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Seagulls!
Just wondering if anybody else is going crazy with the constant seagull squawking? It's such a horrible noise and no matter what time of day it is, they never seem to stop!
anon - 21/07/2010 11:55:22 PM
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Well, I rather listen to the gulls than the neds.
The Mentalist - 22/07/2010 9:42:49 AM
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I have terrible trouble getting back to sleep after 4am as that's when they start and are still going at 7.45am when i go to work - i personally find it very stressfull - any suggestions
The Mentalist: the gulls ar 24/7 the neds are not, even they sleep
jm - 22/07/2010 11:42:42 AM
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I've been following a pair of gulls raise their babies on the roof opposite my flat for the last month. Never seen a baby gull before and thought they were owls at first. They're extremely noisy - especially at 4am when mum arrives home to do the night feed!
I'd rather listen to them than neighbours building furniture in their living rooms at 3am or playing bongo drums at all night barbecues a few doors down! (Ah, the joys!)
Custard's Last Stand - 22/07/2010 1:41:47 PM
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Yes, I have had it with the gulls! I grew up at the seaside and was never kept awake by gulls like this. Nightmare. Much worse than any neighbour or ned action.
Sleepless - 22/07/2010 2:12:57 PM
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Let's be honest they are not that bad!
If it wasn't the seagulls it would be something else you moan about!!!
DM - 22/07/2010 2:13:49 PM
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Lets be honest DM you either don't live in Dennistoun or you sleep for Scotland
jm - 22/07/2010 4:31:49 PM
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cmon the gulls!!
ned - 22/07/2010 4:33:20 PM
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I agree sleepless i'm feeling very tired in the afternoons because i haven't had enought sleep - is there anything we can do so the move on?
jm - 22/07/2010 4:34:26 PM
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Do you think i would be allowed to shoot them with my air rifle??? or would that be illegal??
Serious question!
Hunter - 22/07/2010 6:02:35 PM
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yes i have noticed this noise has worsended recently. i put it down to living near the park, it can give you quite a start.
anon - 22/07/2010 6:03:33 PM
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Hunter, yes, neutralising the gulls would be illegal.
(P.S You have an air rifle?)
Custard's Last Stand - 22/07/2010 7:32:34 PM
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I blame the Street Cleaning people for this. There is definately a link between dirty streets (which we have now) and the number of seagulls about. Clean the streets more than once a month, then no 'gulls.
Disparger - 22/07/2010 8:01:49 PM
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It's not the seagulls that bother me. It's the mental magpies. They make a right racket from the wee small hours. I moved into my back bedroom as it was cooler but couldn't leave the window open as they would start their mad squaking at 4am and never shut up. So when you go out rounding up the seagulls, take out the magpies too please!!!
PMC - 22/07/2010 10:42:19 PM
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I think they are the RATS of the ocean
Big Wullie - 23/07/2010 5:47:18 AM
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//Disparger i blame the people who throw the rubbish on the street! Clean up your own mess!!!!!
DM - 23/07/2010 10:21:51 AM
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i do think the bin areas in the new flats at Roslea leaves a lot to be desired - they are always overflowing
jm - 23/07/2010 3:07:28 PM
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There is a connection with food and the gulls - they seem to amalgamate in-or-around the backs and bins of takeaway places; which Dennistoun has a lot of.
As for the solution: local factor/housing can be paid for the ''Deployment of a Bird of Prey'' services [see their actual invoice for this wording] to get rid of them - it's a sight to behold when done.
@Hunter Unfortunately it is illegal to shoot/destroy gulls [with bread/calcium dicarbide mix] as they are now classed as endangered species.
MG42 - 23/07/2010 3:13:51 PM
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I do like the magpies - yes, they're noisy, but they seem to scare the seagulls away. Saw a great mid-air battle between the magpies, the rooks and the gulls the other week. The magpies won.
There's nothing you can do about birds, really - having magpies around us is the price we pay for having lots of trees, and I wouldn't want to lose them - so I'd invest in a pair of earplugs if they're keeping you awake.
Swan - 23/07/2010 3:27:58 PM
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the thomson street seagulls attack people,dogs and children in prams .....beware
stan - 23/07/2010 10:23:29 PM
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To Stan..
There must be a nest there. Probably should phone the council. This problem will get worse.
Disparger - 24/07/2010 9:30:42 AM
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Last night was the worst night so far.
The gulls must be reading the forum.
"You're complaining about noise? We'll give you noise!" ;)
Custard's Last Stand - 24/07/2010 12:51:57 PM
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"You're complaining about noise? We'll give you noise!" ;)
Good for them. You're a torn faced lot!
The Mentalist - 24/07/2010 10:19:13 PM
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Just back from the chippy and there are two huge seagulls round my back. Hope they're not those nasty Thomson Street ones :-(
gallowgategal - 24/07/2010 10:20:18 PM
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did you hear them last night! What a noise, there is a lot of little gulls about too! How can we sort this?
ANON - 5/08/2010 11:01:41 AM
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I noticed yesterday a woman in Bathgate Street who opened a can of cat meat & emptyed it onto the side of the pavement for a seagull who was sitting on top of a car patiently waiting on her leaving, a man who was walking next to me said hen she feeds the seagulls everyday here.
I now realise why they are on the roof facing my house making a huge racket they must be waiting on her feeding them.
Mrs Doyle - 5/08/2010 11:27:20 AM
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Oh Mrs Doyle - thats is shocking i can't believe people would want to feed them and encourage the noisy things to stay around - it must be breading time as there is a lot of young about also.
jm - 5/08/2010 1:49:00 PM
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"Oh Mrs Doyle - thats is shocking i can't believe people would want to feed them and encourage the noisy things to stay around - it must be breading time as there is a lot of young about also."
She's only being kind. We are all God's creatures. If you don't like it, you move.
The Mentalist - 6/08/2010 11:05:39 AM
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last night was a bit quieter than usual but this morning at 5am it was back to normal with the noise
jm - 6/08/2010 11:06:09 AM
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Gallowgate gal- those thomson street ones are cheeky, aren't they? They sit on the lamp posts across the street and look in my windows! I live on a top flat on reidvale street and they wake my family up (A baby) at 5 in the morning!!!! There is a misguided old woman who lives on thomson street who comes out at 7 in the morning and walks round outside my close with a bag of bread feeding them which makes them fly up cawing around and around outside the bedroom window! Seagulls are pests and should be treated as pests.
Dennistoun Gal - 6/08/2010 5:55:56 PM
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Hi Dennistoun Gal (are we related :-D) I've actually not noticed too much noise from seagulls where I am on the Gallowgate, I think the magpies rule the roost here! I do get loads of bird keech on my car though:-(
I work in the City Centre however and we have a nest on top of our building, the noise there from the seagulls there drive me batty.
gallowgategal - 6/08/2010 11:35:33 PM
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Apparently the number of seagulls is fairly constant, they're just more noticeable at the moment because it's the breeding season.
The only way to reduce their presence is to deprive them of food, which means ensuring everybody keeps the lids on their bins and doesn't let them overflow. This of course includes businesses.
The council's Land and Environmental Services have no responsibility for controlling seagulls.
craig - 7/08/2010 2:39:59 PM
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The gulls used to nest and breed on the old meat market site at the corner of Bellfield street where they had a constant supply of food and weren't really disturbing anyone. When they pulled that down the gulls moved onto the roofs of the tenement flats.
I don't actually think they are here all year round, they come to the roofs to breed as its now a safe and proven breeding ground. As soon as the chicks have flown the nest, the adults will disappear and the noise will stop.
Unless someone brings in a bird of prey then they will keep coming back year after year. If they lose a chick or are scared off they will look elsewhere although they probably will just move further East along Duke Street.
As for the people feeding them, there is a woman who walks about with a huge bag of bread and seed and just chucks it all over the pavement for the pigeons. Pigeons are vermin.
Jemma - 8/08/2010 9:35:44 AM
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I know a guy who keeps birds of prey as a hobby. I could ask him to come round and fly his birds for a couple of hours to see if the Seagulls will go away. He has a kestrel and a Hooded Galoot both very well trained and human friendly.
Mr Dennistoun - 10/08/2010 4:24:50 PM
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"Hooded Galoot"
Sound great. A giant bird of prey in a residential area. Lock up your cats.
The Mentalist - 11/08/2010 6:00:04 PM
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I was up at 4am today and it was wild out there. I dread to think what would happen should anybody have walked past with a roll & sausage in their hands. They'd have probably got their neck gouged out.
Kenny - 11/08/2010 10:13:57 PM
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Dont worry about your cats, the hooded galoot does not attack cats. It has been known to go for the odd dog but mostly eats other birds
Mr Dennistoun - 12/08/2010 10:21:52 AM
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I would love to see someone with a bird of prey coming over here! I have been out hunting with birds of prey and it's an awesome sight to see them catching something.
Not long now and the seagulls will go away and the kids will go back to school and the orange walks will ease up and it will be all be quiet(ish) on Duke Street once more
Jemma - 13/08/2010 4:03:44 PM
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