'The most Blackpool thing I've ever seen' - Bispham actor Hayley Tamaddon shares video of pet seagull Steven
“Alright there, Steven.”
Blackpool actor Hayley Tamaddon has shared what is perhaps the most Blackpool video of all time.
Taking to Instagram to showcase an incident which sums Blackpool up nicely, the Emmerdale and Coronation Street actor shared a brief video of a seagull casually letting itself into her home via the back door.
The bird is then seen waddling over to what appears to be a dog bowl, where it proceeds to eat every piece of dog food left. Seemingly unsurprised by the incident, Hayley narrates the scene, saying ‘Alright there, Steven’ to the seagull when he initially appears, suggesting that the crafty gull is a regular visitor.
Asking the bird if it’s alright as it tentatively creeps in and out before plucking up the courage to raid the dog food, Hayley asks Steven the Seagull gently: “Just helping yourself, are you?” As jovial music plays over the top of the clip, the greedy gull empties the bowl, looking around every now and again before wandering off.
“Off you pop,” says Hayley as he trundles off.
It’s not the first time Hayley has posted about Steven the Seagull, with the beloved bird featuring in videos on Hayley’s Instagram as far back as May last year. Explaining the relationship in a video caption from 2025, Hayley wrote: “For those that don’t know, Steven is not like other seagulls. He lives with us. And as you can see... he’s cheeky... and makes himself at home.
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“He broke his leg years ago and him and his wife Patricia.. (yeah you heard) took refuge in our garden... we took care of him as he could fly for a while, and to thanks us… now they live on our garage. He gives me daily entertainment and he’s the sweetest funniest bird.”
Here’s to many more videos of Steven’s escapades to come.
Born in Bispham, Hayley Tamaddon is known for her roles in the ITV soap operas as Del Dingle in Emmerdale and Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street. She also won the fifth series of Dancing on Ice on 28 March 2010, with skating partner and fellow Sandgrown’un Daniel Whiston.