Seagulls in london

[CoolHands]

I’m sure a wrote a thread about this years ago but can’t find it. Lately it sounds like I’m at the fking seaside with these bds calling and cawing

What the fk are they doing here. And can someone shoot the bds please

[ApOrbital]

Moved inland because of covid and all the fish n chip shops were shut

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

My mate always tells me there's no such thing (technically) as a seagull, so this thread prompted me to Google that fact. Looks like he's right..


...but, more importantly gulls can live to b 49! Good luck

[Europa1]

Where in London are you OP?

To me, they've always been a feature of central London. I always assumed it was due to the Thames, and part of me liked to think it was to remind Nelson, atop his column, of the sea (I am a Norfolk boy and he was an old boy of my school, so big hero).

[ApOrbital]

Terns.

[Kawasicki]

If it is something negative in your life then it’s probably due to climate change.

Do the gulls have cannibalistic tendencies?

https://www.audubon.org/news/climate-change-might-...

[CoolHands]

NW London, edgware

[BlackTails]

Seagulls fly inland ahead of bad weather.

[Downward]

Loads everywhere. No matter where you go, There seemed to be less at the seaside this year.
We probably get more in Birmingham than the seaside.
Saw one in the road once killing a pigeon.

[wiggy001]

I've just come back from a week staying near Lowestoft. Saw lots of gulls but they were all completely silent.

Get home to Kent (inside the M25 so nowhere near the sea) and a couple fly overhead making their usual racket.

Why are Norfolk/Suffolk gulls mute?

[BoggoStump]

Another nobber wanting to kill wildlife.

[ninepoint2]

BoggoStump said:

Another nobber wanting to kill wildlife.

Nonsense, they are flying rats, truly horrible things and no benefit in the real world, wasps and gulls are two things the world does not need

[BoggoStump]

ninepoint2 said:

Nonsense, they are flying rats, truly horrible things and no benefit in the real world, wasps and gulls are two things the world does not need

Thats your own stupid opinion.

[ninepoint2]

BoggoStump said:

ninepoint2 said:

Nonsense, they are flying rats, truly horrible things and no benefit in the real world, wasps and gulls are two things the world does not need

Thats your own stupid opinion.

It's not, have you ever had them nesting on your roof and attacking your children? I suspect not.

[Speed1283]

Wasps are pretty vital in my (limited) understanding, primarily as they are predators and presumably keep other pest numbers down, also I believe they have a role in pollination but are often overlooked because they don't produce honey and unfortunately have a tendency to sting!

Sea Gulls.. I'm in Kingston and there are quite a few that seem to just perch on a pitched roof block of flats opposite my bedroom window and they are always waking me up earlier than I'd like. They disappear during the day, whether they head down river to the estuary I don't know, but I do find them annoying!

[Jasey_]

The English seagull is the much smaller cousin of the Scottish shyte hawk. Once you have lived with the Aberdeen shyte hawk the English Marine sparrow seems much less bothersome.

They are a protected species up here but not sure what they are protected from as they will take on anything!

Best photo I could find to demonstrate the size of these fkers

Edited by Jasey_ on Saturday 15th August 08:38

[magpie215]

Speed1283 said:

Wasps are pretty vital in my (limited) understanding, primarily as they are predators and presumably keep other pest numbers down, also I believe they have a role in pollination but are often overlooked because they don't produce honey and unfortunately have a tendency to sting!

This is true...they only become a problem to people when the queen stops feeding the workers and makes them all redundant.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

ApOrbital said:

Terns.

I once got a job culling them. I had to kill them by throwing pebbles at them. I was told to do a thourough job of it, and leave no tern unstoned.

[Boosted LS1]

ninepoint2 said:

Nonsense, they are flying rats, truly horrible things and no benefit in the real world, wasps and gulls are two things the world does not need

Gulls eat a lot of carrion and waste that we leave behind so indeed do have a use. Wasps are obviously useful.

[Jasey_]

Boosted LS1 said:

Gulls eat a lot of carrion and waste that we leave behind