I disagree entirely .. they are nature s survivors, they have a purpose, and the reason why they are more voracious is because of stupidity - when rubbish was relegated to plastic bags instead of dustbins, up went the population, then along came wheelie bins and removed their dietary supplies. What is an animal supposed to do to survive? I think Herring Gulls are beautiful birds.
One of the most inspirational spiritual books that I have ever read is Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - the essence of air and flight. I tend to keep the pasty firmly out of view in the bag, and I actually talk to the gulls, generally I do not get mobbed then. Waving arms and pasties around is a mixture of threat to young and an offering to the gods. They have a lot of young to feed, and they do what humans do, look after their own.
I love seagulls too, to look at and to listen to - they have quite a wide range of calls and are smart birds. I usually end up making a number of trips to Mousehole each year with young chicks that have fallen off their roof nests, etc. I was told there that at that age they re just balls of fluff - and bounce!) Took a Black Back adult once - it had been attacked, had a sticky eye and was underweight, which we found huddled in the alley behind our house. I sat with it on my lap for a while as we checked it over (luckily it was quite docile) - a magical moment.
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