One Who Won't Make It to Maturity

[deleted79651]

Found a very young gull in our front garden at lunchtime with a rather lopsided appearance, its left major wing feather drooping on the ground. Phoned RSPB who arrived about 5 minutes ago [recorded message says they are getting large numbers of calls about injured birds!] to confirm that it has a broken and badly swollen wing, so it will need to be put to sleep. But better that than being killed by the local cats [RSPB asked us to cover the gull with an upturned laundry basket to protect it from predators until the Inspector arrive].

I shall have the pleasure of cleaning up the laundry basket after the gull did what scared birds do best ...

Steve

 

[pandas]

Is that a Seagull- Flying rats; some feed them and all they do is hassle everybody.hate them with a passion.

 

[pappajohn]

Is that a Seagull- Flying rats; some feed them and all they do is hassle everybody.hate them with a passion.

Unfortunately the flying shit factories are protected by law.
We never had a gull problem in the 60s and 70s.....council use to employ people to shoot them on the castle cliffs.
Then they started absailing down to the nests and taking the eggs...
Then the tree huggers started complaining.
Now we are overrun with the bloody things.. They'd take food from your mouth given chance.

 

[DBK]

Seagulls only annoy humans because humans encourage them by providing feeding opportunities. It called Nature.

 

[Grummyb]

They'd need a bloody long beak to get to the bottom of my pockets

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[Podney]

It would have (not f) been good to have a photo of the dying bird. Had you considered eating it? You’d probably need a dozen or so to make a decent meal though.

 

[Off da Grid]

Nasty birds my beloved got mugged in Eastbourne whilst eating a sandwich by one.

 

[mitzimad]

we were playing boules on the grass at westgate bay and a gull stole the jack hopefully he choked on it

 

[Off da Grid]

Apparently if you put a little baking soda in tin foil and rap into a ball when the greedy buggers eat it they explode.

 

[Jonno1103]

Plastic snakes, Seagulls are scared sh!tless of them. Lot's of boat owners put them on their saloon roofs in marina's.

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[Winger]

After a lot of asking around I bought a 40 yr old air rifle to dispatch some of the grey squirrels.
My theory is if everyone dispatched 5-10 grey squirrels then the beautiful reds might have a chance.
Here’s hoping

 

[tonyidle]

After a lot of asking around I bought a 40 yr old air rifle to dispatch some of the grey squirrels.
My theory is if everyone dispatched 5-10 grey squirrels then the beautiful reds might have a chance.
Here’s hoping

Perhaps if the human race stopped interfering with or damaging everything it came into contact with there would not be problems with seagulls, pigeons, and squirrels. Seagulls and pigeons congregate because of our filthy habits and grey squirrels didn't fly here themselves.

 

[dunnah01]

No such thing as a seagull - Regards
Smarta$$

 

[pandas]

No such thing as a seagull - Regards
Smarta$$

You try telling that to Brighton & Hove Albion - who incidentally managed to get 3 points yesterday.

 

[deleted79651]

You try telling that to Brighton & Hove Albion - who incidentally managed to get 3 points yesterday.

You can tell a Brighton supporter anything; they're all gullible ...

Steve

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[heppy1952]

Unfortunately the flying shit factories are protected by law.
We never had a gull problem in the 60s and 70s.....council use to employ people to shoot them on the castle cliffs.
Then they started absailing down to the nests and taking the eggs...
Then the tree huggers started complaining.
Now we are overrun with the bloody things.. They'd take food from your mouth given chance.

I can remember going to Scarborough on hols with parents in 60s and buying gulls eggs from the stall at base of cliffs on marine drive.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

I remember going to Busch gardens in Florida in the late 90’s, where they had a huge gull problem

They came up with a grain-feed solution, rich in gull contraceptive, which cured the problem in 6 months

Some may say “interference” with nature, I think ingenious

 

[heppy1952]

When in Gib in the 80s we used to watch people abseiling down the rock to collect the eggs to limit the numbers of gulls.

 

[rangi]

When in Gib in the 80s we used to watch people abseiling down the rock to collect the eggs to limit the numbers of gulls.

We , as kids, gathered Gulls eggs from the Cliffs from Swanpool Beach to Meanporth, during nesting time.

They were very salty if you cooked 'em right away, we used to bury them in the garden for 24 hours to take the salty taste away.

 

[deleted79651]

Glad that I did protect the injured chick from predators until the RSPB arrived. Walking down the back lane today to retrieve the Bins, I cam across a Wood Pigeon that a local cat had caught, sans head and a decent amount of its innards ... It' the 2nd one we've found in that state since about March, so the lane seems to be a happy hunting ground for the feline fraternity!

Steve

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[pandas]

Glad that I did protect the injured chick from predators until the RSPB arrived. Walking down the back lane today to retrieve the Bins, I cam across a Wood Pigeon that a local cat had caught, sans head and a decent amount of its innards ... It' the 2nd one we've found in that state since about March, so the lane seems to be a happy hunting ground for the feline fraternity!

Steve

Let’s hope the cat might focus on the gulls now.