to ask my neighbor to stop feeding the sodding seagulls.

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My neighbor insists on throwing lumps of bread on her garage roof. Sometimes we see whole cakes thrown up there as well don't think her family like her baking much

We are on the flight path to her house and every single day I am having to clean seagull shart off the garden chairs, the patio, washing on the line has to be re-washed and the kids toys are always pebble dashed with the stuff.

Put the uneaten food In The Bin! fgs (you know who you are)

thanks.

We had this problem with ex neighbours. They threw scraps of food all over their back garden. The fence between us was constantly lined with big crows. My washing line was bombarded with shite and we got mice for the 1st and only time in 12 years. Lucky it wasn't rats.

I got their landlord's number from the previous tenant and complained directly to them as the neighbours weren't approachable. We had spoken to them about late night/early morning parties and were told to eff off. They stopped for a while but started up again before they left.

I always suspected that it was their way of disposing of rubbish as we found bags in our bins that definitely belonged to them. We left their bags back on their doorstep every time.

Crows won't be a problem. They can be noisy but their not anti social birds. They don't dive bomb cars or poop on them. The Crow is intelligent too. He recognises faces. He even knows traffic light changes. The Crow has the same intelligence as a small teenage human so that isn't the issue with the other bird we refer to - the gull. They do dive bomb cars and poop on cars for the heck of it. I love gulls too but they must not be fed in a garden ever. They can be fed in a public park away from other neighbours. It's a sad state of affairs. We have changed the gulls habitat forcing him inland for food where he has become a scavenger on dumps to survive. How to feed a Crow without attracting rats to the food too? I tried monkey nuts. Gulls are too lazy to crack open a shell but a Crow is not lazy and even hides his food by burying it away from other birds. Crows can mimic your voice like a parrot. So remember Crows are not the same as gulls in your garden.

The Crow *has the same intelligence as a small teenage human
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Erm.......?

Yes I'm quoting it from a scientific source. Actually it was an error! The Crow has been found to be smarter than some adult humans. I don't come to threads to say my opinion. I research it all on Google plus I work for all the major animal Sanctuaries in my area. I write to add knowledge and thus give people an enjoyment of birds.

No you didn't get mice or rats in your garden because of food in someone else's garden. The only person with rats has the food in their garden. Again rats don't sit in empty gardens. But rats were there before the food was put out. Note the rat is British wildlife still and is living amongst us anyway, food or not. See plenty at the park and there is no food laid down there for them either.

Hate seagulls. HATE them.

RSPB advice
Another problem arises when people feed gulls. Given their competitive nature, they will fight each other to get to the food first, often resulting in them snatching the food item from the hand, so never feed gulls. Their resourceful nature makes them perfectly capable of finding their own food
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/natures-home-magazine/birds-and-wildlife-articles/features/gulls-and-man/#3G4lzYZ1LBslkTlM.99

Yes RSPB but is there any natural food for gulls. If there is please tell us all why gulls are found foraging on city tips and dumps or scraping up a takeaway pizza off the late night party pavements. Please I await your prompt reply!

Gulls are opportunistic feeders and will eat most things that are available to them, rather than specializing in one kind of prey or food. They'll feed on fish, insects, small rodents, fruits. They will eat a lot of things discarded by humans, which sadly is to be found in dump sites, town and city streets and lay-bys - in fact, anywhere were there are takeaways or open bins.
Nobody has to specially leave food out for gulls, anymore than they would leave food out for rats. Leaving food out in open spaces is in fact encouraging rats.

I had a huge issue at my last place with people leaving food out for the birds in the communal courtyard but being a coastal city the birds here means huge fucking seagulls. I do not know what these neighbors were thinking honestly. The gulls are noisy messy pests and attracting them to the yard was encouraging them to open the dustbins and fling garbage everywhere not to mention rats. And disgustingly this wasn’t just bread. They were leaving out old meat and cheese and what looked like steak pie all crumbled up. Gross. I made multiple calls to environmental health and they spoke several times to the offenders. It would stop for a while and then start up again. Might be worth you having a word with your neighbour yourself as well as calling the council. I know how rancid it is so I feel for you.

No bird chooses to be scavenging for a pizza RSPB neither does the rat for that matter. A Gull has a natural diet of fish. A Gull gets very little nutritionally from a bag of chips. There is a reason why gulls are "opportunistic feeders". On the contrary, if you have ever kept a pet rat, there are many foods a rat won't eat even a wild rat. Nothing wrong with rats. I've sat with hundreds I've yet to catch a disease from a rat or a bird. Yet I'm always catching coughs and colds from humans. Put it into perspective!

Nothing wrong with rats. I've sat with hundreds

grim

Why do people do this!

In Whitby last year, stood by a large sign that said do not feed the gulls was a lady flinging her chips around feeding the sodding things. Part of me was willing one would land on her and take off into the air with her dangling underneath, that might have taught her a lesson because she took no notice of me.

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Honestly, I think you need better sources. Crows are not smarter than humans. They are not even smarter than the stupidest human. Sorry.

I love seagulls. And crows. Magpies are arseholes though

Lob all YOUR leftovers into her garden.

I don't need better sources. I work with all birds and animals and I reiterate Crows are as smart as a human. Stop trying to push away scientific facts to suit your own ideas. It doesn't work. @babanatoffo

I didn't mean rats in my garden either. I had a rescue centre. I would rather sit with a hundred rats and be thought of as grim than be sat with hundred humans, that would be grim.

To the original poster. Yes you could lob all your leftover food into her garden but then both you and her will have gulls nesting on your Roofs! The gulls will catch on that it is you throwing the food around.

More birds, less cannabis smoke in gardens please

Some people just love them. I know I do. We take more and more from nature and natural habitats. Your inconvenience is a small price to pay to help wildlife along now and again. This planet does not belong to us.Just don't do it when people are enjoying their garden or have a washing out. Simple. Ps. You won't get rodents if you have foxes around.