We live on a housing estate in a large city. Not near the coast. But we do still get the odd seagull probably because we are about 4 miles from a large rubbish tip. Lived here over ten years and only ever hear or see the odd one or two.
Over the last 2 years a neighbour a few doors up has been chucking food out onto the grass verge next to our house for the birds. Started off with a bit of bread etc and a few seagulls started appearing. Now he must bloody live them because he's been chucking all sorts of food out for them this last 10 months!. Whole left over dinners, fruit, veg, takeaways etc just strewn over the floor outside our houses!. This has resulted in loads of seagulls now bellowing from 4am every morning, crapping all over our washing, nesting in our roofs and now dive bombing us as they see us as a threat for their babies in the nests!. There's food rotting and smelling that we end up picking up and last week he'd chucked a loath of bread out that got wet in the rain and I slipped on it.
We've (3 other neighbours and myself) tried asking him not too put food out but it made him do it more.
I've been awake since 4am yet again due to the seagulls making a right racket.
Who on earth do we contact to make it stop? And recommendations, advice etc greatly accepted on dealing with this before we go round once again to plead with him.