My neighbour throws large quantities of bread on her front garden around 7am every morning. As the mornings are getting lighter now, the pigeons and gulls start arriving on my roof from around 6.30am and run up and down and squawking until they get fed. I sleep right underneath and get woken daily by them thudding about above my head. It's going to get earlier as the mornings get lighter.
She doesn't even get any pleasure from watching the birds. I've seen her throwing the bread as she leaves the house to take the dog for a walk. She doesn't see them fighting over the bread, then shitting all over my stuff. I've constantly got bird poo splattered over my car, my drive and my windows.
If she wants to feed birds, I have no problem with her feeding small birds using bird feeders with seed and fat balls etc. It's feeding the large noisy birds that is the problem.
I've asked her several times not to do it and also said bread isn't good for birds so she's actually not being helpful. I've also asked her to feed them later in the day as a compromise. She refuses to listen though and keeps doing it early morning.
I've tried the council but they said it's a civil matter between neighbours and we have to sort it out ourselves.
I'm particularly grumpy this morning as I've had a tough week at work and I'm under the weather with a heavy cold. I was looking forward to a lie in this morning but I was woken up early by the sodding birds.
AIBU to think she should stop feeding birds?