Look closely at that wall and you will see dozens of dark streaks running down it. Each one is the historical record of a gull-shit strike. There is hardly two inches between any of them.
When you consider that to hit the vertical wall at exactly the right degree in exactly the right plane to leave marks like that, you understand that these marks represent only a fraction of the amount of gull-shit which has landed in the area over the last few years.
As I have said many times before, living in central Bath in the Spring and Summer can be like living on the side of a cliff.
Good for your window box though. I am soon off to Norwich which for the non geographically minded person could be easily mistaken for Norwich-on-Sea such are the number of gulls there too and accompanying noise and shit.
ReplyDeleteOne gull recently started ripping the window box apart for nesting materials.
DeleteNatural happening though Tom. It was not until I moved here six months ago that I realised what a chore it was picking up and binning several bags of dog poo every day. Before Tess had roamed our fields.
ReplyDeleteThat is one reason why I will never keep an urban dog.
DeleteWe swear blind that there's a resident Brighton Albatros. Some of the shit that one occasionally sees, is gargantuan. They have a good aim too.
ReplyDeleteLike having a bucket of whitewash thrown over you.
DeleteI remember the noise of the Bath seagulls -when we stayed overnight for daughter's graduation we were woken so early by them.
ReplyDeleteIt is a big problem for the hotels.
DeletePigeons are a nuisance in St Mark’s Square in Venice, imagine gulls...
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
Oh we have both.
DeleteAfter having to clean up after my Amazon parrot, I can imagine the mess. They go every few minutes. And, the stuff is like cement - have to chip away at it with a knife.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could market it?
DeleteShit happens...
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But I don't want it to happen on my head.
DeleteI'm glad this is about bird poop and not actual bombing!
ReplyDeleteYes, we are lucky that it is birds and not planes.
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