Seagull impersonator says birds get a 'bad press'
Trish Clemit won the 2026 Seagull Festival Championships in Weston-super-Mare for her seagull impersonation. The event featured various seagull-themed activities and was judged by viral sensation 'Seagull Boy'.
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Share Save Add as preferred on Google Beth Cruse , West of England and Anthony Ward , West of England BBC Trish Clemit has been crowned overall winner of the 2026 Seagull Festival Championships in Weston-super-Mare The winner of a seagull impersonation contest says she thinks the birds get "a bad press" and sound "fantastic."
Trish Clemit, from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, has been crowned overall winner of the 2026 Seagull Festival Championships in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, having discovered her hidden talent at Butlins aged eight.
"All my life I've been waiting for a competition then I found out about this one through a friend and I thought right, I'm going down all the way from Hebden," she said.
The contest is split into under-12s and over-12s with viral sensation Cooper aka 'Seagull Boy' returning to judge the impersonations.
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