Some of you may remember

Lovely Bluebelle 😃

I hope Cedric stays safe until he finally leaves his 'nest'.

I love the way he is sitting comfortably in his cosy bed with Teddy standing guard.

He’s really cute!
I have to admit I don’t like seagulls after watching tiny ducklings being picked off one by one at Lynmouth. It was horrific and nothing anyone tried worked. They’re really brutal birds.

He’s so cute in his wee house! ❤️. He’s definitely becoming seagull-shaped instead of floofball-shaped. I’m pleased to see a post about Cedric as the seagulls in town today were making a racket and I wondered how he was doing.

RosesandLilac

He’s really cute!
I have to admit I don’t like seagulls after watching tiny ducklings being picked off one by one at Lynmouth. It was horrific and nothing anyone tried worked. They’re really brutal birds.

Well they are but having watched a baby seagull struggling to get back in his nest at the top of a steep roof in a seaside town, while group of people watching were cheering when he succeeded, including us, we softened towards them.

Then sat at a seafront cafe nervously watching as bigger gulls divebombed tables next to us which had leftover food on them!

Seagulls have bad press they have been denied their main diet their natural diet of fish by the over fishing of stocks, couple that with, dare I say it dirty humans who don’t seem able to walk for more than ten minutes without eating and then chucking the remains in over loaded bins.
Seagull fly all the way to the Atlantic and then arrive back at their same chimney or rooftop the following year (from someone who can get lost in her own road that’s a great achievement ) They mate for life don’t divorce or mess around with others and are good parents to the point of hurting anything that gets near their baby.
although there seems millions they are endangered
They are very territorial and have to be to survive they do only kill for a reason territory, danger, food ,protecting their young, unlike humans who seem to kill for pleasure

What,a shame we can't post short little videos.
I'd love to see him jumping up and down, doing his flying practise.

I second that Miss A especially if it shows bluebelle showing Cedric how to do it 🤣

Bluebelle I lived for years in a maritime city with a great history and a once-great fishing industry.

I can remember when the seagulls relocated to the huge rubbish tip (luckily not near us).
They are scavengers now rather than fishers, who will eat anything, even pinch the sandwiches out of your hand or an icecream.

They are survivors!

Bridie22

I second that Miss A especially if it shows bluebelle showing Cedric how to do it 🤣

How funny!!

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Now this daft young gull has decided to hunker down in one of my plant pots, poor plant that was in it no longer methinks

Perhaps he thinks it’s a comfy nest despite your efforts to make him a nice bed.

Oh BlueBelle, I remember your previous thread...think I wasn;t around for Steven. They really are a family of loose morals, posting their young down for you to look after

the photos are adorable, especially the one with the bear

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Well I had a few difficult days with Cedric as he stopped eating only had a peck or two then walked away I was thinking is he ill, have the big birds been traumatising him while I m not there? Is he depressed, I don’t know can birds get unhappy?

But I think I ve solved it after watching him pick up a piece of bread and putting in his ‘pool’, before he ate it I thought maybe he needed wetter food so I ve been mixing some water in with his tuna and he’s eating well again it was obviously too dry in the warmer weather …..problem solved
He’s loving the garden in these last few warmer days we’ve had, and has started climbing into my plant pots to curl up
(not doing my plants any favours)
He has a VERY large garden plant pot saucer for his bath/ paddling pool and a smaller one to drink from and a couple of upturned pots as his adventure playground
He likes eating out my hand too and often tries to get a foot in my back door He’s fantastic at catching bits of bread I throw to him rarely missing
Hope you like his photos

He is a beauty , you have done an amazing job with him, mot long now and he will hopefully be soaring away.
Mind with the 5 star treatment he gets at home he may become a permanent lodger 😄

He is adorable and I love his little webbed feet! Thank you for the pictures, BlueBelle, and the glimpses into his routine in your yard! I watch for your posts everyday.

It is so heart warming to see Cedric progressing so well. You are doing a great job. We have two sets of 'seaglets' where I live and two of them are still doing a lot of begging and making a lot of noise on the roof of a neighbours house. The other one has started to exercise his wings and is trying to 'fly up' and down the roof with mum and dad encouraging them by demonstrating. So wonderful to watch.

Thanks BlueBelle. I love the updates on Cedric. He’s doing so well under your care. Well done for realising he wanted wetter food. You will have to start introducing him to ice cream, sandwiches and fish and chips, the staple diet of the grown up seagulls!

I really love this thread.

The title - it reminds me of Enid Blyton type stories...
Just delightful.

Especially for MissA whose not feeling too well

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Thank you, BlueBelle, for all these updates and particularly the photos which are just delightful!

what a lovely story, it's great to hear about someone looking after wildlife,,,they certainly know whose house to go to..

I was wondering about Cedric earlier today, but couldn’t remember the thread title to look it up. I love reading your updates BlueBelle, you’re doing a wonderful job!