This is the horrific moment a seagull plucks a live rabbit from its warren before swallowing it whole. 

The hungry bird was captured on camera on the remote Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast.

The Great Black-backed Gull manages to down the entire rabbit in several large gulps.

The island's wildlife team believed - if only for a couple of seconds - that it may have bitten off more than it could chew with this Easter bunny.

But after a quick pause the rabbit's back legs disappear down the gull's throat too.

According to the team at Skomer Island, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, rabbits are actually an important part of their diet.

They said: 'Rabbits are an important part of their diet when none or very few small seabirds or seabird chicks are available.'