Residents have described a vulture adapted by one of their neighbours as looking like he's from the 'pits of hell'. The huge bird, called Gilbert, regularly flies out and visits homes and gardens and its owner says he is just saying hello.
Not all his neighbours are impressed with the visits from Gilbert. Alan Wells, 62, rescued him a year ago after the bird was headed for a life at Prague Zoo - which then closed during lockdown.
Gilbert - who has a 1.5m wingspan - now lives at Alan's home in Somerset but regularly flies off to visit locals in their gardens. The large turkey vulture can fly up to ten miles and some neighbours have been put in a bit of a flap.
