The moment reporter Richard Hunt dressed up as an inflatable eagle as a seagull deterrent at Blackpool Zoo

Wearing an inflatable eagle costume was all part of a new job being offered at Blackpool Zoo.

The zoo is trying to recruit a team of people to wear the bird costumes and scare away the pesky seagulls from stealing people’s food.

The gulls are a real problem at the zoo but various deterrents have failed because those gulls are just too smart.

The zoo says the successful candidates would join the "visitor services" team as "seagull deterrents" and would need to be "outgoing" and "comfortable wearing a bird costume".

Watch Blackpool Gazette reporter Richard Hunt give the role a test run.