TRNC. Perhaps Twitchers can answer this

Ossie


Joined: 19/01/2008
Posts: 311

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 18:24

I've lived here several years but have only recently been made aware I have not seen sea gulls. What is the reason or am I just not opening my eyes to the obvious?

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 19:16

I noticed that when I lived there, but nobody seemed to know the answer.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 19:20

There are 1 or 2 and also a few terns. But the Med is pretty dead at this end and there is little for them to eat.

DoctorW


Joined: 28/11/2010
Posts: 334

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 19:21

There are in fact 9 species of seagull in cyprus, cant say I've seen any of them though:



http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_seagulls_live_in_cyprus



perhaps the pickings are so rich around the tips that they never bother to fly!

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
09/08/2011 13:56

Ask Kuskor?

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
09/08/2011 14:28

Im so SO glad there are no seagulls.

I used to associate the sound of them with holidays and ice-creams and caravanning with my grand p's when I was a kid.

7 years living on the Essex coast made me see the other side of them.

Nesting on the roofs and pooing like there is no tommorrow.

Watching two or three of them take down smaller birds in flight! Horrible!

Babies squawking 24/7 while mum and Dad are trying to smash open shell fish on your conservatory roof and pooing

So brave I've seen them snatch icecream from childrens hands and pooing

ripping open black bin bags and leaving rubbish strewn all over the road..and pooing

Padding around on the roof from 4 in the morning calling to each other and...

Having to soak the dried on p.. from your car paint work so you can get it off without damage.

Having to wash your sheets again cos they spot them and go 'whoo hoo, time for a p..'

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
09/08/2011 17:29

We do have seagulls here but they are disguised as pigeons as they do most of the above.