The other day, Garden Girl commented that when visiting Aberystwyth, she and her husband had noticed seagulls apparently nesting on the roofs of houses and asked me if I'd seen this. I replied in the affirmative and then realised that I didn't have a picture, so the above is that. I couldn't actually see the nest, but presumably the chicks were close to it.
Wild Nature really does seem to be adapting to humanity. Rats were one of the first to adapt. When I lived in High Wycombe it was common to see rats in the streets in daylight, trotting down the pavement. At least they obeyed the Green Cross Code. Now, we get moles, foxes, all manner of birds and other creatures all happily subsisting off human detritus.
Seagulls are frequently found a long way inland now, feeding off discarded take-aways and chips (which are of course their natural seaside food). I used to see them in High Wycombe all the time, and that's quite a long way inland.
Give it another 100 years and we'll be fighting them for food.
Cheers, Tom.
carlosf
definitely not keen on these particular birds...and you're right, we'll probably be fighting them for food in years to come...
GBHs...XXX
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Tom, the herring gulls are actually threatened, according to reports, but do seem to thrive around us. Spotted a juvenile nesting above a hotel porch off the front at Llandudno.
Wonderful adaptation!
Carl