For the last 2 years we've been inundated with gulls, nesting in the Unit next door and on neighbour's roofs - possibly even our flat roof too, for all we know.
The squawking of the birds starts about 4 am and is loud enough to awaken us. What's worse is the mess they leave - all over the driveway and my car, which I now have to clean every day to get rid of the toxic residue, lest it eats through the paintwork and rubber surrounds to the windows.
To compound the felony, we now have a fledgling gull who hasn't taken to flight yet, but has now made our back garden its home. Jo thought it was rather cute at first but it's been here for almost a week now and is showing no signs of flying off yet. We know now that it can fly - we've seen it fly a few feet off the ground, but it seems to fear going any higher or further.
The mess it leaves on our slabs is unbelievable - I've been power hosing it, but much of it is so ingrained that it's going to take a lot more to clean up the slabs that I slavishly bleached at the start of the lockdown.
The parents are making regular visits to the fledgling so it's getting fed OK, which seems to mean that it has little incentive to take full flight and leave us in peace. Here they all are:
I've even emailed the RSPB (no response). What to do now?
