Feeding Seagulls an Offence?

neneromanova

I love feeding Pigeons and try to as often as I can. I feed them rice. Sometimes I make it a little special and add Bi Carb/Baking Powder

mum24boys

Get a cat. My puss Dave loves to chew on a pigeon, it may put the birds off.

louise3965

We have a couple that sit on next door neighbours garage roof all the time, as she feeds them. I feed the birds in the side garden, but the gulls dont come near there as our dog got one once when it got cocky and landed in the garden. There have always been a couple around here in the 15 years Ive lived here but they arent a problem (yet)

ailuro2

No need to be cruel to them, just don't put out food for them, and if your council doesn't have wheelie bins get a petition together with your neighbours and take it to your local councillor, they are definitely the way forward in rubbish control.

We have seagulls and crows round her now, never used to, they are noisy sods. I only ever put food out for the birds in the middle of winter when it's hard snow, then I'll put out some water and leftovers.

We even have a grey squirrel round here now, they are vermin but I know one person who puts out at least a bag of nuts every week for them, because she thinks they are cute ( yes they are, but not as cute as their native red cousins) but she just doesn't "get" it.

bravobeastie

ailuro2 wrote: »

No need to be cruel to them.

I totally agree with this statement. I adore pigeons, they are full of character and personality. Seagulls, can take them or leave them but have to admit they are very handsome birds.

The statement of leaving a bread roll on a hot bbq? Sick.

And bicarb? I have no idea what that would do to them and to be honest I wouldn't even want to guess.

I think the fact some people want to inflict pain on creatures is despicable

Gloomendoom

mum24boys wrote: »

Get a cat. My puss Dave loves to chew on a pigeon, it may put the birds off.

We came home to a disembowelled pigeon spread-eagled on the patio the other day. It looked like the aftermath of some kind of black magic ritual.

However, a brief CSI followed by a post mortem revealed nothing more sinister than death by cat.

Moominmamma

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.

I live in a seaside town and the seagulls have never really bothered me one way or the other... Until this week when I'd just bought my 4 year old son a pasty and a seagull swooped down and nicked it as he was eating it - it was right in his face, brazen as you like!! They must have a penchant for pasties Minerva :eek:

luxor4t

tracyem67 wrote: »

I live by the coast and always feed the seaguls my spare chips. They are so clever they can catch them as I throw them up into the flock that gathers hovering over my head :A... snipped... QUOTE]

If they're anything like as bad mannered as the gulls here, don't you get covered in s....umm ... something nasty?

jim22

When my father was in the air force in India it was not the seagulls they had to worry about, but what the servicemen called the sh*t hawk. When walking out of the canteen to the outside tables they had to cover their plates with another, otherwise the hawks would swoop down and steal the steaks from their plates!!

Bohemian_Simian

A neighbour keeps feeding seagulls by throwing bread and other foodstuffs into an ajoining private field/small paddock (large lawn really) - the field is not theirs.

Seagulls are nesting on neighbouring rooftops and bringing usual mess and attention from the gulls to all about.
On top of that, other animals have become sick (poisoned) after being in this field.

- Are there by-laws to stop this neighbour feeding the gulls?