ONE UNLUCKY photographer had to live through a real-life version of popular video game and movie franchise Angry Birds after he was attacked by some ticked-off terns. The action shots capture the birds swooping down as they try and attack the camera and the man behind the lens. Tattoo artist Rob Bates (32), from Sheffield, was set upon on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumbria as he attempted to photograph puffins. Rob explained what he was thinking as the birds dive-bombed him in scenes reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1952 classic film The Birds.

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Keywords: angry, attack, birds, farne, island, scary, sternidae, swoop, terns