Seagull Sh*..( sorry )droppings

[Guest]

Well I was quite disappointed with this weeks accumalation of seagull droppings on the toneau cover and deck of my boat, it only took me an hour or so to scrub off the sun baked crap.

So it got me to wondering how I could encourage the little darlings to land and roost for longer periods, how to make them a little more comfy overnight so I can spend more time scrubbing the deck on my weekend off.

no point leaving fish on the deck to help them, as from close scrutinee of the droppings, they appear to prefer other more nourishing things like TAR and CONCRETE!

perhaps someone here could suggest ways of encouraging them to land and rest their weary legs for a while after eating a healthy diet of chips and ice cream from the car park nearby.

 

[brianrunyard]

That's where I've been going wrong, I try to scare them off.
I've been suffering the same sort of problem, so I strung up several CD's from the Pullpit to the anchor light and down to the stern, I haven't been back to see how effective they are, I'll let you know.

 

[Guest]

Dear Brian

Trust me they dont work, well not for me anyway, my kids have all mysteriously lost CDs,and all the update discs in work are nowhere to be found my boat resembles something from the future.

CDs everywhere

The gulls love em, helps them to sleep.

 

[markc]

I have a high frequency 12V electronic bird scarer that I leave on the flybridge, bought in the US on the internet - seems to work OK. I switch to air rifle at the weekend.

Mark

 

[hlb]

I could send you some of our special friends from Plymouth.
They have perfected the art of indelible poo.
Bet you cant get this shit off in an hour.
Send address for a free sample.
Mine's been on since last winter and I'm still trying to get it off.

Haydn

 

[duncan]

If your boat is white ('ish), paint anchor beak (if you have one) to look like a seagull beak - on a BIG seagull..........

just a thought

 

[Guest]

What have you been drinking ?.............Could you imagine pulling up somewhere with the anchor painted to look like a beak..Id never hear the last of it ...anyway we love the gulls and want to encourage them to land.

Ian

 

[Guest]

wire ties around the guardrails with the long tails pointing upwards, and string looped about buts them off landing. But if there's a sauilboat next door, they perch in the rigging, and you're in the obvious.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I have seen plastic owls mounted on the radar arch and netting stretched over the deck but anything fluttering should put them off. Personally I've used string with plastic bags tied to it stretched from bow to radar arch and onto transom. Seemed to work for the Brixham variety of these useless parasites