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This seagull captured some stunning shots after stealing a tourist's camera

Are seagulls changing their ways?

SEAGULLS GET A lot of stick in Ireland.

They’re loud, they’re everywhere, and they have even been known to steal children’s lollipops.

But one Spanish seagull, behaving in a way typical of this brash species of bird, ended up capturing something beautiful.

A German tourist on holiday in Spain had left his GoPro camera on a ledge while it was recording.

One enterprising gull decided to grab the device.

In the full video you can hear the shouts of the camera’s unhappy owners.

seagull1 Martin Lozano / YouTube Martin Lozano / YouTube / YouTube

The views it captured of the coast are stunning.

seagull2 Martin Lozano / YouTube Martin Lozano / YouTube / YouTube

Rather uncharacteristically for a seagull, it very politely left the device back where it found it.

seagull3 YouTube / Martin Lozano YouTube / Martin Lozano / Martin Lozano

Read: If you think our seagulls are bad, you haven’t seen what’s going on in Australia >

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    Mute Euro is Dead
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:12 AM

    Interesting legal point…..The seagull owns the copyright….

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    Mute Guy Incognito
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    Jul 17th 2015, 2:21 PM

    It doesn’t. The seagull didn’t initiate the recording, just moved the camera. Since the camera was rolling already the person who set it up owns the copyright.

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    Mute Biscuits Patinkin
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    Jul 17th 2015, 3:14 PM

    And who’s to say the seagull didn’t also set up the shot? They’re not stupid. That’s quite speciesist of you, Guy.

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    Mute Byyys
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    Jul 17th 2015, 4:02 PM

    What the full video here >What?… You mean Watch?

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    Mute Peter Grimes
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    Jul 17th 2015, 5:26 PM

    The snapshot of the gull, looks like the plonker,Minister for what’s left of the State, Simon Harris.

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    Mute Dave Meagher
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:14 AM

    steven seagull???

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    Mute ck
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    Jul 17th 2015, 1:48 PM

    Stealin’ Seagull!

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    Mute Biscuits Patinkin
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    Jul 17th 2015, 3:12 PM

    Donal Dumpgull up to his dirty tricks again I see.

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    Mute the militant toker
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:18 AM

    he’s a good bird, he captured a bird’s eye view of the cliff for them, and then he took a portrait of himself, brilliant, I wonder if crow’s see him as a racist.

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    Mute Alan Corlett
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:53 PM

    No, crow’s arn’t vain enough, besides crows being more intelligent would probably use a drone and not incriminate themselves but getting themselves on the footage.

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    Mute Alan Corlett
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:53 PM

    by

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    Jul 17th 2015, 1:22 PM

    Crows using drones would presumably be guilty of theft.
    Unless Santa Caws had gifted them the drone…
    The sun’s shining, I’ll come back for my coat later.

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    Mute Rowan Murphy
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:04 PM

    Mine mine mine.

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    Mute Ladude
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:02 AM

    jerk

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    Mute Paul Doyle
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:04 AM

    They’ve list the run of themselves them ‘guls

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    Mute Ian O'Donovan
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:21 AM

    Birds eye view

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    Mute Supernova
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:29 PM

    Sound seagull for putting the phone back

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    Mute Supernova
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:30 PM

    Camera *

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    Mute John Cash
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:59 AM

    Irrelevant seagull story? Cue Bressie any minute now ‘A seagull once stole my camera’ tweet.

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    Mute anthony campion
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:51 PM

    #bromance#eoghanmcdermott

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    Mute Beano
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:17 AM

    Stunning shots?

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    Mute Jake Race
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    Jul 17th 2015, 11:43 AM

    Shut up Beano.

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    Mute Donie Keyes
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:57 PM

    Selfies for Instagull !

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    Mute Mrs Doyle
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    Jul 17th 2015, 12:37 PM

    Seagulls are “losing the run of themselves” :)

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    Jul 17th 2015, 1:27 PM

    Jonathan Livingstone Seagull

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    Mute Martin Woods
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    Jul 17th 2015, 3:24 PM

    So gull ible the lot of ye

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    Jul 17th 2015, 1:56 PM

    staring Seaguly Weaver. sorry

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    Mute Paul Culligan
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    Jul 17th 2015, 5:56 PM

    Very ‘gullible’ leaving the camera down in the first place.

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