Still Waters Posted January 9, 2009 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2009 They're noisy, filthy, violent... and they're moving into a street near you. No, not gangs of teenagers, but the seagulls invading Britain's inland towns by their thousands There is neither a ripple of sea nor a rocky outcrop in sight. It is bleakly cold. And yet, from overhead, comes a familiar, elongated screech - the cry of a bird more usually associated with summer holidays and the seaside than a January day in an inner city car park. Before you can say 'Jonathan Livingston', my guide Peter Rock has whipped open the boot of his dirty green car, pulled out a telescope mounted on a large tripod and aimed it at a nearby rooftop. 'Here we go,' he says. 'You stay just where you are, fella. Yes, I thought so. Can you see the colour on its back? That's a Lesser Black-backed gull and he's got one of my rings on his leg so I know I've seen him before. 'At one time, before the war, he wouldn't have been here now. He'd have been in West Africa, or in Portugal loafing on a beach and eating sardines. Even if he came back in the spring to breed, he would have been very unlikely to hang out somewhere as urban as this.' More Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hissie Sola Posted January 9, 2009 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hmm...... they should let this hawk loose in that area....... it seems to know how to deal with gulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulFire Posted January 9, 2009 #3 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hmm...... they should let this hawk loose in that area....... it seems to know how to deal with gulls lol. yep, that hawk will eat their necks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudshill Posted January 10, 2009 #4 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yes!.....the right hawk could make them disappear....like magic <|:{0== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aora Posted January 10, 2009 #5 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I lived in Penzance, Cornwall for 5 years (South West England right by the sea) and I know full well how disease ridden, loud and irritating they can be. Our neighbour had to have her roof replaced due to the damage they did to it. The food the tourists fed them was much more appetising than the fish they could catch at sea and they learned to stay in land quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted January 10, 2009 Author #6 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I lived in Penzance, Cornwall for 5 years (South West England right by the sea) and I know full well how disease ridden, loud and irritating they can be. Our neighbour had to have her roof replaced due to the damage they did to it. The food the tourists fed them was much more appetising than the fish they could catch at sea and they learned to stay in land quickly. I was bought up in a seaside town, and very often got woken up by the seagulls screeching on top of our roof.......feeding the gulls is not recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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