Used to have the same seagull visiting my window, it would sit down on sunny days and bask. Absolutely love the creatures and it makes me so sad when people badmouth them. They are just surviving in the world like we are. ❤
Yes they are amazing I have one on my roof I talk to and feed prawns and mackerel daily, they are also a nuisance and drag bin bags out and abandon their chicks on the ground alone, swoop food from people and shxt everywhere, acting like they don't have pros and cons is ignorance.
I never had an issues with gulls. I always thought of them as fasinating critters. I have always loved and admired birds since I was a kid. Seagulls have a personality of their own.
@@AnimalEducate how them seagulls ride the thermals in the air and how they keep themselves balanced on the bridge rails during a windy and don't fall off really amazes me. God bless all his critters with their amazing talents!
@@AnimalEducate i knew someone who worked on the oil rigs in the North Sea. He said even if there was a storm the seagulls would be sat on a 40ft wave like it was just another day. That’s some resolve.
Thanks for letting us know what they eat. There's one who has been visiting me for 2yrs on end.... Only on very windy days he'll skip a meal but i am sure he's a great hunter. Sometimes he's gone for a week. Named him Eddy, short for Edward.. He is so respectful, never takes a crap on the balcony where he eats... sometimes takes off just to take a crap and then returns....
A large seagull walked into my garden 2 years ago I realised there was something wrong because it would have flown away as I approached it had a broken wing I put it in my summer house with water and dog food plus sardines next morning it had eaten the lot I searched for the nearest bird sanctuary which fortunately wasn’t too far away at Whitby on the east coast of Yorkshire , thank you for speaking out this vilification is going on with many species of birds and animals we need to become more mindful of our own behaviour and be very wary of the media
I wish I could feed them too but I dream of a world where we can coexist with them without hate and persecution. I believe the only way that can happen is if we change our behaviour - 1.Stop feeding them which results in human/food association 2. stop leaving out waste and crap for them to eat 3. stop depleting marine life etc. But yeah I get it… when you’re attached to a gull it’s very hard… some will keep returning to you. I’m not against feeding gulls in a rescue situation. 💙
@@AnimalEducate I would find a slightly sheltered or blocked spot that forced the seagulls to land nearby, then I would toss a scrap to those that walked up to me. The gulls would start to fight and squabble and I would tell them no and walk away. Eventually, the no became enough to stall the chaos, especially when they realised a scrap was coming there way if they waited. When I was finished feeding them, I would exaggerate dusting my hands, show the empty palms and say "All done". By the end, the gulls all line up in a row and if other gull approached - they'd be warned off or would land a distance away and waddle to the queue. The gulls would all tuck their necks in and looked kind of fluffy for it, and they would whistle at me. When I said "All done" some would immediately leave, whilst some waddled around me whistling and long calling. When they led their juveniles to me, I realised that the body language and sounds the juveniles made were the same as what the adult gulls had began to adopt towards me. Making me think that the gulls had regressed to juvenile behaviours because of my feeding regime.
I love seagulls with all of my heart. We have them at the coasts mostly, but later years they moved to the cities in summertime. In my town( Sweden)they arrive in april and will be gone in august. It is so quiet when they are not here. I love their sounds. Especially waking up to hear them. I wish they were here all the time. They are so cute with their babies. I am looking forward to them every year. Thank you for the video.
A superb video which really got the right objective message across.. I have noted that where a species is "hated" it's usually due to feeding by the public who then turn on the bird .Press love it and before long have built a case against a bird when really humans have behaved badly . Pigeons , Canada Geese , Crows and in some areas Starlings are loathed .. Selective liking based on scale of 'cuteness' is used .Before long the various species are condemned . A crazy mind set All birds have something very special to offer .Mainly they are birds :) cute is a word I never use .Their cry is wonderful :) 👍
Seagulls are very intelligent , I recently stumbled across an injured chick behind my work place , could barely walk i was expecting the parents to dive bomb me when i approached it but they never did so i knew it had been abandoned anyways long story short it now comes and sits with me when it eats it's dinner because it knows the other birds wont come and bully the food off of it when i'm there it also knows when i bring it out water , It enjoyed giving itself a bath yesterday , Watching it looking at his feet while it was splashing in the water was quite funny to watch , It's still in the grey and black plumage but it's healthy enough now to get onto a roof for the night to keep it safe from cats ,I called it Sammy because i have no idea what sex it is , But i know it doesn't like red cabbage or lettuce and it always talks to me in the quiet little whistle they have which is actually quite cute compared to the angry scouser squawk the adults have .
I usually don't endorse feeding seagulls but once on a cold winter day I saw a juvenile seagull so I threw some bread to it. I could spot a few adults around but the interesting things is as competitive as they are, the adults even though realized there was food on display, they just let the juvenile take it. It's very fascinating to learn the fact that they would let the young have the food
I don't understand how people could hate on them. I like to watch them whenever I'm at a seaside and I never had problems with them before except on our first vacation where they've had stolen one of our bread rolls but that was because we haven't been careful. I always make the experience when you respect the nature you get respect back.
They shit on windows, shit on cars, are obnoxiously loud, swoop and mock attack at you if you're near their nest on some random roof in the middle of a suburb. They rate next to ticks and mosquitos on the annoying piece of shit scale.
I think we have most of the population of Herring Gulls down here in Cornwall. Here in Newlyn I actually saw a gull last year swallow a live rat whole. I could not believe what I was seeing. I also had one a couple of years ago who would tap it's beak on my bedroom window at about 6 in the morning. Can't really complain because at least I don't live in St Ives where they have the Super-gulls who hunt in packs and swoop down and steal the ice cream from out of your cone.
It’s annoying how everyone thinks that exterminating them is the only answer to controlling their population. But honestly I’m against shooting gulls as it could lead to confusion and people will start shooting rare or endangered seabirds.
They can be really threatening when protecting their young! They are also very clever. Once a seagull sneaked up from behind and tried to steal my fish sandwich while I was distracted by two seagulls in front of me. I dropped half of the sandwich and the three of them shared the prize.
Winged rats. They've adapted to us very well. It's a doubled edged sword where we live, on one side they make a lot of mess ripping open bin bags on the the other side they clear up a lot of discarded food which would be eaten by rats,
I've lived along the coast my whole life, and the only negative experience I've ever had with any gull was getting pooped on by one, lol. Living in a tourist area now, most of the restaurants near the beaches warn you when you take food to go about how bold the gulls are, and loads of tourists don't take them seriously; leads to a lot of stolen food, haha. A group of gulls nests on the roof of my work building, and because all gulls are protected under the Migratory Bird Act in the US, they've been here for years. I've seen a few different groups of babies growing up there, and while the parents are loud if you catch sight of the chicks, they're generally more watchful than aggressive. Someone went up there to hose the roof down this summer, and the adults nearly knocked him off! They swooped at anyone the next few days, but settled down after a quiet weekend with no people, and now we're back to our regular relationship. Really incredible birds, and with so much language; they're not a nuisance if you don't give them reason to be.
Gulls are super intelligent, awesome parents and gorgeous birds. But people are destroying their environment, are overfishing, they walk their dogs on the beaches and stupidly enough they forget that the gulls were on the coast before them
i feed em when i can , some of the foods they like are soft breads , Grapes Green and Purple , Banana chunks , Cake no fruit crap or strawberry guck on it , canned sardines and kippers and crushed Potatoe chips , and they do remember you , i feed em cause no one else does in my area , i''ll feed any animal or person in need of food if i have some with me
They would do much better with their natural diet than all that. They’ll eat anything but doesn’t mean it’s good for them. Plus you are encouraging them into human habitats which creates conflict.
Thank you for this. I have a phobia of seagulls and it’s pretty bad. I get so scared whenever I’m near them, and even thinking about them makes me feel stressed. I avoid going to the beach because of gulls, and it doesn’t help that I live by the coast. The birds honestly make me feel really stessed and anxious and I don’t know what to do. This video really helps because I’m trying to learn to appreciate the birds and educate myself about them. I know how much you appreciate gulls, and I wish I could, but there’s just something about them. I’ve been a victim to a seagull attack before and I think that’s what triggered my fear. If you have any further advice that would be really appreciated!!
Thanks so much for your comment! Animal phobias are very common so you’re not alone. I had a horrendous animal phobia when I was young… but with perseverance I managed to overcome it. I learnt as much as I could about the species and slowly desensitised myself by looking at photos etc. I’m not fully over it but I’ve come a long way. Yes no doubt the attack triggered the fear! Try and be around them when you can and build up positive experiences with them. Just make sure you have no food around them as this will initiate a frenzy which may put you in harms way. You could try photographing them 😀 make a photo diary of your phobia recovery. Hope that helps 💙
Same here. Absolutely hate them. I want them extinct. I’m always on the verge of tears when they get to close. I also get anxious, can’t really move too much. And I avoid beaches.
I have had one become friendly with me since May. Today at the back of my flat as i was recycling he started to yell at me, i looked up & there are two .ittle chicks on the flat roof that slopes down, I am hoping they dont fall down the back of it as i wont be able to get to it ,its a tight gap. I call him Hizzard instead of hazzard because he keeps upsetting the water dish & emptying it . He also sits close to me in the garden. For quite a while. He's good company for me.🙂👍
Hello, great video but I fail to see why we shouldn't feed them? To discourage swooping behaviour? Would you consider any circumstances OK to feed them?
Hello, I understand! I used to feed them before I understood the damage. To put it simply, the more we feed them the more they will return ... you are offering them a food source so they will associate humans with food. Yes you're correct, we need to discourage swooping behaviour, and lessen their willingness to approach humans. We don't want them to over populate! consider how may news stories you have read about gull behaviour - all negative right? People don't tolerate them so are less able to accept the noise, mess, swooping, and damage etc so are more likely to enter conflict with them instead of viewing them as a wild animal trying to survive. It just spirals out of control. Yes there are some circumstances I believe its ok to feed them. If you are nursing a gull back to health, or an abandoned baby gull. X
@@AnimalEducate Ah OK I live in a small coastal town with nesting couple on roof directly above and fledglings still visiting me, they are all really quite tame and I live out the way, but I do try and limit their visits as I recognise they may become over dependent. For me, I feel it's people that's the problem and their lack of understanding rather than the gulls- people hate what they don't understand. Having said that I haven't experienced what they are like living in larger settlements but I tend to side with and respect nature and think I would be fine.
Love this video I love seagulls and they live on arechimley they are good parents and I do feed them but only when they got chicks to help them once they fledged then I dont feed them and they know this they have been up on the chimney for over 7 yearsxxxx
@@AnimalEducate thank you I love all animals and poor seagulls and mice rats sheep cows pigs ectect get see as pests or food and society says so but its wrong so education and truth will show people that all beings deserve to live eat and be happy not treated the way humans have treated them plus to raise our vibrations with the natural world is a must to stop eating and killing the animals and the earthxx thank you for replying I've shared your video xxx
Emma Reeve I agree 100%... we need to educate and speak up for the animals! I think you’d be interested in my upcoming documentary ‘wolves unmasked’ - it’s due for release either August or October ruclips.net/video/xkiGAw4LIhc/видео.html - check out the trailer. Xx
Vary intelligent bird and have good family and mates gang. They can spread out & if theirs a big catch food? They will communicate to other gulls "free food". Little rascals
Some species of gulls have always been inland birds. There are entire populations of Ring-billed and California Gulls that live their entire lives without ever seeing salt water. Ring-billed Gulls never breed at the coast and California Gulls only do so in a small part of Central California. Some populations only migrate to the coast during winter. Also, the picture of the Glaucous Gull shown here was actually a Glaucous-winged Gull.
Im trying to find out about them as I helped one that got mauled by a cat and she came back this year and nested. There are two babies and she and the husband bird take turns with the babies. They fight by grabbing the top beak of the other gull and like twisting its head. Basically a control hold to show dominance I suppose. Cheers for the video.
What a pretty bird.....not so keen on seagulls though. Or to correct, Herring gulls. There is in fact no such bird as a seagull. I have one on it's nest on my flat roof just outside my bedroom as I type this. I get woken at 5 am with the screeching. Looking forward to seeing the babies though.
I always find these gulls at my work since were right next to the sea and cannot help but just attack them to avoid them stealing our food often willing to go as far as hurting customers to get what they want. Ngl, I can imagine just stooping to their level and standing my ground to show dominance that the territory is claimed and they'll most likely die if they challenge me. Dw, I will not do this but satisfying to imagine lol. This is coming from a mind of an annoyed worker
Gulls are so under rated. People say their nasty and a nuisance, even though they're actually forced to live in cities and dumpsters because of global warming and pollution. Also, you CAN feed gulls. What you could do is fill up a kiddie pool and get some (Alive so they don't forget their hunting habits!) fish. Then you can attracts gulls using food such as grapes, and attract them there. I understand if you hate them cause they poop on you, but they aren't as smart as humans and you COULD try training one to poop in a certain place. There's also this youtuber that somehow attracts gulls and they come to his yard daily for years(Different gulls btw)I can also send a link to their channel!
Alright so what's up with all those circles in your eyes I'm starting to see them everywhere, what is it? is it to be not id'ed with retinal's? or is it just what a specific camera or software does? I've been trying to figure it out for a bit.
So theoretically is it okay for me to feed a gull with a broken leg? He's at my work and I felt bad for the little guy so I bring him tuna pretty regularly, I call him Stump and his one leg only has one toe on it now but he's making it
Actually it’s the people or humans that are jerks and nasty, these birds are only doing what they know, what they’ve been taught to survive, so how is it you can blame a bird for trying to survive and feed its young??? I know I would do anything to assure my children are fed, just like they do, wouldn’t you????
You forgot New Zealand which has three resident species of gulls. More than two million black-backed gulls live around New Zealand's coasts, rivers and near-shore islands. Also the black billed gull This gull is found only in New Zealand and is endangered.
I have been feeding seagulls for a few months because they eat garbage. They don't ever get close to me. It is probably because they are extremely hungry, so they need to survive. I am not sure i understand your point
I say continue doing what you love, especially if you’re helping to feed a hungry mouth. I also feed them. I love seeing them every morning knock at my window, or wait outside for me. I believe it is our duty to help out our wildlife, especially during the winter months when they struggle to find food. What kind of people are we if we can’t have compassion for these amazing creatures. Their life is tough enough, having to hunt for good every day, worry about idiots out there who purposely want to inflict harm, and the many vehicles who never even slow down if they see one in the street. The only true evil comes from man as they are the only creatures who deliberately express hatred, and harm towards these and many other amazing wildlife we have out there. Sylvia, if you’re not hurting them, and believe that you’re truly helping them, which how can feeding them ever hurt, right, but I say just do what you do. Continue to enjoy feeding these birds because I guarantee you will get more satisfaction from them, more thanks, recognition and enjoyment just watching and listening to them then you probably would any human. Thank you for helping them
You can't stop us feeding the birds as birds that use humans for food thrive more so is it really bad that we help these creatures maybe that's what we were put on this planet for was to create waste for scavengers it is the way we see this planet surviving
Thanks for your comment. No I can’t stop anyone from feeding birds but I can educate people. In my opinion, helping birds is to keep them as wild as possible and rescue when required. Surely a better approach is to minimise our waste and stop over exploiting earths resources and marine life! This would solve the food issue with gulls. Remember, apathy is like a disease…. Xx
Can’t stand them personally , flying rats - horrible noisy , aggressive pain in the ass and there everywhere so fail to see why they’re protected ! Also they don’t just protect young on the ground they will challenge anybody walking past a nesting site or a flying chick
Killing pigeons in my city centre and leaving carcasses all over the place. Then they shit all over our cars and attack our cats. Bollocks to seagulls🤬
They can be cheeky and steal your food, but I love watching their antics. They're really funny to watch and they seem to be smart, but maybe not as smart as crows. I wonder what the young ones learn at seagull school?
Used to have the same seagull visiting my window, it would sit down on sunny days and bask. Absolutely love the creatures and it makes me so sad when people badmouth them. They are just surviving in the world like we are. ❤
FACTUAL INDEED. They are totally Cool
they are fucking terrifying i hate them ugh oh my god...
Yes they are amazing I have one on my roof I talk to and feed prawns and mackerel daily, they are also a nuisance and drag bin bags out and abandon their chicks on the ground alone, swoop food from people and shxt everywhere, acting like they don't have pros and cons is ignorance.
They can be annoying, but anyone who thinks seagulls are jerks, should look a bit more closely at their own species!
And you are "Exhibit A" 😁
I never had an issues with gulls. I always thought of them as fasinating critters. I have always loved and admired birds since I was a kid. Seagulls have a personality of their own.
I love watching them on a windy day 💙
@@AnimalEducate how them seagulls ride the thermals in the air and how they keep themselves balanced on the bridge rails during a windy and don't fall off really amazes me. God bless all his critters with their amazing talents!
Magnificent birds. We could learn a lot from them.
Haha ,ridiculous, name one thing we could learn from them 🤣
I love seagulls!
Me too ❤️
@@AnimalEducate i knew someone who worked on the oil rigs in the North Sea. He said even if there was a storm the seagulls would be sat on a 40ft wave like it was just another day. That’s some resolve.
Love Gulls all of them. I love seeing and hearing them, country wouldn't be the same without them. Certainly friend not foe or pest! 🥰
Thanks for letting us know what they eat. There's one who has been visiting me for 2yrs on end.... Only on very windy days he'll skip a meal but i am sure he's a great hunter. Sometimes he's gone for a week.
Named him Eddy, short for Edward.. He is so respectful, never takes a crap on the balcony where he eats... sometimes takes off just to take a crap and then returns....
Seagulls are awesome, smart and beautiful. I know a friendly one that likes bacon a lot :D
I like gulls, I just love watching them
A large seagull walked into my garden 2 years ago I realised there was something wrong because it would have flown away as I approached it had a broken wing I put it in my summer house with water and dog food plus sardines next morning it had eaten the lot I searched for the nearest bird sanctuary which fortunately wasn’t too far away at Whitby on the east coast of Yorkshire , thank you for speaking out this vilification is going on with many species of birds and animals we need to become more mindful of our own behaviour and be very wary of the media
"Little Gull"
d'awwww
Don't feed them! As tempting as it is you're only making the problem worse.
"Feeding Steven" Fan: Nervous laughter
I wish I could feed them too but I dream of a world where we can coexist with them without hate and persecution. I believe the only way that can happen is if we change our behaviour - 1.Stop feeding them which results in human/food association 2. stop leaving out waste and crap for them to eat 3. stop depleting marine life etc. But yeah I get it… when you’re attached to a gull it’s very hard… some will keep returning to you. I’m not against feeding gulls in a rescue situation. 💙
@@AnimalEducate I would find a slightly sheltered or blocked spot that forced the seagulls to land nearby, then I would toss a scrap to those that walked up to me. The gulls would start to fight and squabble and I would tell them no and walk away. Eventually, the no became enough to stall the chaos, especially when they realised a scrap was coming there way if they waited. When I was finished feeding them, I would exaggerate dusting my hands, show the empty palms and say "All done".
By the end, the gulls all line up in a row and if other gull approached - they'd be warned off or would land a distance away and waddle to the queue. The gulls would all tuck their necks in and looked kind of fluffy for it, and they would whistle at me. When I said "All done" some would immediately leave, whilst some waddled around me whistling and long calling.
When they led their juveniles to me, I realised that the body language and sounds the juveniles made were the same as what the adult gulls had began to adopt towards me. Making me think that the gulls had regressed to juvenile behaviours because of my feeding regime.
Don't feed humans--that will only make the problem worse.
I love seagulls. There is something magical about the way they don't give a fuck about anything.
I like seagulls
I love seagulls with all of my heart. We have them at the coasts mostly, but later years they moved to the cities in summertime. In my town( Sweden)they arrive in april and will be gone in august. It is so quiet when they are not here. I love their sounds. Especially waking up to hear them. I wish they were here all the time. They are so cute with their babies. I am looking forward to them every year. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for such an informative video. I love seagulls!
They are superinteresting,enlightened funny happy animals
I love watching them :)
@@AnimalEducate me too. That’s why I live directly near the Coast! Paradise
Great advice about teaching the seagull haters about the animal. They have been here for OVER 30 MILLION YEARS!
Thanks for your comment :)
A superb video which really got the right objective message across.. I have noted that where a species is "hated" it's usually due to feeding by the public who then turn on the bird .Press love it and before long have built a case against a bird when really humans have behaved badly . Pigeons , Canada Geese , Crows and in some areas Starlings are loathed .. Selective liking based on scale of 'cuteness' is used .Before long the various species are condemned . A crazy mind set All birds have something very special to offer .Mainly they are birds :) cute is a word I never use .Their cry is wonderful :) 👍
Thanks so much for your comment!
Seagulls are very intelligent , I recently stumbled across an injured chick behind my work place , could barely walk i was expecting the parents to dive bomb me when i approached it but they never did so i knew it had been abandoned anyways long story short it now comes and sits with me when it eats it's dinner because it knows the other birds wont come and bully the food off of it when i'm there it also knows when i bring it out water , It enjoyed giving itself a bath yesterday , Watching it looking at his feet while it was splashing in the water was quite funny to watch , It's still in the grey and black plumage but it's healthy enough now to get onto a roof for the night to keep it safe from cats ,I called it Sammy because i have no idea what sex it is , But i know it doesn't like red cabbage or lettuce and it always talks to me in the quiet little whistle they have which is actually quite cute compared to the angry scouser squawk the adults have .
They provide entertainment so their great in my eyes!
I usually don't endorse feeding seagulls but once on a cold winter day I saw a juvenile seagull so I threw some bread to it. I could spot a few adults around but the interesting things is as competitive as they are, the adults even though realized there was food on display, they just let the juvenile take it. It's very fascinating to learn the fact that they would let the young have the food
You forgot another gull type: Steven Seagull
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Gulls are cool
I love watching them
Very nice video, I love seagulls, no matter the type. I watch them for hours
Thumbs up for seagulls
I don't understand how people could hate on them. I like to watch them whenever I'm at a seaside and I never had problems with them before except on our first vacation where they've had stolen one of our bread rolls but that was because we haven't been careful. I always make the experience when you respect the nature you get respect back.
They shit on windows, shit on cars, are obnoxiously loud, swoop and mock attack at you if you're near their nest on some random roof in the middle of a suburb. They rate next to ticks and mosquitos on the annoying piece of shit scale.
Nice video
They have no shame, they are basically bird thugs
@@soylentgreenb And they eat literally everything smaller than them, even other baby seagulls
@@tasoslefth8375 Dude this is just nature....
outstanding content, Animal Educate candidate to become one of the best channels on animal education.
Thanks Marco! 🙏
I think we have most of the population of Herring Gulls down here in Cornwall. Here in Newlyn I actually saw a gull last year swallow a live rat whole. I could not believe what I was seeing. I also had one a couple of years ago who would tap it's beak on my bedroom window at about 6 in the morning. Can't really complain because at least I don't live in St Ives where they have the Super-gulls who hunt in packs and swoop down and steal the ice cream from out of your cone.
Awesome video! Looking forward to the next one
Thanks! So glad you like it 😊
So cheeky and divine.
It’s annoying how everyone thinks that exterminating them is the only answer to controlling their population. But honestly I’m against shooting gulls as it could lead to confusion and people will start shooting rare or endangered seabirds.
That wouldn't matter
They can be really threatening when protecting their young!
They are also very clever. Once a seagull sneaked up from behind and tried to steal my fish sandwich while I was distracted by two seagulls in front of me. I dropped half of the sandwich and the three of them shared the prize.
I feed the seagulls on my roof i love them at least 40 of them lol ❤️
Winged rats. They've adapted to us very well. It's a doubled edged sword where we live, on one side they make a lot of mess ripping open bin bags on the the other side they clear up a lot of discarded food which would be eaten by rats,
I'll never feed them again! Thanks for this
I'm glad I could help :)
I've lived along the coast my whole life, and the only negative experience I've ever had with any gull was getting pooped on by one, lol. Living in a tourist area now, most of the restaurants near the beaches warn you when you take food to go about how bold the gulls are, and loads of tourists don't take them seriously; leads to a lot of stolen food, haha.
A group of gulls nests on the roof of my work building, and because all gulls are protected under the Migratory Bird Act in the US, they've been here for years. I've seen a few different groups of babies growing up there, and while the parents are loud if you catch sight of the chicks, they're generally more watchful than aggressive. Someone went up there to hose the roof down this summer, and the adults nearly knocked him off! They swooped at anyone the next few days, but settled down after a quiet weekend with no people, and now we're back to our regular relationship.
Really incredible birds, and with so much language; they're not a nuisance if you don't give them reason to be.
Gulls are super intelligent, awesome parents and gorgeous birds. But people are destroying their environment, are overfishing, they walk their dogs on the beaches and stupidly enough they forget that the gulls were on the coast before them
Def friends
Me and my missus went to tenby, two huge gulls were outside our hotel we called them Duncan and his wife !
i feed em when i can , some of the foods they like are soft breads , Grapes Green and Purple , Banana chunks , Cake no fruit crap or strawberry guck on it , canned sardines and kippers and crushed Potatoe chips , and they do remember you , i feed em cause no one else does in my area , i''ll feed any animal or person in need of food if i have some with me
You are part of the problem!
They would do much better with their natural diet than all that. They’ll eat anything but doesn’t mean it’s good for them. Plus you are encouraging them into human habitats which creates conflict.
@@Solitude11-11 boo hoo !
Great video - thank you!
Thank you for this. I have a phobia of seagulls and it’s pretty bad. I get so scared whenever I’m near them, and even thinking about them makes me feel stressed. I avoid going to the beach because of gulls, and it doesn’t help that I live by the coast. The birds honestly make me feel really stessed and anxious and I don’t know what to do. This video really helps because I’m trying to learn to appreciate the birds and educate myself about them. I know how much you appreciate gulls, and I wish I could, but there’s just something about them. I’ve been a victim to a seagull attack before and I think that’s what triggered my fear. If you have any further advice that would be really appreciated!!
Thanks so much for your comment! Animal phobias are very common so you’re not alone. I had a horrendous animal phobia when I was young… but with perseverance I managed to overcome it. I learnt as much as I could about the species and slowly desensitised myself by looking at photos etc. I’m not fully over it but I’ve come a long way. Yes no doubt the attack triggered the fear! Try and be around them when you can and build up positive experiences with them. Just make sure you have no food around them as this will initiate a frenzy which may put you in harms way. You could try photographing them 😀 make a photo diary of your phobia recovery. Hope that helps 💙
Same here. Absolutely hate them. I want them extinct. I’m always on the verge of tears when they get to close. I also get anxious, can’t really move too much. And I avoid beaches.
I'm sorry but I find your predicament hilarious. A seagull phobia. Ahahahahaha.
I have had one become friendly with me since May. Today at the back of my flat as i was recycling he started to yell at me, i looked up & there are two .ittle chicks on the flat roof that slopes down, I am hoping they dont fall down the back of it as i wont be able to get to it ,its a tight gap. I call him Hizzard instead of hazzard because he keeps upsetting the water dish & emptying it . He also sits close to me in the garden. For quite a while. He's good company for me.🙂👍
Hello, great video but I fail to see why we shouldn't feed them? To discourage swooping behaviour? Would you consider any circumstances OK to feed them?
Hello, I understand! I used to feed them before I understood the damage. To put it simply, the more we feed them the more they will return ... you are offering them a food source so they will associate humans with food. Yes you're correct, we need to discourage swooping behaviour, and lessen their willingness to approach humans. We don't want them to over populate! consider how may news stories you have read about gull behaviour - all negative right? People don't tolerate them so are less able to accept the noise, mess, swooping, and damage etc so are more likely to enter conflict with them instead of viewing them as a wild animal trying to survive. It just spirals out of control.
Yes there are some circumstances I believe its ok to feed them. If you are nursing a gull back to health, or an abandoned baby gull.
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@@AnimalEducate Ah OK I live in a small coastal town with nesting couple on roof directly above and fledglings still visiting me, they are all really quite tame and I live out the way, but I do try and limit their visits as I recognise they may become over dependent.
For me, I feel it's people that's the problem and their lack of understanding rather than the gulls- people hate what they don't understand.
Having said that I haven't experienced what they are like living in larger settlements but I tend to side with and respect nature and think I would be fine.
Love this video I love seagulls and they live on arechimley they are good parents and I do feed them but only when they got chicks to help them once they fledged then I dont feed them and they know this they have been up on the chimney for over 7 yearsxxxx
Emma Reeve it’s so great to hear from another seagull fan 😊. Thankyou for taking care of them you amazing person! Xx
@@AnimalEducate thank you I love all animals and poor seagulls and mice rats sheep cows pigs ectect get see as pests or food and society says so but its wrong so education and truth will show people that all beings deserve to live eat and be happy not treated the way humans have treated them plus to raise our vibrations with the natural world is a must to stop eating and killing the animals and the earthxx thank you for replying I've shared your video xxx
Emma Reeve I agree 100%... we need to educate and speak up for the animals! I think you’d be interested in my upcoming documentary ‘wolves unmasked’ - it’s due for release either August or October ruclips.net/video/xkiGAw4LIhc/видео.html - check out the trailer. Xx
do your neighbours ever complain about them nesting on your roof ? supposedly they can cause roof damage and shitting all over the place
Steven: *Did you want die? Feed me or piss ofd*
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Great video, can you answer why the gulls in my video all stopped AND started crying at exactly the same time???? id appreciate any advice🤗thanks.
Vary intelligent bird and have good family and mates gang. They can spread out & if theirs a big catch food? They will communicate to other gulls "free food". Little rascals
They definitely ain’t in decline where I’m from 😂
0:01 that looks like a good place for our nuclear test
It's all about education. Nice video but it's worth pointing out that there is no such thing as a seagull
Thank you. I do point that out in the video 😀
@@AnimalEducate Fantastic and thanks for replying. I love the Black Headed Gulls, keep up the good work
Some species of gulls have always been inland birds. There are entire populations of Ring-billed and California Gulls that live their entire lives without ever seeing salt water. Ring-billed Gulls never breed at the coast and California Gulls only do so in a small part of Central California. Some populations only migrate to the coast during winter.
Also, the picture of the Glaucous Gull shown here was actually a Glaucous-winged Gull.
Awesome video
Im trying to find out about them as I helped one that got mauled by a cat and she came back this year and nested. There are two babies and she and the husband bird take turns with the babies. They fight by grabbing the top beak of the other gull and like twisting its head. Basically a control hold to show dominance I suppose. Cheers for the video.
What a pretty bird.....not so keen on seagulls though. Or to correct, Herring gulls. There is in fact no such bird as a seagull. I have one on it's nest on my flat roof just outside my bedroom as I type this. I get woken at 5 am with the screeching. Looking forward to seeing the babies though.
smashed it abs! i’m abs too ahahah frickin small world ay x
Oh yes. Gangster in feathers 🪶 🎉🎉
Concordo prenamenti adorei amei o emcinamento
Foes if you been you attacked you known why
I always find these gulls at my work since were right next to the sea and cannot help but just attack them to avoid them stealing our food often willing to go as far as hurting customers to get what they want. Ngl, I can imagine just stooping to their level and standing my ground to show dominance that the territory is claimed and they'll most likely die if they challenge me. Dw, I will not do this but satisfying to imagine lol. This is coming from a mind of an annoyed worker
Gulls are so under rated. People say their nasty and a nuisance, even though they're actually forced to live in cities and dumpsters because of global warming and pollution.
Also, you CAN feed gulls. What you could do is fill up a kiddie pool and get some (Alive so they don't forget their hunting habits!) fish. Then you can attracts gulls using food such as grapes, and attract them there.
I understand if you hate them cause they poop on you, but they aren't as smart as humans and you COULD try training one to poop in a certain place. There's also this youtuber that somehow attracts gulls and they come to his yard daily for years(Different gulls btw)I can also send a link to their channel!
Those with red dots are because of the species
Alright so what's up with all those circles in your eyes I'm starting to see them everywhere, what is it? is it to be not id'ed with retinal's? or is it just what a specific camera or software does? I've been trying to figure it out for a bit.
It’s a ring light you tubers use when making videos, reflects on their eyes. Does look weird 😄
@@Solitude11-11 That's what i thought but wasn't sure if theirs a new type of camera that adds the effect when focusing or something.
So theoretically is it okay for me to feed a gull with a broken leg? He's at my work and I felt bad for the little guy so I bring him tuna pretty regularly, I call him Stump and his one leg only has one toe on it now but he's making it
Yes!! Please do continue to feed him. He is now reliant on you and as he's injured that's fine.
Did you say that you have the largest percentage of seagulls in the British Isles? Where are there many of them specifically. I want to go there.
@Denise Theophilus Thank you for the answer. I will look it up. Lucky you. I wish we had them here year round I miss them.
People: Seagulls are jerks and nasty!
Also People: Let's leave our garbage to them.
The first is me, the second is not. 🤩
Actually it’s the people or humans that are jerks and nasty, these birds are only doing what they know, what they’ve been taught to survive, so how is it you can blame a bird for trying to survive and feed its young??? I know I would do anything to assure my children are fed, just like they do, wouldn’t you????
I watched a seagull eat another dead seagull down to the bones. They really will eat anything.
South America,Europe and the✨UK✨
The U.K. is continent now guys didn't y'all here. Guess that means I can say Texas is a sub continent!
I would like to translate your speech to Polish, i.e. add Polish subscriptions. How could I do it?
My dog knows right from wrong and so do the seagulls. If more got caught by the leg and slammed into the wall they wouldn't be so pushy
But only trying to survival
You forgot New Zealand which has three resident species of gulls. More than two million black-backed gulls live around New Zealand's coasts, rivers and near-shore islands. Also the black billed gull This gull is found only in New Zealand and is endangered.
Fish gotta swim Birds gotta eat
Can I train a seagull to attack my sister?
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I have been feeding seagulls for a few months because they eat garbage. They don't ever get close to me. It is probably because they are extremely hungry, so they need to survive. I am not sure i understand your point
Maybe try watching the video again?
I say continue doing what you love, especially if you’re helping to feed a hungry mouth. I also feed them. I love seeing them every morning knock at my window, or wait outside for me. I believe it is our duty to help out our wildlife, especially during the winter months when they struggle to find food. What kind of people are we if we can’t have compassion for these amazing creatures. Their life is tough enough, having to hunt for good every day, worry about idiots out there who purposely want to inflict harm, and the many vehicles who never even slow down if they see one in the street. The only true evil comes from man as they are the only creatures who deliberately express hatred, and harm towards these and many other amazing wildlife we have out there.
Sylvia, if you’re not hurting them, and believe that you’re truly helping them, which how can feeding them ever hurt, right, but I say just do what you do. Continue to enjoy feeding these birds because I guarantee you will get more satisfaction from them, more thanks, recognition and enjoyment just watching and listening to them then you probably would any human.
Thank you for helping them
how the hell did i get here
You can't stop us feeding the birds as birds that use humans for food thrive more so is it really bad that we help these creatures maybe that's what we were put on this planet for was to create waste for scavengers it is the way we see this planet surviving
Thanks for your comment. No I can’t stop anyone from feeding birds but I can educate people. In my opinion, helping birds is to keep them as wild as possible and rescue when required. Surely a better approach is to minimise our waste and stop over exploiting earths resources and marine life! This would solve the food issue with gulls. Remember, apathy is like a disease…. Xx
They eat humans even if people are alive.
I saw a fat seagull bullying the thin one
Try having the bastards nesting on your roof, attacking and shiting on you every time you set foot out the door. It won’t happen next year . Bang .
We've been feeding them for thousands of years. It's too late
What's "worse"? Seagulls or pigeons?
Both beautiful and important.
Humans are the true killers and pests
I saw one eat a dead pigeon…
That’s nature for you!
@@AnimalEducate seagulls are amazing creatures though. They are so big
Enemies of mankind!
We are our biggest enemy
I missed the seagulls bruh
Can’t stand them personally , flying rats - horrible noisy , aggressive pain in the ass and there everywhere so fail to see why they’re protected ! Also they don’t just protect young on the ground they will challenge anybody walking past a nesting site or a flying chick
You are beautiful Abi xx
Killing pigeons in my city centre and leaving carcasses all over the place.
Then they shit all over our cars and attack our cats.
Bollocks to seagulls🤬
Never feed wild animals.
"I love seaguls" says NO black person 🤦🏿♂️
Need culling
Nope 👎
Absolutely we do, for people just like you!!!!
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Seagulls eating rats and rabbits alive 🤢
what they supposed to do?
Starve to death?
Nature is brutal!
What else they gonna do with them stick legs ?
voracious mofos.
They can be cheeky and steal your food, but I love watching their antics. They're really funny to watch and they seem to be smart, but maybe not as smart as crows. I wonder what the young ones learn at seagull school?