Where have all the seagulls gone?

Plenty here on the Suffolk coast and a beautiful colony of Kittiwakes which are endangered
Seagulls are a fantastic bird so majestic and always look so clean, with bright white Plumage
I always know i m home when I see them they sit on my fence perhaps their inland cousins have come back where they belong
They are only a nuisance because we have taken their fish away and replaced it with chips and crap

My next door neighbour also feeds them grandMattie. I know what time she has breakfast as they swoop then and also her evening meal. Unfortunately their flight path is across my drive and I frequently (once or twice a week) have to take the hose out to wash away the poo. DH was also going to take one of the notices from the town centre saying "Please do not feed the seagulls" and pin it to the fence but I have never fallen out with a neighbour and won't do with her. She doesn't mix much with anybody but I heard she had a big run-in with one of the younger neighbours a few years ago as her new baby's extensive washing was getting soiled on the line on a daily basis but it didn't do any good.

As I said earlier we have many here, and I love to see them swoop about in the winds above our houses. But they've not yet come down to compete with the many pigeons and a few cheeky magpies who dominate.

They've been here flying over the Mersey and dive-bombing over houses near me.