Feeding Seagulls an Offence?

wendywhite

Hi sorry wasn't sure where to post this, feel free to move it if necessary! Is it an offence to feed seagulls in your own garden?? A neighbour insists that he has had a letter telling him that he must stop or he will be fined severely! I find this very hard to believe but honestly in the times in which we live you never know!! I would be grateful if someone could put this to rest.
Thanks

squidge60

dont know but it should be!

curtlyb

Yes it is and i saw a programme not long ago where an eighty-odd year old woman was jailed for 14 days for repeatedly feeding pigeons, i think that they are a health hazard, dangerous and frequently the leftover food on gardens can attract rats and other vermin (as in the case above).
Seagulls can get very nasty as well !

hfr45

I agree with Squidge60, it should be. With bread over £1 a loaf perhaps bread pudding would be a better idea.

wendywhite

Ok thanks folks, just thought it was a bit odd, what if you legitimately feed the birds via a bird table/ feeders etc......can't stop the seagulls or the pigeons from helping themselves............

kymrob

hate seagulls and pigeon it is fround on around here

vixarooni

curtlyb wrote: »

Yes it is and i saw a programme not long ago where an eighty-odd year old woman was jailed for 14 days for repeatedly feeding pigeons, i think that they are a health hazard, dangerous and frequently the leftover food on gardens can attract rats and other vermin (as in the case above).
Seagulls can get very nasty as well !

Murderers, rapists and peadophiles can get really nasty aswell, but dont worry about them... ohhh nooo!! Waste police, court and jail time in putting a lady in prison.

What is this country coming to?

Gingernutmeg

I live in SE London and I feed the birds in my garden, using a table. I get sparrows, blue tits and great tits, robins, blackbirds and thrushes. Can't stop the pigeons coming though - am I going to get into trouble? I thought we were supposed to be encouraging wild birds, I can't see how you can feed one and not the other ...

benood

As long as you don't put your wheelie bin out when it's overfilled and the lid won't quite shut you'll be ok.

Spendless

Feeding pigeons in our town centre is an offence. Not long after this rule came in, a man was featured in our paper because pigeons had been eating from his bird table, and he'd had a visit from someone official telling him he wasn't allowed. The man said he had no idea how to feed birds but ban pigeons, but in order to please our council he had put up a sign on his birdtable, that he was pictured beside. It read

No pigeons by order of X Council :rotfl: :rotfl:

Primrose

I think part of the problem is that if you regularly feed seagulls in your garden they might be tempted to nest on rooftops nearby to be close to a regular food source. And anybody who has had seagulls nesting on their roof will tell you that they get incredibly aggressive and protective of their nests and youngsters and that includes the garden of the house on which they're nesting. My brother had a gull nesting on next door's roof. For several weeks he and his wife & neighbours were virtually prisoners in their own house. Every time they went out into the back garden to try and hang the washing out, the gulls flew down and attacked them. And being attacked by a gull is not a pleasant experient - they have very viscious beaks. And their droppings make a great deal of mess too.