The other afternoon I decided to get myself a KFC takeaway, and eat it in the car. The last time I was gull-watching, I had brought some bread as "bait" - but not just any old stale stuff. It was brioche. Nevertheless, the gulls were not impressed with my offering, and ignored the scraps I threw in their direction. I had to crop my photos to zoom in on the birds.
This time I threw out a few chips...
One chap (I assume it was a chap) obviously thought the chips should be his... he spent a lot of time squawking and chasing other gulls away... meanwhile a few opportunists were sneaking in behind him and hoovering up the chips.
The gulls of Margate are obviously much more choosy than the ones in Cornwall (the PM was answering questions about the gull-menace in Cornwall last Summer!) I'm not sure if that's because they are a more discerning class of gull or if they are just better-fed.
More photos HERE...
I love the cry of seagulls, they used to wake me up when I was on holiday with my parents and sister in Llandudno as a child, I thought I was in heaven. we once saw one trying to eat a banana; it had bitten off more than it could swallow I think.
ReplyDeleteI very often park beside the sea at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay, with fish and chips. Sitting in the car, beside a notice requesting people not to "feed the birds", I am soon surrounded by gulls, waiting for the magic moment when I wind the window down, and cast my surplus chips onto the tarmac. Within seconds, all the chips are gone, and I feel I have done my bit to "Feed my lambs, feed my gulls."
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