We have nesting Gulls on the flat roof of a building directly behind our back garden. I know they are only protecting their young but they are a pain in the arse when they constantly dive bomb us for attempting to go out into our garden. Trying to hang clothes out to dry on the washing line is no fun when I’m being intimidated by a shitehawk threatening to shank me with its beak and poo all over my clean washing/the car/the house/my head. There is a secondery school next to us and I’ve seen a couple of school kids who did nothing more than walk past being chased down the road by an angry screeching gull. Now I love wildlife. I have a pretty good relationship with the local crow gang, and I consider a robin that lives nearby and who pops round regularly for a snack to be a good friend, but there is no bargaining with a gull. They are having none of it! It’s like living next to the neighbours from hell.