On Herring Gulls:
even though the numbers of gulls seem to be growing in towns, overall numbers in the UK have plummeted by around 70 per cent since 1970.I was born in 1971. Coincidence?
"some of the intolerance is irrational and these birds should not be demonised"....said someone who has never been attacked by one!
Actually, there's a bit of seriousness behind my joking. Herring gulls seem to be declining in the wild but few seem to be asking why.
Why are they moving into urban areas and away from fishing in the seas? Could it be our overfishing has decimated their food sources? Could it be our stewardship of the countryside has decimated their natural habitats?
1 comments:
totally right I think in your musings there, we're destroying food sources and habitits for a lot of birds, the herring gulls are one of the more adaptable species and so yes we're now finding them taking over our towns.
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