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Marcela contacted us with a young Herring Gull she found in Poole, Dorset.  She wanted to find a rescue centre near to Bournemouth – We directed her to Secret World Wildlife Rescue. She will be our correspondent in Bournemouth.

Marcella writes:

I found your website when I was looking for advise as my boyfriend found a baby seagull lost on the street in Poole – at the side of the road, unable to fly and wandering in the dark. He decided to bring him home as he could not see any nest closeby and a cat was gonna eat him for sure. So it has been at home since last night, not really scared of us now, eating well. We are wondering if the seagulls that live on our roof would adopt him or what could we do? What would you do? Does not matter if you do not know what to advise, we just wanted to say that we really love these amazing cheeky birds as well!

We brought him home and he was so scared in the beginning!  He did not want to eat until the day after when we offered him wet cat food which he really enjoyed and then he was eating one can every day! Moving on – well, we took the herring gull (we called him Morrigan) to the place you told us about – The Secret World as none of the others wanted to take him (I did expect that from Rspca but not the others to be honest).  So, we went there and they very kindly gave him a home until he is able to fly. I could be your correspondent in Bournemouth of course, but my English is quite bad! We put Morrigan in a big cage we had and every day let him out so he could practice how to fly. Then we took him to the Secret World and hopefully he will be released in a couple of months. Here I attach a picture.

Pics and words by our Bournemouth correspondent Marcella.

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  • Russ Slater

    good job guys, I ve picked up lots of birds over the years including gulls, always get a bit of a lump in my throat when they get returned and fly off but at least you
    made a difference .good to seeReplyCancel

Kim writes from East Devon with  her photograph of  a pair of Herring Gulls.

“I live in Seaton, East Devon and have always had a `thing` about herring gulls. They are so incredibly beautiful but much maligned!!

I had an orphan chick brought to me a few years ago and I successfully raised him on a diet of fresh mackerel and pasta, he swam in the pond and learned to fly by me putting him on top of a very high piece of trellis and then tempting him down with food. The day he left home was very emotional and he continued to visit every day for a long time until the day he didn`t come and we never saw him again.

I called him Chester and have lovely photos of him(her?)

I also have a breeding pair of Herring Gulls and one of their (last years) chicks that lives on my roof  and in the garden most of the time. A couple of months ago on a very frosty morning I saw them all lined up on top of my old unused aviary looking rather `put out`because the water in their big deep dish i put out for them was frozen solid. I quickly filled a big jug with warm water, smashed the ice,and re-filled it, they immediately jumped in and stood there with steam rising from their skinny little pink legs,obviously enjoying every warm moment!!

The other day I decided to google seagulls and your site came up, I was looking for information on the way they live their lives.”

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Came across this story again from last year. Think its worth a share…It seems that the Torquay United employee Steve Jegat who dresses up in the mascot Gilbert the Gull  has been reprimanded for swearing at the fans at the Grimbsy Torquay match last weekend! Now we wouldn’t want him giving Gulls a bad name!

Here’s the story: Click here

 

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Following my interview on the BBC Radio about Gulls I was contacted by Yvonne who lives in Nottingham. She is delighted to be the “iloveseagulls.com” correspondent for Nottingham. I love the idea of building up a network of Gull loving people nationally and internationally! Here is a little introduction from Yvonne and a great pic she took in Scotland of a Herring Gull.

From Scotland with love… words and pic by Yvonne – Nottingham correspondent

“I was very interested to hear that I am not, be any means, the only one who likes to photograph sea gulls. This image was taken, if I remember rightly, somewhere in Scotland during my one and only visit there in 2011. Thank goodness for the digital camera as, otherwise, I would have many prints of empty sky and bits of blurred wings! I was delighted with this image and the sense of movement. It isn’t actually a black and white photo but the sky was so grey it could be, it is just as it was taken.”

Herring Gull photograph

Herring Gull photograph

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  • Liene Goff

    Hi Jenny,

    I am so happy to come across your website. No, you are not the only one who loves to photograph seagulls. Two years ago I got my first DSLR and I started going to the nearby beach to practice shooting. I fell in love with watching (or as I say – stalking) the gulls, observing their interaction with each other and tried to capture them in my photos. I live in Connecticut, USA and here are my gulls: http://lienegoffphoto.com/?page_id=79

    P.S. I adore your homepage gull photo 🙂
    Best wishes!ReplyCancel

I was telephoned by the BBC Mark Forrest Evening Programme yesterday. They wanted me to talk on the Evening Show about my love of Gulls and the iloveseagulls.com site. Mark was great and loved my photograph of the Herring Gull pair outside my window. The Radio show is broadcast nationally on local BBC Radio stations up and down the country. So, it was great exposure for the Gulls! He linked to this site from their Facebook page. Here is a clip from the show…

 

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  • christopher carr

    I love seagulls. I live in Plymouth, there are many gulls, herring gulls and lesser black backed gulls. They are brave and beautiful. If I see one has been run over by a sadist, I pick it up and take it to a park to find a respectful place to put it. Each time I hear a nasty remark about them, I love them more, and tell the person making the nasty remark that they are selfish and ignorant. They aren’t my favourite bird, that would be the crow, but they are a close second. I think I would have been happier as a seagull!ReplyCancel

  • Rob Reeves

    I love a Gull.ReplyCancel

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