Seagulls: Has anything ever been done?

Man Vs ManUre

derekshelvin wrote: »

Well if they just ate rats I could tolerate them but the problem here is they rip open bin bags and then ATTRACT rats

They can eat as many rats and bin bag food as they want as long as they keep away from my chips and 99!!

TwoWheeledTim

derekshelvin wrote: »

Well if they just ate rats I could tolerate them but the problem here is they rip open bin bags and then ATTRACT rats

Surely the real problem is us leaving bags of rubbish in the city streets? The rats and gulls are just doing what's natural to them, feeding where they can.

Don't know what the solution is though, to suit businesses and city centre apartments. Some form of closed communial bin on streets where possible.

I read a report on another seaside town that improved their gull problem - "the council placed communal heavy duty sacks in seven town centre streets the afternoon before black bag collection day". We'd need to get around the ridiculous situation here that multiple bin companies do the same routes.

Mrs OBumble

TwoWheeledTim wrote: »

Surely the real problem is us leaving bags of rubbish in the city streets? The rats and gulls are just doing what's natural to them, feeding where they can.

Don't know what the solution is though, to suit businesses and city centre apartments. Some form of closed communial bin on streets where possible.

I read a report on another seaside town that improved their gull problem - "the council placed communal heavy duty sacks in seven town centre streets the afternoon before black bag collection day". We'd need to get around the ridiculous situation here that multiple bin companies do the same routes.

FWIW only one company does domestic collection in the city centre.

derekshelvin

TwoWheeledTim wrote: »

Surely the real problem is us leaving bags of rubbish in the city streets? The rats and gulls are just doing what's natural to them, feeding where they can.

Don't know what the solution is though, to suit businesses and city centre apartments. Some form of closed communial bin on streets where possible.

I read a report on another seaside town that improved their gull problem - "the council placed communal heavy duty sacks in seven town centre streets the afternoon before black bag collection day". We'd need to get around the ridiculous situation here that multiple bin companies do the same routes.

That's a great idea. If you walk the streets any morning there are bin bags torn open everywhere. It's all these small steps that would improve things. Do you know where that was?

TwoWheeledTim

derekshelvin wrote: »

That's a great idea. If you walk the streets any morning there are bin bags torn open everywhere. It's all these small steps that would improve things. Do you know where that was?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49337747

Smegging hell

I saw seagulls eat a Boojum burrito bowl someone had discarded on the ground near the Spanish Arch recently.

Whereisgalway

Smegging hell wrote: »

I saw seagulls eat a Boojum burrito bowl someone had discarded on the ground near the Spanish Arch recently.

Did they have a Boojum addict on?