General Chat

We are 20+ miles ftom the sea but there are gulls on the field at the end of the garden.Occasionally they come into the garden and take food from the birdtable and they often sit on the roof. The other morning as I drove o.h. to work I saw a huge black and white gull fly off with a starling or blackbird in its beak. Horrible thing!

We have starlings nesting in the loft, they have got in behind the fascia boards which o.h. is about to have replaced. No more birds in the loft, scrabbling about.


Lizx

time was when you never saw seagulls inland :-(

One of my daughters lives in Worthing. It's bad enough the baby waking every hour or two, but the dawn 'chorus' is brain bending, and the number of times she gets the washing in - only to have to wash it again :-| :-| :-|

Yup a right pain, we are told they are endangered because they are declining in their traditional nesting grounds well Duh! The little beggars have all moved to be near houses and rubbish tips because it is easier pickings that fishing!

I live near the coast and they are a real problem for many residents in our area due to people feeding them.

What really peed me off was I decided to splash out on a new car (the that will see me out thing!) brought it home gleaming on Friday night, Sat morning they had been using it for target practice! :-0

My friend and I stayed at her van last year and to celebrate the fact that we made it there we opened a bottle of champagne on the door step, within seconds a seagull had taken the cork and loads more were there waiting for more.
Rats with wings we call them lol.

Anytime I go near the sea, the gulls use my car for target practise

Andy

I have lived in this house for 15 years and never had this problem,but this year the gulls have been a big problem..ok ,I live near the sea,but never had a nest of chicks on my dormer roof till this year.. and they have wakened me up so early on these light mornings,not just the calling,but pitter patter of feet above my bedroom at any time from 3 am onwards.

It is a big problem also in the seaside towns...so much so that the postman will not deliver in one area,and a local resort is trying to put a ban on people feeding them as they are quite dangerous and will steal food from people's hands..can be frightening for children having their ice cream taken out of their hands!

These birds are protected so once the chicks hatch you can't get rid,but if an egg is caught before it hatches that is OK.

Yesterday,I was coming out of my garage and heard one on my roof and looked down to see a chick,,quite big now,but could tell it was a chick by its colouring and it couldn't get back to the roof.The mother,obviously worried that I might harm it swooped on me.fortunately I waved my arms and it didn't attack,but it was scary.

Think I will have to get some spikes or whatever on my roof,but it won't be cheap as it goes along three bedrooms.
I have house martins nesting under the eaves,but they are fine and lovely to watch flying in and out.
:-S :-(