This titanic tussle between a cormorant and an eel was caught on camera by holidaymaker Richard Firth.

Richard was on a family holiday in the Kent seaside town Ramsgate when he spotted the bird battling to eat the eel - which was having none of it.

Richard, who is from Huddersfield, saw the bird dive beneath the water before it emerged with the eel in its beak.

Richard Firth with son Charlie

He captured the footage during a stroll at Ramsgate harbour while holidaying with wife Julie and children Charlie, 10, and Isla, 12.

He said: “Stroll at Ramsgate harbour this morning when this happened. It’s an eel and a cormorant. I saw it dive down and then re-emerge with it in its mouth.”

Watch the video until the end to see what happened to the eel.