Well now I ve got a dilemma

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

Well done

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Loved reading this!

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

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.

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 ?

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!

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!

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 .

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

Great story and photos - it's always nice when people make extra efforts to help animals in trouble - to give nature a hand when it needs it. Great that SSS seems to have been reunited with mum who will now probably bring food until he can properly fledge and start terrorising holidaymakers and supplementing his diet with fish & chips etc. Well done for looking after this cute bird - wishing him a long and happy life. (And hoping his parents lecture him on next etiquette and/or build a more fortress-like next next year)

Thankyou- this made my day.
So nice to have some good news. We get a lot of birds in our garden & although we have 4 cats we get so many young birds being taught to fly & feed. We have woodland opposite so I guess that explains it.
I love watching their antics. Luckily our cats are more interested in getting frogs out of the pond! I rescue at least 2 a day! I'm actually suspicious that it is the same frog to be honest. One night my husband woke to find a frog on his pillow & a very proud cat sitting watching.

Well done! A Happy Ending.

You'll find a local animal rescue if you Google it.
Preferably not the RSPCA though. Their preferred option seems to be euthanasia of most Creatures ?

Well done, Bluebelle, and a happy ending for Stephen Sebastian Seagull, reunited with his mother!

Well done. Lovely story. Sadly I have had to put a temporary halt on feeding birds in my garden. Shame because I get such pleasure watching them. But my garden has been overtaken by pigeons, crows and seagulls. I had one lovely seagull who was landing a few feet from me. Appearing breakfast time and lunchtime. I was giving it some of the kitten biscuits I feed the hedgehogs with. Fine for a while. But now another one has arrived and is chasing her away and is very noisy. And some days several turning up. 6 pigeons eating all ground food, all day. So yesterday removed feeders for a week or so. Hardly a bird in sight, apart from one large pigeon. Hope I can get back to my blackbirds, sparrows, finches and blue tits soon.

What a joyous start to the day and complete with pictures. How brave, Bluebell, I love birds but couldn’t handle them, so think you went above and beyond. Hope the gull family is grateful!