Seagulls nesting and being aggressive in city

inisboffin · 27-07-2014 9:01pm

MadYaker wrote: »

Seagulls don't have talons you numpty :pac: They aren't birds of prey, they're seabirds they have webbed feet.

Actually they're a 'biscuit IN a bar' so to speak!

Google image their feet. They've webbed feed but with a little 'claw' on the ends of each toe, so yeah a talon of sorts just not the same as say an eagle.

ScumLord · 28-07-2014 2:48pm

Butterface wrote: »

I walk up town to work every morning around 6.30am before the bins are collected. The seagulls, pigeons and crows rip the bin bags on every street to shreds. I've often stopped to watch them peck their way into a bag of rubbish.

The other morning there was a ripped bag with mussel shells and other crap all over Quay St. I feel sorry for the bin collection lads having to clean that mess up. Maybe stronger bags would stop them? Or force them to eat live children.

Stronger bags probably wouldn't help at all. I see crows up on signs and they seem to be sharpening their beaks. Some form of lock box would have to be used. Crows especially are adept at breaking into things and solving puzzles and will work together to get into bins.

charlie_says · 11-08-2014 6:31pm

Is anyone else driven demented by the bloody noise they make?

A load of them live near me and they start screaming at each other from dawn onward. Drives me mental.

Can't wait till those fcukers leave. They sh1t everywhere around here, attack bags of rubbish and make loads of noise. I'd be happy to murder a load of them if it was legal.

aqn29swlgbmiu4 · 11-08-2014 11:54pm

They are so so aggressive this year. My boss was swooped on today by a angry mother who has set up shop above the office door, he was genuinely terrified!

Mrs OBumble · 11-08-2014 11:54pm

charlie_says wrote: »

Is anyone else driven demented by the bloody noise they make?

A load of them live near me and they start screaming at each other from dawn onward. Drives me mental.

Can't wait till those fcukers leave. They sh1t everywhere around here, attack bags of rubbish and make loads of noise. I'd be happy to murder a load of them if it was legal.

Yes, we're feeling pretty much the same about them this year.

Hasn't bothered me in other years, but this year there seem to be more.

thesandeman · 12-08-2014 4:50am

Wonder if the fact that McDonalds have gone 24hr would be bringing them further down the town?
Although in fairness I haven't seen many McD's wrappers thrown around during the night.

charlie_says · 12-08-2014 10:08am

They are unhygienic, noisy and messy vermin. If you have ever had to clean up bin bags after them (especially if you are out the door in the morning) it is not a pleasant experience.

The only reason they are here in the city and not breeding where they should be elsewhere on the coast is that they have it easy here.

edit: if you look closely there are gulls in each one of the photos.

Mrs OBumble · 12-08-2014 12:35pm

Mr O'Bumble picked up a story from someone involved in the fishing industry that the boats are now required to bring their whole catch into shore, rather than getting rid of fish that are too small etc out in the bay - and that somehow this is the cause of the explosion in seagull numbers in the city. Dunno how true it is. But the population could surely do with a cull.

ScumLord · 12-08-2014 1:56pm

charlie_says wrote: »

For gods sake, no wonder Galways full of gulls. That kind of feast is going to attract any hungry animal that can smell it. If the gulls don't stake a claim on it you'll probably have foxes moving into the city. If that's how businesses deal with their waste they're 100% to blame for the influx of gulls.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Mr O'Bumble picked up a story from someone involved in the fishing industry that the boats are now required to bring their whole catch into shore, rather than getting rid of fish that are too small etc out in the bay - and that somehow this is the cause of the explosion in seagull numbers in the city. Dunno how true it is. But the population could surely do with a cull.

Moncrieff had a bird expert on talking about how gulls seem to have gotten more aggressive lately but that's not the case. They are moving into the cities but the reason they're aggressive is because they've moved their nests in too. When they have chicks they'll attack anything that comes next nor near their nest, it should be seasonal. I have sparrows dive bombing me at work every day because they nest in the building, it's just the sparrow isn't all that scary.

The bottom line is the gulls wouldn't move into a city unless there was food for them. Galway needs to clean up it's act. It may already be too late though, a city makes a pretty safe place for a bird to live and they may decide to nest in the city from now on regardless.

snubbleste · 12-08-2014 2:08pm

Gullway

Mr_A · 13-08-2014 12:16pm

Long Gone · 24-08-2014 8:29am

The situation is getting out of control - Much worse that I've ever seen before.

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

snubbleste · 06-01-2015 8:13pm

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.

biko · 06-01-2015 8:20pm

Don't seagulls migrate for winter?

Mrs OBumble · 06-01-2015 8:58pm

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?

Eeden · 06-01-2015 11:09pm

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

snubbleste · 01-04-2015 1:39pm

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!

dollyk · 01-04-2015 1:53pm

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.:(

Tearin It Up · 01-04-2015 3:47pm

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.

daveyeh · 01-04-2015 3:59pm

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:

Mrs OBumble · 01-04-2015 4:02pm

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.

snubbleste · 01-04-2015 4:06pm

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?

ben.schlomo · 01-04-2015 5:04pm

snubbleste wrote: »

But whoy whoy. Do they not realise the damage they're doing?

No as they both appear quite batsh1t crazy!

Squeeonline · 01-04-2015 6:28pm

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.

Eeden · 01-04-2015 6:33pm

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!

Mrs OBumble · 01-04-2015 7:22pm

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.

Storm 10 · 01-04-2015 8:51pm

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

ScumLord · 01-04-2015 11:23pm

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.

brandnewaward · 01-04-2015 11:32pm

Doom wrote: »

Take a big shìte beside the nest...that should do the trick

take a big ****e IN the nest

snubbleste · 22-07-2015 2:34pm

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

Long Gone · 23-07-2015 1:15pm

It's time for these gulls to be culled.....

Storm 10 · 23-07-2015 3:18pm

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.

ScumLord · 23-07-2015 4:42pm

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.

Discodog · 23-07-2015 8:36pm

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

hal9000 · 24-07-2015 7:58pm

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

Gadgetman496 · 25-07-2015 3:05am

They're having issues with them across the pond too......

Heard this on Sky News last night

snubbleste · 25-07-2015 12:32pm

snubbleste · 12-06-2016 7:09pm

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.

Mrs OBumble · 12-06-2016 8:00pm

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.

Aerohead · 12-06-2016 8:27pm

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

Aerohead · 12-06-2016 9:08pm

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.

If you watched Springwatch that is currently running on BBC2 you would see that all birds are under threat when they are young, the poor Bluetits were getting dragged out of their nest box by Jays they showed a lot of of birds getting attacked hard to watch but that is nature even Gull chicks were not safe

ScumLord · 13-06-2016 1:43pm

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.

It could be down to the weather. Everything will be growing and breeding like mad at the moment, so there should be an abundance of food out there in the wilds. I guess they just like fresh food more than our rubbish. Bastids, he good food belongs to us humans, they're not allowed it until we've had our fill and thrown it away.

Mars Bar · 13-06-2016 2:02pm

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.

Could be that they seem to be here in Tuam. **** are squawking at all hours of the day. There's one that seems to be around our house every ****ing day! He won't shut up.

Discodog · 13-06-2016 7:10pm

There are far less on the shoreline west of Galway as well.

snubbleste · 10-07-2016 11:21am

Discodog · 10-07-2016 11:28am

snubbleste wrote: »

To think that some people pay 30 pence for that pile of trash :pac:

-Vega- · 25-04-2019 2:40pm

I started this thread many years ago before hating Seagulls was cool. Look at how fashionable it is now..

https://www.nova.ie/balbriggan-residents-seagulls-aggressive-130975/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/public-warned-not-to-feed-increasingly-aggressive-seagulls-919748.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/seagulls-in-dublin-accused-of-creating-uncivilised-and-dangerous-conditions-1.3869440

For my next dislike before it becomes culture.. Wheely bins.. friend or foe?

MadYaker · 25-04-2019 4:21pm

It seems to have gotten much worse in dublin over the last few years but I haven't noticed it getting worse in Galway. Part of the problem is all these morons who bring bread down to the water to throw it in for some unfathomable reason. It's bad for the swans and ducks and it's one of the reasons there are so many gulls in the town, they are scavengers they'll go wherever they can easily get food. Not sure if it's the case in Galway but the ones in north dublin are apparently an endangered species and are protected which means killing them is a no no. But surely humane methods of relocation could be used. Also id like to see a ban on feeding wild ducks and swans. It partly the reason we have this problem and it's essentially littering. Gardai should be able to issue on the spot fines to people doing it imo.

Storm 10 · 25-04-2019 6:54pm

They are protected Nation wide, no one mentions the huge amount of overfishing of their staple diet like herring and other fish, they have no choice but to go find alternative food sources, they have just as much right to be here as we have wiped out their sea food supply.

Tombom1 · 26-04-2019 4:45pm

MadYaker wrote: »

It seems to have gotten much worse in dublin over the last few years but I haven't noticed it getting worse in Galway. Part of the problem is all these morons who bring bread down to the water to throw it in for some unfathomable reason. It's bad for the swans and ducks and it's one of the reasons there are so many gulls in the town, they are scavengers they'll go wherever they can easily get food. Not sure if it's the case in Galway but the ones in north dublin are apparently an endangered species and are protected which means killing them is a no no. But surely humane methods of relocation could be used. Also id like to see a ban on feeding wild ducks and swans. It partly the reason we have this problem and it's essentially littering. Gardai should be able to issue on the spot fines to people doing it imo.

Throwing a bit of bread to a few birds is littering ...gudman there

Seagulls nesting and being aggressive in city

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