A primary school has hired birds of prey to drive out aggressive seagulls who divebomb children.

Head teacher Carys Jones said gulls were swooping down on pupils so has hired a falcon and a hawk to scare them away.

Ms Jones said the seagulls were "terrifying" children at Eifion Wyn primary school in Porthmadog, north Wales.

Gwynedd council said nesting gulls had been diving down on to the school playground.

Councillor Dafydd Meurig, cabinet member for the environment, said gulls can cause a "real concern".

He said: "With gulls a protected species, the options available to address the problem are limited. However, after considering the situation, we concluded the best way forward was to recruit the services of specialists.

"The company will visit the area on a regular basis with a falcon and hawk to keep the gulls away."

Last summer, children at the school were shut indoors during the hottest day because of the seagulls.