Feeding Seagulls an Offence?

UK007BullDog

I also have bird feeders from the RSPB. The pigeons and doves have worked out on how to get onto the feeders. I have a metal pole which holds the many feeders. Some of the smaller birds also drop a lot of the seeds on the ground and the pigeons come and tidy up on the ground along with the starlings, Magpies and Parakeets and today even two ducks came into the garden.

The doves are endangered but the pigeons are a pain but I don't know what to do to stop them from coming.

TomsMom

UK007BullDog wrote: »

Dont your bins have lids? Place a heavy brick or stone on the lid.

emg wrote: »

We dont have wheelie bins in our town and have to put our rubbish out in bags on collection day (they wont collect from bins).

piratess

We dont have wheelie bins where i live now in the New Forest our bins get collected on a tuesday so the bags go out on a tuesday night and the cats have a feast and then mess all over the road! ... In cornwall seagulls were very clever at pecking thro the lip of the lids even if open by an inch! .. umm pellet gun? ... or bicarb in some bread! .. they love that ...... Or my dada favourite after a bbq whilst still hot leave a bread roll on the top! watch them dance LOL

Swiftkidd

My neighbour at the back of our house feeds them every day without fail, It's crazy she's practically breeding them. It's been on-going for well over a year Ive watched as their numbers rapidly grow.

She's not intreasted in feeding birds just Seagulls the back off our house & shed gets covered in their droppings & their young hatch on the nebouirs rooftop. She needs to stop :mad:

minerva_windsong

piratess wrote: »

I hate seagulls! ... im from cornwall and thro the summer months all the emmits used to sit on the front and feed them their chips !!!!!!!!!!!! There are signs up everywhere saying please dont feed the seagulls! ..

They nest on most of the houses on our street and boy are they scary when the young are born! they swoop down at you! so i used to take a big stick out with me! .... HATE THEM!

My sister seems to have some kind of arrow over her head saying 'Food here!' that only seagulls can see - she has had them swoop down and nick pasties and Jammy Dodgers straight out of her hands before! And we weren't feeding them, they simply saw the food and took it.

I also have a vague memory from when I was little of a seagull nicking my ice cream whilst I was holding it in Newquay. It didn't bother me but my mum properly freaked out.

caz74

emg wrote: »

They are causing havoc with our dustbins at the moment. We dont have wheelie bins in our town and have to put our rubbish out in bags on collection day (they wont collect from bins). Our collection is at about 7.15am so we all tend to put the bags out the night before but now the mornings are lighter the gulls have emptied them all before the lorry gets here and the streets are a mess. Any advice on keeping them away (other than having to get up early!)?

We have this issue too and most people in the area put an old dustsheet/blanket over the bin bags to stop seagulls getting at them. The binmen are used to this so don't miss any due to them being hidden

pollypenny

I would say that feeding seagulls is a sign of madness!

DUKE

I'm sure I remember seeing a programme on TV where a woman was done for feeding the gulls. Also I know in some areas you can be fined for feeding the birds. We feed the birds on our balcony, as do a few other people. Someone reported this to the council & we all had letters saying that we're encouraging vermin .... We live next to an allotment so if there's any vermin about they'll be going for the juicy fruit & veg not a few mouldy old nuts.

sashadesade

minerva_windsong wrote: »

My sister seems to have some kind of arrow over her head saying 'Food here!' that only seagulls can see - she has had them swoop down and nick pasties and Jammy Dodgers straight out of her hands before! And we weren't feeding them, they simply saw the food and took it.

I also have a vague memory from when I was little of a seagull nicking my ice cream whilst I was holding it in Newquay. It didn't bother me but my mum properly freaked out.

Yeah, they're pretty brazen that way. I certainly can't see why people feed them on purpose. Drives me mad when I've just hung out my washing and my next door neighbours go out and scatter bread all over their garden. :mad:

Sublime_2

I don't feed seagulls. They are vermin. I do hang peanuts, etc out in winter, for the general bird population.