What to do?

Mawbroon we have a resident Sparrow-hawk in town one day it was sent up as there were a couple of seagulls sitting on WHS roof I really had to surpress a laugh as the seagulls continued sitting there on one end of the roof and the Sparrow-hawk sat happily on the other end

Seagulls are beautiful creatures Gonegirl I live right by the sea and they are on,y a nuisance because we humans throw food around eat in the streets and steal their fish

Get a sparrowhawk?

I hate seagulls.

I don't see why you have to put up with unnecessary seagull poo on your property. Ask the wife to have a word with him and get him to stop. You could suggest a normal bird feeder. Don't think you need to buy it though.

So any bird poo is damaging??

If you don't have a garage then like Baggs says it might be worth getting a car cover - bit of a nuisance having to put it on but better that than sour neighbour relations.

Alternatively, there is a block of flats near me which was getting lots of birds nesting and messing on their balconies, they bought a fake sparrow hawk (or some hunting bird) on a long wire which they attached to the roof and swings around in the wind - perhaps you could get something similar for your garden?

Not much help here but you say

Oddly enough-they’re not pooing on his drive or car!! Smart enough to know not to peck the hand who feeds them perhaps?!

Try feeding them and see if they leave your cars alone.

You never know.

Put your car in the garage?

I suppose covering the cars with some kind of cover/tarpaulin would be a right trachle so not really practicable.

Good luck with the ideas up thread.

Thanks scribbles-that sounds like a good idea. Could also get dh to offer them a home made bird table (he’s quite good at them!) the next time he makes a couple.

Bird poo contains uric acid which eats modern car paint finishes - so you really do need to remove it quick quickly.

Scribbles's idea is good. Could you do that? Sounds a difficult situation. Good luck.

Blimey I never knew about gull poo was that damaging? Why is that? Is it just bigger?? Yikes.

Op I agree with septimia could you get them a bird feeder and help top it up?

Can imagine it’s very tricky for you

Are there plenty of other birds? Do the neighbours feed them? Perhaps give them a nice bird feeder and some food so that they can encourage smaller (less messy!) birds and still get the pleasure of feeding and watching them.

Try calling the Environmental Health office at your local authority. They will probably be able to issue the neighbours with a warning to stop their bird feeding activities without revealing who complained.

Our neighbour had to be told to stop feeding pigeons. It was encouraging rats.