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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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"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
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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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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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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"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
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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
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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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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 *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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
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"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
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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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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
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"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)
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"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
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"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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"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)
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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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
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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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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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
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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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 *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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" 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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"Not killing them just how do you stop them.dtealing your chips
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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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"Rats don't steal your chips ..
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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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
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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"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
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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
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"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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"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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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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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