coolwill2k Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Just seen/heard a seagull in the centre of Sheffield?!?! A bit lost i think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skala Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I've heard seagulls a few times in town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phawley Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Just nip down to Blackburn Meadows and you'll see thousands every night as soon as it starts to go dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Basically, they are only seagulls because we generally see them there - where the food supply is. They are, in reallity, just gulls of differing types. If there is food, such as the council tip, then that's where they will be found. They frequent park lakes, rivers, and city centres if there are easy pickings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Wiki says; "In common usage, members of various gull species are often called sea gulls or seagulls. This name is used by laypeople to refer to a common local species or all gulls in general, and has no fixed taxonomic meaning." You naughty "laypeople"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Basically, they are only seagulls because we generally see them there - where the food supply is. They are, in reallity, just gulls of differing types. If there is food, such as the council tip, then that's where they will be found. They frequent park lakes, rivers, and city centres if there are easy pickings. And what brought them as far inland as Sheffield to begin with, as I understand it, was the horrendous weather of 1957, which caused major flooding and sea storms all across the eastern coasts - having got here, they've done what Saxon says above. If they can eat from a rubbish tip, why fly all the way back to the North Sea? Their correct name is Herring Gulls, except for the slightly smaller ones with black heads which are called (you'll never guess!) Black-headed Gulls. There is no type of gull for which the officially correct name is "seagull," also as Saxon says above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 whatever you do DON'T FEED THE BAST***S. Our nextdoor neighbour has fed them and they have nested on her roof. For 5 months we have been woken at dawn (4am-6 am) by their strident squawks and the numbers have increased from2or 3 to dozens. Don't go down that road:rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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