Well now I ve got a dilemma

I've never seen a baby seagull before. Gorgeous - shame they change so much!!

Oh well done you. I wouldn't have been able to help him. I can't deal with things with feathers. I did get RSPCA out once to deal with an injured seagull in the garden. The lady who came was lovely and took him away so I felt I had just about coped with that situation. I'm such a coward though .

So good to find someone who does not hate Gulls. We are on the coast so have a large flock of them. For several years I fed & watched over a young Herring Gull. Watched him find a mate & raise several broods successfully. Cars use our road as a shortcut & they race so fast when there is no need. Sadly my lovely boy was killed last year. His mate called him for 2 days, very sad. We think this was no accident as a driver had pulled up a few times telling me to 'kill the F***ing thing'. He is now buried in my garden where he used to feed. So many hate these lovely birds so I am so glad that someone has helped a Gull. Thank you on behalf of Gull lovers everywhere!

It's only when they get older, swoop down and pinch your food, SillyNanny, peck your head and poo on your car!

I think most of us would rescue a baby bird or animal.

Even DH watched anxiously as a baby seagull tried several times to scramble up a steep roof back to its nest and there was a collective sigh of relief and applause from everyone sitting outside a cafe and also a pub when it made it. However, just yards away, adult seagulls were landing on tables to scoop up remains of food, crashing around amongst the crockery!

What a great start to the day well done looking after him or her! It was a nice change to have a pleasant thread to read for once ?

Gulls are a nightmare here - my husband was attacked by one and a friend had to use an umbrella to get to her front door while some on her roof had chicks, but I do like them.

We used to have one that tapped on the door to our flat roof every morning. The cats would sit the other side of the door staring at it.

I'd see if you can get a cowl put on your chimney, Bluebelle.

Loved reading this!

You could get a bird expert to come see him.local animal trust will know where to contact person .meanwhile keep feeding stephen.seagulls need food.

BlueBelle what a thoroughly heartwarming story. Thank you for sharing.

Well done you.... what a cutie Stephen is!

Callistemon & Nezumi65 Gulls are like all birds, opportunistic! If someone waves food around or leaves it laying about they will try for it. Follows years of silly people tormenting them by offering tfood then snatching it back. See this all too often when the visitors are here. Gulls that 'attack' when someone gets to near to a nest site, that means just walking to your front foor if they nest on your property, they are parents defending their young. We defend our young so do animals! If you do not scream at them & wave your arms & hands at them they will not think you are attacking them.
I know we can never convince Gull haters to change their minds so was just glad to see someone who helped a baby & did not kill it just because it is a Gull.

Living right on The Mersey we have our fare share of seagulls some of them are huge and they strut up the road as if they own the road to be honest, we have some nests close by and the gulls can be seen all day carrying food back and forth to their babies.

He's a lovely cute baby but this story is a bit too much Daphne du Maurier for me! Glad he's safe though.

What a lovely, heart warming Post Bluebell Thank you for making me smile this morning. Seacliff what a fun picture of the seagull with a chip.

What a wonderfull thread and oh so uplifting for a change.
Well rescued BlueBell.

So pleased at the happy outcome and well done for taking care of him, BlueBell! There can't be many people who are proud to say they spent the night with a seagull in their bedroom!
It also makes up for my own tale of loss: a baby seagull hatched on the roof of a house near me and was regularly fed by its parents - until those two very hot days last week. Suddenly it stopped squeaking and the parents stopped visiting. Can only guess it fried up there as the parents were calling and calling for hours on the second day.

At least SSS's story had a happy ending!

Lovely news! So pleased that Stephen looks as if he's to fight another day!

Well done

Wondeful following the adventures of Stephen.

What a lovely story!

BlueBelle

You’ve cheered so many people. I couldn’t believe it when I saw all those comments whizzing in.

Thank you

P.S. are you ready for when Stephen shows his siblings how he got in?!!??

Well done Bluebelle so nice to hear of someone helping a seagull.

Yes, sometimes they're greedy and aggressive but I love to hear the calls of gulls near the sea.

My mother once rescued a fully adult sea-gull that had broken its wing.

She kept it in the largest birdcage she had - one my father had made and it was large, fed it on cat's fish and water, much to the disgust of the cat, I may add. Said cat had his own ideas about birds, which didn't include keeping them in cages.

Peter, as we called him, recovered and returned to the wild, but came to visit now and again. We knew him because although his wing bone knitted properly, he had a bare patch where no feathers grew.

The last time he came, he had another seagull with him.

We did sometimes wonder if he was male or female.

Hope your gull does well too.

If the chimney isn't in use, do get a roofer to put something over the top.

Oh what a fabulous story! ?
A couple of years ago we were staying in a guest room above a pub in Cornwall and our window overlooked a small bit of roof with steep sides all around. A baby seagull fell down and was looking pathetically at us... couldn’t get a run up to take off and the parents were making a right noise calling him. We went down and told the guy behind the bar about it... he managed to lean out from a staff window and grab it. Put it back on the roof... we congratulated ourselves on ‘saving’ him (we call him Johnathan Livingston... I’m that age ?...)
Next day when we came back from the beach - guess what... he was down again. This happened 3 times during our stay, when we left, we wondered if we should have left a note for the next occupants to take over ‘SEAGULL WATCH’...?

Bluebelle What a lovely story. Thanks for helping him. I'm glad he got back together with his mum. Well done