A ten-year-old boy from Chesterfield has made historical past by profitable the European seagull screeching championship for the second consecutive 12 months.
Cooper Wallace travelled to the Belgian coastal resort of De Panne the place he turned the primary contestant within the competitors's five-year historical past to win gold twice.
He mounted the rostrum to God Save the King after his victory.
Cooper's victory final 12 months reworked his life, making him an on the spot movie star.
"My life modified loads after I gained final 12 months. It is going to by no means be the identical," he stated.
His distinctive seagull cries have been used to promote a Fortnum & Mason's ice cream, he has appeared on the Pure Historical past Museum and turn out to be a gull champion for the RSPB.
He now refers to himself as "seagull boy".
Cooper started his uncommon expertise after an altercation when a gull tried to steal his sandwich on the seaside.
His recommendation for coping with seagulls is to make "eye contact" and screech again.
The competitors goals to construct larger concord between people and gulls, with contestants judged on sound high quality and convincing gull behaviour.
Cooper scored 92 out of 100 factors in his first victory.
Cooper's seven-year-old sister Shelby additionally participated within the competitors however didn’t safe a podium place.
She has vowed to problem her brother subsequent 12 months, declaring: "Subsequent 12 months, I’m going to win."
Shelby, who calls herself "sea gurl", added: "Individuals ought to be nicer to seagulls; they’ve accomplished nothing unsuitable. We wish seagulls to stay a very long time."
Claude Willaert, founding father of the competition, praised Cooper's historic achievement.
He stated: "Nobody has ever gained the gold twice earlier than. Everybody who goes on the stage is a hero."
Willaert defined the competitors's function, declaring: "Seagulls are aerial acrobats with a particular cry, which we hyperlink to the ocean, solar, sand and holidays. It’s our behaviour, our garbage, our seaside resorts pushing them out of that."