yeh seen that happen last year aswell to some poor kid with an ice cream they dont take prisoners them seagals  rainy-city
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they need a fishing boat, dropping a few pasties and waste food off the back, lure them out to sea and give them all both barrels of a 12bore

They are huge, a pest and need sorting

Seagulls are a nuisance and are scavengers but its not exactly their fault when holidaymakers and locals discard food wherever, feed the birds whenever. In fact it is us that caused the problem because we taught them that there are easy pickings onshore rather than there natural habitat offshore.
They are more brazen now than when I was a kid, probably because we didn't waste or discard as much food back then. How many times do you see someone throwing their bits of pasty or chips to the birds or untidy b s just drop their litter of half eaten pizza on the ground.

I can't be doing with seagull poo though, when visiting a seaside resort, its like entering a paintball competition and there's only one winner

i agree, wasted food and even people holding a chip aloft for them as a party trick has all contributed towards the situation, but it still doesn't mean something should not be done about it, especially when they fly in and hit people in their face.

Shop keepers won't be bothered, they make money from people who need to buy more pasties or another ice cream due to it, councils would not need as many street cleaners as they swoop'n'scoop up the left overs

I can't think of an answer to it, they are more brazen than ever, it's like a new generation of 'Taliban' seagulls where they look upon us as a target if food is available.
A cull would have no impact so the only way is to take away the food on offer, and that means educating people.

Sorry Alf, just bumping your thread

a cull of all adult might leave the youngster fishing the shore line not the piers and public places as there will be no one to teach them to pinch food, clearing out the local nest or something might help too

"All 11 species of seagull found in Britain, including the most commonly seen herring gulls, are protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Shooting a seagull is a criminal offence which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail or a £20,000 fine"


The above extract taken from another website. I guess the people who make these crazy laws don't live anywhere where there are seagulls  ______________________
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Seriously, their protected so are badgers but they are taking of culling them

There are more seagulls live in land than at sea now, due to being more easy access to food. Gloucester has a major problem with them, it's a no go for your pride and joy unless you want it shat on!! It's like cement

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You might want to visit the Eden Project while you are down there

"Very cool place indeed".

feed them some poison seed of bread that will sort them out  rainy-city
xs

Seagulls, rats of the Skies

Ban the 'emmets'