OUCH! This poor old pigeon might need more than just a pick-me-up at a drinking bowl after being stabbed in the chest with a mystery object.

Bernard Morey, from Ipplepen, snapped the ailing traveller as it took a breather...hopefully on its way to the nearby Animals and Distress centre for some medical intervention.

It’s not known how the poor creature came by its unwanted appendage, which appears not to have caused him too much distress so far.