Since moving from London I have noticed the interesting bird life in my new habitat. I often see goldfinches and sand martins flying past my window. On the seafront there are sandpipers and redshanks. Once I saw a small egret. Lovely. Then we come to the vermin; pigeons and seagulls. We commonly get three types of gull here, namely the (misnamed) common gull, the herring gull and the great black-backed gull. The common gulls are alright, but the other two types are a right pest. Once upon a time the council used to carry out an annual cull to control the populations. It is to be deplored that they no longer do so. I know that the seaside wouldn't really be the seaside if there were no gulls, but couldn't they keep just enough to stop them going extinct?
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