few pictures of the harbour.

"I was talking with this guy and he said, ‘there's a seagull drinking your coffee.’ There it was, beak in my coffee, so I got a few photos.

"I turned back again, and he said it had my cup and sure it enough it was flying across the harbour with the coffee mug in his mouth."