They’re becoming far too confident…

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1. Cost of living affecting the birds too.

2. They’re buggers. I used to live in Bath in a street that didn’t have wheelie bins because of the narrowness of the pavements and no front gardens. We just had to put bin bags out in the street. The seagulls would just rip them open and all the rubbish got strewn across the street. It was disgusting. Eventually, after a couple of years, the council issued us with seagull proof bags that we had to put our bin bags in. They worked fine but there was a period of 2-3 years where the street was strewn with rubbish every bin day. Nesting season (April to August-ish) is the worst time because they like to stay near their nests and have to get food close to home.

3. This makes it look like we made it easy for them to scavenge from bins and that in itself implies a proper bin would stop this behaviour but I recall watch8 g scores and gulls make repeated visits to a public bin that had a top with a hole at the front and they would go in, pull the stuff out, lay it on the ground to pick through and then go again, largely emptied the bin in about 20 minutes (mostly fish and chip wrappings with rich pickings so you can hardly blame them)

4. I saw something similar the other day, crows stealing chips from a bin like that one then hopping away , burying them under gravel then going back for more

5. The design of that bin is just so inviting for a seagull. It’s almost begging for it

6. It’s the time of year when they have young they get hella bold .

7. “Mine! Mine!”

8. I am saddened and disappointed by the amount of hateful comments on this thread. Can I just remind everyone that Seagulls are a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

   Yes, they *do* love eating rubbish straight out of the bin, so what? If that’s a crime then I guess you had better send me to prison

9. XL gullies

10. One dive bombed me and ripped a perfect triangle in my greggs pizza

11. At least it waited until people threw away their food. Round our way they just steal it straight from your hand.

12. Must be a steak bake in there

13. Is this Littlehampton train station?