FabSwingers.com forum: seagulls

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Attacks are on the increase, chips, ice creams, purses and now small dogs. Is it time to fight back ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s a good job alligators can’t fly

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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And they wake me up most mornings.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It’s a good job alligators can’t fly"

My experiments are still ongoing....

Be afraid...be VERY afraid....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And they wake me up most mornings.

They’re after your kippers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is time. I reactively punched one who landed on my head to steal food. Join me in the fight.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apparently there used to be an annual cull in most seaside towns. Nests were raided, eggs destroyed. If memory serves it was outlawed in the 60s.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is time. I reactively punched one who landed on my head to steal food. Join me in the fight. "

Now that I would have loved to have seen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Attacks are on the increase, chips, ice creams, purses and now small dogs. Is it time to fight back ?"

No and the recent newspaper articles have been mainly BS.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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"And they wake me up most mornings.

They’re after your kippers "

Haven't got any

Probably next doors stinking vagina.

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

"Apparently there used to be an annual cull in most seaside towns. Nests were raided, eggs destroyed. If memory serves it was outlawed in the 60s."

Bloody do-gooders

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

We seem to have a lot around here atm, god knows why!!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

We need to curtail their access to our food. They've been around longer than us and exist in low numbers - it would seem otherwise if they live on your roof.

If fish stocks dwindle, they may become more dependent on our culture. i think they are probably more public now, due to less landfill waste etc and media coverage.

I'd alter my home if I was besieged. They will be more aggressive during the breeding session

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Beautiful birds.

Maybe not so much at 4am when they're nesting in your chimney

I'd never harm one tho.

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

They have two chicks over the road from mine , and at the Picton clock end of Wavertree. Thats 3 mile from the river. Noisy they are

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Herring Gills are officially endangered, and protected by law.

Plus, stupid little dogs deserve all they get. Law of the jungle (back garden).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is time. I reactively punched one who landed on my head to steal food. Join me in the fight.

Now that I would have loved to have seen"

It was just a reflex, I wasn’t even particularly hungry, I just apparently react to an attack. I did feel guilty though, just a flicker of guilt.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've spent the last few weeks fighting the fuckers off at work, some more vicious than others, they were protecting chicks, today though they've gone so no more flapping my arms around, yay.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why do local councils insist on building rubbish tips underneath flocks of seagulls ?

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By *uzukiNo1Woman
over a year ago

Rhyl

"Why do local councils insist on building rubbish tips underneath flocks of seagulls ?"

errrr I don't think the gulls were there first....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope!

It’s people which have created this situation in the first place.

It’s a surprise especially if you are from a place which seems overrun with Herring Gulls like i am but they are actually an endangered species so it’s something we are going to have to put up with

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have no issue with the herring gull. The heron that visits my house daily....I’ve got a big problem with him though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why do local councils insist on building rubbish tips underneath flocks of seagulls ?"

Reminds me of an old joke...but, not putting it here...to ‘un-PC’....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They're irritating fuckers. I've just been to the coast on holiday and hardly got any sleep. They're almost laughing at times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do deaf seagulls wear herring aids?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fight or flight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seagulls are Satan's angels. Happily shit on you as you eat your well deserved fish and chips at the seaside.

Now they nick your dog. Clutch a Bible and banish the devilish birds. Give them no sanctuary...

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

"Attacks are on the increase, chips, ice creams, purses and now small dogs. Is it time to fight back ?"

Add chicken thighs off the barbecue to that list. Yep, went inside the van for some tongs and the fuckers took the food straight off the barbecue as it was cooking, no joke!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My friend got shat on by a gull in Whitby

Oh my word, he was covered in it

It was so bad he had to buy new clothing from Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Yup, it really was THAT bad

Not sure what he was more distressed about

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"My friend got shat on by a gull in Whitby

Oh my word, he was covered in it

It was so bad he had to buy new clothing from Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Yup, it really was THAT bad

Not sure what he was more distressed about

Friend had same in Wales....totally covered. Local hairdresser saw it happen and gave her a free hairwash, her bf had to go do an emergency clothing run, worst thing was some went in her mouth!

Urgh.

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By *m389Man
over a year ago

Bromley

Mine?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My friend got shat on by a gull in Whitby

Oh my word, he was covered in it

It was so bad he had to buy new clothing from Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Yup, it really was THAT bad

Not sure what he was more distressed about

Friend had same in Wales....totally covered. Local hairdresser saw it happen and gave her a free hairwash, her bf had to go do an emergency clothing run, worst thing was some went in her mouth!

Urgh."

I think it was the emergency shop that finished him off

For an image conscious 20 something to be walking round in what he described as 'geography teacher clothes' was a step too far

Whitby. Sunday afternoon. Clothing options are, well, ... limited

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"My friend got shat on by a gull in Whitby

Oh my word, he was covered in it

It was so bad he had to buy new clothing from Edinburgh Woollen Mill

Yup, it really was THAT bad

Not sure what he was more distressed about

Friend had same in Wales....totally covered. Local hairdresser saw it happen and gave her a free hairwash, her bf had to go do an emergency clothing run, worst thing was some went in her mouth!

Urgh.

I think it was the emergency shop that finished him off

For an image conscious 20 something to be walking round in what he described as 'geography teacher clothes' was a step too far

Whitby. Sunday afternoon. Clothing options are, well, ... limited "

Could have gone goth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I see them every year. They are getting more aggressive. Last week I saw and elderly woman attacked at her outside restaurant table. Some people nearby beat it away. Other than that, they shit every. Cull the little feckers I say. I shoot them off my roof with a water blaster. They learn quite quick...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wants a big cull on birds full stop! Shitting on everything, totally vermin!

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Feed Chris Packham to them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Herring Gulls. Honey badger of the bird family. I love any animal that doesn't give a fuck about people, when it really should.

Intelligent

and when they throw their necks back to have a throbbing good SQUARK/CACKLE.. Cracks and up every time.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

A contributory factor to numbers of gulls will come from landfill sites but normally the same species anywhere really in the uk, but other species of gulls will come and go throughout the year on their migratory journeys overall they can add a bit of gaiety and colour in the right places the seaside would,nt be the same place without the call and sight of the seagull even If they do like your fish and chips..

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Wants a big cull on birds full stop! Shitting on everything, totally vermin!"

I take it you won't be renewing your RSPB membership this year...

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

In some respects it is Humans to blame.

People will feed seagulls, just as they do for pigeons. Often, they feed birds in defiance of notices put up by local authorities banning feeding gulls.

Therefore, gulls associate humans with a food supply and get aggressive when forced to.

In some coastal resorts, councils have brought in handlers with birds of prey with some success; but these birds can't be around all day Let alone all year.

It's a constant battle.

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By *xtrafun4youMan
over a year ago

Dunstable

In Cornwall atm. Just flying rats. Cull them

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By *unonly10Man
over a year ago

liverpool

"It’s a good job alligators can’t fly"
they have meth alligators now in america scary shit a tweeker gator

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is time. I reactively punched one who landed on my head to steal food. Join me in the fight.

Now that I would have loved to have seen

It was just a reflex, I wasn’t even particularly hungry, I just apparently react to an attack. I did feel guilty though, just a flicker of guilt. "

Someone had to punch a gull in the face at some point. I don't condone violence, but sometimes I look at it and go... yeah he had that coming...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They look evil..they squark evil and they voted to remain. ....

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Why the fuck they protected? Running out of them are we.

I can't stand the bastards and I can't think of any other animal I'm like that with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wants a big cull on birds full stop! Shitting on everything, totally vermin!"

You are one of those people that approve of netting trees and hedges aren't you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell.

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By *arakiss12TV/TS
over a year ago

Bedford

Two years ago St Ives, had my rum n raisin snapped out of my hand just about to give it a lick.

Imagine if I was going down on somebody, the carnage.

Hastings same year saw a girl lose her chips, just bought, it was like a scene from One Million Years BC with them flapping around her head.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell."

Yes, but do they pinch your food and shit on your car?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell.

Yes, but do they pinch your food and shit on your car?"

You have never been out in Newquay on a Saturday night

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell.

Yes, but do they pinch your food and shit on your car?

You have never been out in Newquay on a Saturday night

A very long time ago, and it didn't end well.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There’s actually no such bird as a seagull. Fancy that.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell."

Mmmn ...without the tourists it would just be a load of seaside resorts dying on their arse like elsewhere around the country.

Don't think the seagulls have many pounds in their pockets...

Hell, they don't even have pockets!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There’s actually no such bird as a seagull. Fancy that."
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We are all Gull-ible

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"We seem to have a lot around here atm, god knows why!! "
I know . you cant get much further away from the seaside than Northampton so it baffles me too

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Wants a big cull on birds full stop! Shitting on everything, totally vermin!"
You are joking yes ??

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"Wants a big cull on birds full stop! Shitting on everything, totally vermin!"

Right! Why don't we just annihilate wildlife altogether! Kill em all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell.

Mmmn ...without the tourists it would just be a load of seaside resorts dying on their arse like elsewhere around the country.

Don't think the seagulls have many pounds in their pockets...

Hell, they don't even have pockets!"

Sure, something like 25% of the jobs are tourism related.

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By *oonshadowWoman
over a year ago

COVENTRY

You don't expect your much loved pet to be air lifted from your securely fenced garden. Do we need to add netting to our gardens?

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"You don't expect your much loved pet to be air lifted from your securely fenced garden. Do we need to add netting to our gardens

Possibly an over reaction for one recorded incident!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love them, they are eating to survive plus they have families to feed now. We have got supermarkets, they have the ocean but its not as full as it use to be. They are endangered too. Don't hurt them, they are extraordinary birds x

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I like them actually.. I suppose it's common sense to avoid gulls when eating chips or ice cream.. avoid eating a kebab next to me on a Friday night because I would be tempted to take a piece of kebab meat ...

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Clearly we need to relax our gun laws.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

They are gulls, not seagulls.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

"Clearly we need to relax our gun laws. "

Yeah sure, arming people always helps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They are gulls, not seagulls."

herring gulls,

Lesser black back gulls,

Black headed gulls

Hehe, sorry couldnt help myself. Im a bird geek lol

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"Clearly we need to relax our gun laws.

Yeah sure, arming people always helps

One on the things people always note about the USA is that there is a distinct lack of seagull attack or attacks from camels for that matter. So there must be something in it.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Seagulls are beautiful birds and by feeding them they get used to humans and attack.. are they more dangerous to us than eagles or wild wolves ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would love to see a Seagull try and have a go at our Chihuahua , she's a cunt

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"I would love to see a Seagull try and have a go at our Chihuahua , she's a cunt"

But if six or seven go at once ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apparently one stole someone's small dog recently...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Be afraid. Very afraid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would love to see a Seagull try and have a go at our Chihuahua , she's a cunt

But if six or seven go at once .. "
she'd take them down

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have them by me 4am every morning screaming , my back garden is covered in there mess , hate them plus sounds like there laughing at me

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"I have them by me 4am every morning screaming , my back garden is covered in there mess , hate them plus sounds like there laughing at me "

In West Brom ?

Sure they are gulls ?

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

over population, same with humans, it will only get worse. needs to be a big war or natural disaster.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have them by me 4am every morning screaming , my back garden is covered in there mess , hate them plus sounds like there laughing at me

In West Brom ?

Sure they are gulls ?"

Yep lots of them nesting on a local industrial unit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"over population, same with humans, it will only get worse. needs to be a big war or natural disaster. "

Yeah mass murder and death.. great solution that.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Do land gulls exist ?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

When the sea is stormy more gulls head inland for shelter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its just gulls they spend more time on land apparently

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Been told by the local council that they come inland now as fish are in short supply and food is easy to find in cities and towns due to humans being messy , they nest on flat areas so industrial estates roofs are great , plus we cannot kill them they are protected so expect lots of them to take over soon

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

This is looking like a Seagull Armageddon..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In best adenoidal tones, actually there's no such bird as a seagull.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I agree.. we now hear there are landgulls

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By *he Devil rides outMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

"And they wake me up most mornings.

Me too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like herring gulls, they're really handsome birds.

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By *rReyMan
over a year ago

Fleet

"It’s a good job alligators can’t fly

My experiments are still ongoing....

Be afraid...be VERY afraid...."

Are you laser mounting them.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Landfill sites attract them. The more we recycle then the less landfill and then they will be hungry and attack us..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive currently got one captive, its simple leave us humans and our pets alone and ill let Sempala the Seagull go without a scratch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I like herring gulls, they're really handsome birds."

They are what people commonly call seagull.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I would never hurt a seagull but they are scarey when they attack for chips..

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

"Seaguls are scavengers. Leave food unprotected and they will scavenge.

Seagulls are noisy but nothing compared to humans (especially in their cars).

Seaguls get aggressive when protecting their young. You would be exactly the same if it was your child.

Given the choice of removing seaguls or tourists from Cornwall, no contest. Tourist are everywhere at the moment and f*ckin irritating as hell."

Often it's the tourists who don't help themselves or anyone else, in a lot of towns there are signs up saying not to feed them and they just ignore it, thus making the issue worse.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I agree.. feeding makes them expect food

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By *ifty69Man
over a year ago

north tyneside

Noisy dirty fuckers, shoot the lot

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

A study in Cornwall suggests that if you stare at seagulls it can prevent or delay a food attack..

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I fed seagulls today and they were quite calm

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Could a seagull pick up a small dog ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Could a seagull pick up a small dog ?"
doubt it i saw 3 magpies kick fuck out of one in leeds once

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

" Could a seagull pick up a small dog ?"

Happened our way recently, was in the news. As you'd expect the woman was heart broken.

Less gulls, more badgers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We got woken up by a flock of them one morning....singing something about wishing they had a photograph of us, something there to remind them....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Could a seagull pick up a small dog ?"

Highly unlikely. They have webbed feet as aquatic birds, not talons like birds of prey.

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By *rAngleseyMan
over a year ago

Anglesey

We annoy the seagulls but they dont think of killing us.. Why as humans do we feel we have the right to kill anything that annoys us.. They have as much right as anyone to be here.

Peace out.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

It's not just annoying if they steal my ice cream or chips.. it's war...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Could a seagull pick up a small dog ?

Highly unlikely. They have webbed feet as aquatic birds, not talons like birds of prey."

I agree and I don't believe to story in the paper about the little dog getting snatched. I get to watch some of the local seagull turf wars on the rooftopss at nesting time and they have no issue killing chicks that wander into the wrong territory or throwing them off the roof. They would be quite capable of killing a very small dog but they don't go around carrying them off.

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By *ithintemptationsCouple
over a year ago

plymouth

easy cure .22

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Seagulls are evolving

There are now landgulls and seagulls...

Evolution before our eyes

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

"We annoy the seagulls but they dont think of killing us.. Why as humans do we feel we have the right to kill anything that annoys us.. They have as much right as anyone to be here.

Peace out."

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Not killing them just how do you stop them.dtealing your chips

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"Not killing them just how do you stop them.dtealing your chips

If we did not make food easily available to them, their behaviour would change.

It's really as simple as that. However, they are not as big a problem as rats for example. Just more visible and news worthy.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Rats don't steal your chips ..

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"Rats don't steal your chips ..

No, they just cause 15% of fires in people's homes (chewing cables/equipment).

Cause Salmonellosis, rat bite fever and bubonic plague.

But you're right. At least they don't steal chips...

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I get you but chips are chips..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Attacks are on the increase, chips, ice creams, purses and now small dogs. Is it time to fight back ?"

I have not once been bothered by a gull, but I will swing if one tries it on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ha epic timing! I was about to go looking for this thread, currently getting five bombed in the car park at work. There are young gulls on the roof of one of the building so the big fkrs are getting protective. They never fly low enough for you to connect though fs

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Blame the EU they descemated our fishing fleets shitehawaks used to follow the boats heading back to feed of the fish scrapes thrown back in the sea so come inland to feed of our chips

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tired of this place

I need to get away

It's time for me to go now

I can't stay, no, no, no, no

Just like any bird

I need to spread my wings

And fly across the ocean

See what the new day brings

'Cause I'm a seagull, yeah

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Is the landgull the new seagull?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Attacks are on the increase, chips, ice creams, purses and now small dogs. Is it time to fight back ?"

Nuke the bastards that stop them stealing our fish and chip. Why can't they eat cats

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Well they carried off a small dog.. could they carry off a small cat ?

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Cleo the pet cat had half her tongue ripped out by a seagull it says in the papers. Star and Sun.

The attacks on pets seem to getting more frequent. I do wonder if this happens in the USA. Do they shoot seagulls over there?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cleo the pet cat had half her tongue ripped out by a seagull it says in the papers. Star and Sun.

The attacks on pets seem to getting more frequent. I do wonder if this happens in the USA. Do they shoot seagulls over there?"

too busy shooting each other

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rats don't steal your chips .."
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only because theyre not allowed in the casino

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"Cleo the pet cat had half her tongue ripped out by a seagull it says in the papers. Star and Sun.

The attacks on pets seem to getting more frequent. I do wonder if this happens in the USA. Do they shoot seagulls over there?

"frequent"? How many have there even been, to quantify the frequency of the attacks?

You should think yourself lucky, look at the real problems they get in Australia;

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/16/goanna-attack-dog-killed-and-queensland-couple-in-hospital-after-freak-ordeal

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Australia has seagull problems too but Sydney University won't contribute to the story

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live in a seaside town. The batty women next door feeds gulls, so we get a few around. Last year a pair nested on her roof, by her chimney. It was a nightmare going outside, as they are so territorial. You risked a dive bombing every time you stepped outdoors.

They also cause a pollution problem in the local sea. There is so much seagull shit on the pier that when it rains it goes in to the sea. The bacteria from this is bad enough to affect the Clean Beach status.

I personally dont understand why they cant be culled. When I lived in London, I remember them culling Canadian geese as they'd become a problem.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

The Daily Star is reporting that a TV presenter was literally mugged by a seagull.

I wonder if the seagulls are getting worse as they gain confidence.

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