gpssti4

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I have some seagulls nesting on my neighbours roof, so I tried to take some photographs of the chicks.


I only managed one before being.....



............ spotted by a watchfull parent.


That was less than amused.



Who then proceeded to swoop down and tried to sh*t on me.


Bloody sh*tehawks

kingofturds

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Shoot them down with an air rifle, filthy flying rats tear our bin bags to shreds every bin day.

Tam the bam

Isn't that illegal still?

Good pics gpssti4

gpssti4

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Yes it is.

Thanks

I used to feed them stale bread soaked in cider. You shoud see them run around the beach drunk - they can't even fly - used to PMSL.

Now these are dive bombing me when I walk outside of my house - may have to make friends with them over a beer or two. (now where's that stale bread)

tanyatriangles

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No such thing as a seagull

There are black-backed gulls, herring gulls, lesser gulls, black-headed gulls.......

Pedant mode now off

Oh, and if it thinks you are threatening it's babies, and it sh*ts on you, you are lucky, they usually go for your eyes with claws and beak

kingofturds

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They have webbed feet

scotty01

With claws/ toes on the ends, how else will they hang onto cliffs/ buildings

You were lucky not to be puked on too! They are nasty bloody things if you go near their chicks!

Next time leave them alone!

kingofturds

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I think you missed the sarcasm, unless they tear the bin bags open with web power

oldsplice

gpssti4

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Eh! They are on my neighbours roof - I stand in my garden taking a photo or two. I'm not climbing walls to get to them

Oh, and they usually only puke on you if you climb up to the nest.

I am wary of them though incase they swoop down and carry me off to feed their young.

If they go for my eyes, they'll have to go through the camera lens too!

Maybe I'll post some more photo's over the next couple of weeks - unless everyone thinks it's a bad idea - I don't want to upset the Scoobynet massive do I

Lee247

Bugger them (well, not literally)

Great pics

gpssti4

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These are the little un's.


I'll try and take some more over the next few weeks as and when I get a chance.

Lee247

awwwwww, so cute

Wish

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I hate seagulls .....

gpssti4

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Well, it's a genericname I guess, and probably better than my wife's 'sea-eagles' well, she is Brazilian!

mart360

I had one for mythbusters about seagulls,,

rumour had it, that if you feed them an over the counter painkiller wrapped

in bread, they go pop

anyone else hear of this ?


mart

Janspeed

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So do I, but I dont murder them.

They look cute.

gtijames

bi carbonate of soda makes them go pop.

GlesgaKiss

The legality of shooting them only becomes a problem if you get caught.

redwards

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You can't shoot gulls, instead pest controllers shoot the eggs in the nest to control the numbers.

gpssti4

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Indeed, they can't pass gas I've heard, not a nice thing to do to them though.

I had 'friends' onboard ship that used to throw them a chicken bone tied to a piece of fishing line - then then had a seagull kite as once the gull had swallowed it they couldn't/wouldn't regurgitate it!

gtijames

trawler man mates of mine have further refined the tactic get a nice fish,tie it to some fishing line,tie line to large plastic bag,bird eats fish then flies off bag inflates and acts like a sail gull takes a nosedive,and for once the fish get some payback.

AndyC_772

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Me too... guess what happened 10 seconds after I took this...

kingofturds

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You sure can, there is no magic forcefield around them or anything then you stick them out for the binmen

Leslie

We get strong canvas bags from the council to put the plastic bin bags in for collection.

Even if the gulls are a nuisance, you really can'y blame them for following their natural instincts to find food.

Les

Janspeed

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You guys are a real bunch..........

Wonder if the same applies to "humans" in this case: YOU?

"Man gets shot in the face.........pest contro...assassin not found, who cares!"

kingofturds

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If a seagull had a chance, it would rip your still beating heart out of your chest and devour it in front of you. It's do or die










































DO OR DIE!

m3ntal

No it isn't.

Like most pest species you can, for the time being at least (it is currently being reviewed), legally shoot Herring Gulls (and Lesser & Greater Black Backed Gulls) under the terms of the general licence providing certain conditions are met.

urban

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Gulls are vermin.

I've the unfortunate pleasure a couple of times now of seeing a gull attack a pidgeon and proceed to rip open its chest and start eating it.
The pidgeon was still alive, every time it would move the gull would peck it on the head a couple times more.

spider

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I've got (poor quality) pictures somewhere of a female sparrowhawk doing the same in my neighbour's garden; we've had woodpeckers do the same to blue tit chicks - that's the bloody truth of nature.

Though I have to say, there's something about gulls that I just don't like; possibly means they're just good at their job, a bit like sharks!