Nesting seagulls kept a couple hostage in their own home for six days by attacking them every time they tried to leave their house.

Roy and Brenda Pickard, 71, say they were constantly confronted by two squawking adult seagulls after two chicks ended up on their roof.

Mr Pickard, 77, was once so viciously attacked that he ended up with a bloody head wound that needed hospital treatment.

Speaking about how difficult it has been to complete simple tasks while stranded inside, Mr Pickard from Knott End near Morecambe Bay, Lancs., said: "The whole thing has been terrible.

"I've not been able to go out of the front door. If I try to get out of the door, the two adult birds are right there and I've got no chance. It's genuinely frightening."

He added: "My wife isn't well or very mobile at the moment so we're relying on me to get out.