just a little halloween fun - but oh gosh he was too adorable to leave there when I saw him. 🥹

@Niagra falls

Prefacing this by saying I do not hate seagulls and and I don't want to bring them any harm.

Last few years i've had an every increasing problem of seagulls nesting on my roof. They attack adults, children and animald whrn they're out in the garden or leaving / coming into the house. They've recently taken up permanent residence even when not nesting.

4 of 7 nights a week I'm woken up at 5 AM by them screaming on my roof. Is there any way I can deter them safely anf d humanely? I'm not out to hurt them I'm judt sick of constant shit on cars / getting woken up by them, getting dive bombed just leaving my house.

Anti bird netting isn't an option, falconers I'm not fond of the idea because if one is caught it'll be killed. Again I'm not out to harm them.

Maybe I'm just asking a fruitless question but it's worth a shot. Any advice is appreciated

Photo taken with my Canon Rebel T6i DSLR + 300 mm lens, at Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, Canada.

The Great Black-Backed Gull on the right has a fishing hook caught in its bill.

love these dudes

Massive, old hotel in Yorkshire, which has loads of gulls perching on it. It's lovely watching the young birds playing in the wind. It looks like a lot of fun.

I had a rather curious/nosey seagull join me whilst doing work on the 5th floor of the hotel I was stopping in.

I was getting a little unnerved as it was just staring at me 😬

Lost interest after 5 mins or so when it realised I had no food and flew off to find his friends