Seagulls attacking.

Yes all the time if you live on the coast. The are usually more aggressive at this time of year because they have young.

Over 20 years ago, when my DD was still small we were mobbed by two seagulls every time we went into the back garden. They had a nest on our roof. I think it was around this time of year.
My DD was terrified and the cats nearly had a nervous breakdown. It really was like a scene from "The Birds".
They screamed and dived but I don't think they ever actually
touched us. So I am not sure if this is anything new.

Perfectly normal if you live near their territory, we get a few here, although we’re about 6 miles inland, they hang around the local tip.

I haven't seen seagulls do this but a family of magpies cornered and killed a collared dove in our garden. The sound of their raucous squawks was blood curdling. It's not a nice memory.

Nature

….Red in tooth and claw

One of my dogs - unfortunately MISS VERY NERVOUS AT THE BEST Of TIMES was attacked by Canada Goose , who sat on her head and pecked at her eyes .

Poor dog was absolutely terrified .

I was shocked - never
seen that before nor since .

I know someone who was out running along by the canal in Edinburgh when he was attacked by a seagull, completely out of the blue. He got such a fright that he stumbled and almost fell into the canal!

Yes I live on the coast the seagulls are vicious this time of year because they are feeding the young.
Just seen this morning a youngster 5/6 year old scratched along his head as the seagull swooped and stole his ham sandwich,mthe child was very upset, lots of visitors at the minute all eating outside...a virtual feast for the gulls!

I live near the coast and I think seagulls are definitely getting bolder and more aggressive. I have two who are aggressive and try desperately to get into my bungalow, I have had to put a heavy net curtain across the door if I want to leave it open. My neighbour has had a seagull trying to attack his puppies even though they were in the house in a puppy cage.

we live 15 miles inland and the seagulls are everywhere, it's only the last 2 or 3 years that this has happened, we usually only saw them at the coast

Given that seagulls’ natural food source, the sea, has been depleted of fish, and that their habitats have been disturbed by humans, they’ve chosen to move to areas with more food and safe places to raise their chicks.

We’ve really only ourselves to blame.

Link for info.

www.bbc.com/future/article/20210615-why-sea-gulls-are-making-their-homes-in-our-cities

I recently popped in to visit my mother-in-law (we live in a seaside town) and discovered that we couldn’t take advantage of her sunny patio because two seagulls (and later others joined in) were dive bombing me every time I attempted to step through the French doors. I actually took a video of them swooping down at me as I stayed just inside the doors and put a tentative foot outside.

At this time of year they have young and can be extremely aggressive if they think there’s a threat to them.

Some of you may know I m a seagull liker living right by the sea (i am bringing a baby up now) They are beautiful birds who are very intelligent We have ruined their normal life style When I grew up as a child by the seaside the only time you saw seagulls was as they flew behind the little shrimpers or trawlers waiting to get their meal they were not even on the beach Now they have become predators to try to survive They have moved further and further inland to adapt and are constantly looking for food anywhere and everywhere They are very protective of their babies so if there is a nest on your roof *grannyactivist= they will be protecting it.
Many will be flying off to the Atlantic in a few weeks until next year
About the boy and the ham sandwich… no one ate in the street when I was growing up it was considered bad manners, and as my Nan would say ‘common’ a sweet or an ice cream occassionally but meals never they were all eaten at home, now for some reason people cannot be out for half an hour without grabbing food on the hoof then we either chuck the remnants down or try and stuff it in an over full bin, encouraging scavenging
They are so intelligent, they mate for life, are very protective of their young and are so clever at learning My chick after a few days knew how to arrive at my back door for his food and even tap his beak on the door
They are also (although seen in thousands) a protected species and are becoming less although at the moment it doesn’t seem it.
We have done this and must own it
It will be much quieter by the end of the month and hopefully my chap will start flying very soon and fly off to start a new family and visit me again next year

We were sitting outside a restaurant having a meal when a seagul swooped down and stole the steak from my son's plate, then in the afternoon, another swooped down and stole the ice cream he was holding. They are vicious things and some are massive.

I live on the coast and must confess I have never seen a seagull attack or eat a pigeon. I've seen them eat carrion like a dead rabbit at the side of the road but they mostly hang around the seafront eating bits dropped like chips, crumbs etc. The black backed gulls are bigger and more vicious. Many people where I live have put up spiked around their chimney stacks to prevent seagulls from nesting as we have had a lot of trouble in the past with seagulls taking a particular dislike to certain neighbours and making their lives hell while raising their seaglets.

I saw a loud group mobbing a raptor in the sky. Seagulls are so big, I wouldn`t like to get on the wrong side of one

I live a few feet away from nesting gulls because of the configuration of my high kitchen window next to 'their' flat roof. They can't see me but hear me go into my kitchen and go mad. I have to wear ear defenders, the noise is deafening. However they never attack me on my patio because it's too small for them to take off from. My landlord put spikes on the flat roof to try to deter them but they nested comfortably among the spikes. I admire them, they're beautiful intelligent birds, but get tired of their constant noise from June onwards and am always relieved when they return to the sea in August.

They are on the red list. So endangered. They are magnificent birds though.

Every morning I feed the birds, and my current seagull parents stand on the shed roof “yapping” waiting for their morning feed of suet snd mealy worms. When I put it onto the roof they “thank” me by a raucous row, before quietly eating it to take back to their young. I don’t see them again until the evening when they quietly hang around the area in which I feed the foxes. They grab what they can then and fly off.

They really are bright.

The make excellent parents and defend their young from all comers, which is why so many people feel under attack at this time of year. It will soon calm down.

We have a holiday home overlooking the sea. There is a colony of kittiwakes nesting on rigs out at sea and a larger type of seagull flying around and resting on our roofs but thankfully they don’t bother us. We eat outside as often as we can but none have ever taken our food.

karmalady

I saw a loud group mobbing a raptor in the sky. Seagulls are so big, I wouldn`t like to get on the wrong side of one

Yes, I saw just a couple of gulls menacing a raptor (could have been a red kite or a peregrine falcon) recently.
Falcons are nesting near here so they could have been drawing the gulls away from the nest.

We live inland but seagulls are vicious on the local quay swooping and taking food from people having coffee and cake etc outside. They have become more troublesome over the years and scary. It prevents the small children feeding the ducks on the quay.