Seagulls

[Tim s]

Has anyone noticed that there seems to be more seagulls about inland than normal ie. 8-10 miles Is this because of less free offerings on the coast?

 

[deleted user 837354]

I think the birds are having a hard time of it, lots of activity around our garden and seed feeders and we put water bowls out, too. Seems to busier than I would expect for the time of year.

 

[Kidds]

Lack of tourists at the coast to steal chips off has meant they have had to head inland in search of food.

 

[Al R]

Ground so hard they’ve got to fly further to pick for worms/insects?

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

They are hungry and numbers of them have increased to unsustainable numbers.
Local nature reserve normally gets a licence to kill so many to prevent them predating eggs and chicks of endangered species. However Defra won't issue any licences.
Shows the ignorance of the city dwellers in DEFRA>

 

[Fubar]

I can never understand how I wont see a land gull for ages yet I only need to plough the first furrow of a field and suddenly I've got half the world's population chasing me. I hate them taking all my worms. Mowed for silage yesterday and had half a dozen hovering right behind the mower waiting to pounce on any small mammals.

 

[Socksitis]

They are coming in for the chaffer beetles ( https://thelawnman.co.uk/chafer-beetle-life-cycle/) that are hatching from grassland, lots about this morning - easy food for the gulls