Perhaps someone should call the flying squad after a holidaymaker identified a pasty thief at St Ives this week.

Natalie Jones, 33, took this perfectly timed action shot of a gull swooping in to steal her snack on Porthgwidden beach on Monday.

Natalie, from Glasgow, took the snap of her winged assailant as it dived for her traditional Cornish treat, just as she was about to take a photo to send to friends back home.

She said: "I was just about to take a photo of me eating my pasty at the beach to upload to Facebook to make my friends and family jealous and this seagull had other ideas."