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Seagulls nesting and being aggressive in city

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    #62
    Mr_A
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    #63
    Long Gone
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    The situation is getting out of control - Much worse that I've ever seen before.

    A major gull cull is needed.................


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    #64
    snubbleste
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    So, eh what happened to all the seagulls? The place seems dead without them

    Meanwhile, there are rats all over the place. Was walking by the Augustine last night and there were three huge rats running along the building ledge unafraid of passers-by.


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    #65
    biko
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    Don't seagulls migrate for winter?


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    #66
    Mrs OBumble
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    So, eh what happened to all the seagulls? The place seems dead without them

    Meanwhile, there are rats all over the place. Was walking by the Augustine last night and there were three huge rats running along the building ledge unafraid of passers-by.

    How many legs did they have?


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    #67
    Eeden
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    Saw a dead seagull in the middle of Henry Street yesterday. Don't think I've ever seen that before.


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    #68
    snubbleste
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Meanwhile, there are rats all over the place. Was walking by the Augustine last night and there were three huge rats running along the building ledge unafraid of passers-by.
    I discovered yesterday that someone is leaving out a huge amount of corn/wheat produce on the ledge. Deliberately, perhaps pigeon feed? No wonder the rats are huge!


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    #69
    dollyk
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    Was having a bite to eat with my daughter in a cafe on west street Drogheda
    2 gulls came in and started eating off the plates, looked funny ar first:o
    Till staff tried to shoo they out using brushes.:eek:
    Then one of them just vomited ? all the food he had eaten onto the floor.
    Aw I have a weak enough stomach, But ill never go back there again
    seems this is the norm everyday.:(


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    #70
    Tearin It Up
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    When reading this thread, I thought of the aggressive beggars in town.

    Though I would prefer the seagulls, they're only birds and probably not high on heroin.


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    #71
    daveyeh
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    Punch the head off the little ****s if they attack you.

    When the f**k did people become so soft? This is how civilisations fall people! :mad:


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    #72
    Mrs OBumble
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    I discovered yesterday that someone is leaving out a huge amount of corn/wheat produce on the ledge. Deliberately, perhaps pigeon feed? No wonder the rats are huge!

    Yup, there are couple of women in the neighbourhood who regularly leave out food for the pigeons.


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    #73
    snubbleste
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Yup, there are couple of women in the neighbourhood who regularly leave out food for the pigeons.
    But whoy whoy. Do they not realise the damage they're doing?


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    #74
    ben.schlomo
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    But whoy whoy. Do they not realise the damage they're doing?

    No as they both appear quite batsh1t crazy!


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    #75
    Squeeonline
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    There is a house in Newcastle that used to (~3 years ago) leave out loads of food for the birds at around the same time every day. You could see the birds gather on the rooftop and ground nearby in anticipation.


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    #76
    Eeden
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    Yeah, I reckon he must have been leaving out fish; it was mostly seagulls that the food attracted. Would hate to have been the neighbours!


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    #77
    Mrs OBumble
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    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    No as they both appear quite batsh1t crazy!

    Harsh. But not that wrong.

    From their behaviour, I'd guess that both live with significant mental-health and/or personality challenges, and one has few if any friends. I've been in a pub when one came in - thankfully the barman opened the door to let the breeze blow through.


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    #78
    Storm 10
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    Squeeonline wrote: »
    There is a house in Newcastle that used to (~3 years ago) leave out loads of food for the birds at around the same time every day. You could see the birds gather on the rooftop and ground nearby in anticipation.

    Still going on every day at 1pm, it's a bungalow on the main road towards the Westwood, in fairness it's harmless they gather for the food then go afterwards


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    #79
    ScumLord
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    daveyeh wrote: »
    This is how civilisations fall people! :mad:
    You're thinking of the gauls, I don't think the gulls are quite as dangerous.


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    #80
    brandnewaward
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    Doom wrote: »
    Take a big shìte beside the nest...that should do the trick

    take a big ****e IN the nest :D


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    #81
    snubbleste
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    Woman on Liveline saying a seagull took her M&S chicken sandwich out of her hands in Eyre Square.
    It was a flying swoop.


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    #82
    Long Gone
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    It's time for these gulls to be culled.....


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    #83
    Storm 10
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    Long Gone wrote: »
    It's time for these gulls to be culled.....

    Gulls are a protected species according to Bird Watch Ireland, they suggest that the best way is to discourage them from nesting in Cities is by removing their nests from City centre buildings etc. and any newly laid eggs. Believe or not the are a species that is in danger due to overfishing so its really our fault that they have moved into the City to get food.


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    #84
    ScumLord
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    Maybe they're just following the lead of cats and dogs and have decided to domesticate themselves and live off the bounty of being a human pet.


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    #85
    Discodog
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    Long Gone wrote: »
    It's time for these gulls to be culled.....

    That's the current bandwagon view however then may need to be controlled not culled.

    All culling does is free up territory & space for more gulls


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    #86
    hal9000
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    So that big shíte or blast it with piss idea from last year didnt work? :eek:


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    #87
    Gadgetman496
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    They're having issues with them across the pond too...... :D

    Heard this on Sky News last night

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #88
    snubbleste
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    #89
    snubbleste
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    In the past two days, I saw three dead blackbirds on the ground with some feathers scattered about and internal organs visible. Squawking seagull nearby guarding a nest divebombing.
    Horrid stuff.


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    #90
    Mrs OBumble
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    In the past two days, I saw three dead blackbirds on the ground with some feathers scattered about and internal organs visible. Squawking seagull nearby guarding a nest divebombing.
    Horrid stuff.

    Gotta love nature in action.

    We noticed a while back that there are a lot less seagulls this year. I think that the council must have done a cull of some sort. That said, I've seen a fair few this weekend. But nothing like last year's number.


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    #91
    Aerohead
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Gotta love nature in action.

    We noticed a while back that there are a lot less seagulls this year. I think that the council must have done a cull of some sort. That said, I've seen a fair few this weekend. But nothing like last year's number.

    Can't do a cull they are a protected bird


    www.wildlifemanagement.ie/seagulls


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