Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Seagulls over the Harringay Ladder
Has anyone noticed the increasing number of seagulls and their subsequent noise? I live on Allison Road and am increasingly finding myself woken up by their horrible squawking.
It is my understanding that a decrease in fish stocks has encouraged them to fly in land and seek food from alternative sources such as urban rubbish. I am also concerned that they are nesting on the flat roofs of nearby properties, where their colonies will increase and they’ll cause a further nuisance and possible property damage.
Has anybody else noticed this and or reported it to the council? If not, I will and report back on what they say
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I think you're being targeted. I live on Hewitt and am either oblivious or unaffected. I'm interested to hear if others have noticed the gulls.
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Permalink Reply by Remy Wasyluk on
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well if they are encouraged here because of litter, the council could perhaps review their refuse policy, or impose strict fines on companies for dumping rubbish on the streets.
If we all just assume that there is nothing anyone can do then there goes our sense of community? John D, have you noticed them? If so, what do you suggest we do if not to contact the council?
If no one has taken this up then like I said I will
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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We occasionally get gulls here by Hornsey station but I don't know where they roost.
I'm all for clearing of rubbish ( even if the effect is to put up rents
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Same problem 12 months ago (here, over Crouch End). I blame the council.
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If the general consensus is that people don't mind them then I doubt the council will even look into it to be honest.
My only concern is that if the population of birds increases then they will go from simply being annoying to actually damaging properties when they roost on people's roofs.
I am sure that people will then be bothered by them when it cost them hundreds of pounds to get their roofs fixed on a regular basis
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I hear them most mornings (I'm on Warham). Have to admit to quite liking them, reminds me of when I lived near the sea.
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Permalink Reply by Julia on
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There are often large numbers of them in Belmont Rec at the back of my house up by Turnpike Lane - it can often be a bit Hitchcockian when they all take off at once.
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This from Haringey council http://www.haringey.gov.uk/seagulls_information_leaflet.pdf hope it helps.
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Thanks for this, looks like I'd better just get used to them then!
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Me too, I get quite nostalgic when I hear sea gulls. I must be sleeping through though as I don't hear them even with the window open.
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Permalink Reply by HarringayBirder on
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It's ironic I suppose but I don't miss living by the sea, and I certainly don't miss the sound of that colony of herring gulls whose cackling cacophony was a constant accompaniment to my coastal childhood. I find it amusing almost that London birders are so interested in herring gulls when in Brighton they were, and I imagine still are, two-a-penny - and impossible to miss, at least aurally.
The birds nesting in Allison Road are almost certainly Herring gulls (Lesser Black-Backed are less raucous, and Greater Black-Backed are, well, more monstrous) who tend to congregate and call at busy harbours and ports - hence the seaside associations. But they (ie smug birders) do like to say "there's no such thing as a seagull" and although populations have often fluctuated, not for decades (if ever) have gulls been confined to the coasts.
Until 1992 you could lawfully shoot, kill, destroy a limited number of bird species which were exempted from the the protections offered to all other species by section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; the Order that extended the protection to Herring gulls etc was the result of an EC Directive. Something else to blame Europe for ;)
The bad news is that gull guano is not great for stonework. Apparently. I'm not sure a bit of it will do much harm to slate or tiled roofs. The good news is the swooping is almost certainly them protecting their young, who will soon all be fledged if they aren't already...
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