There has been a baby seagull which has appeared outside my student accommodation flat. It is quite big but is still grey, and I assumed it had just fallen from the nest and the parents were nearby. But I have not seen any parents around at all, and people have been feeding it some bread just in case it's hungry. I am a big fan of birds, so I went out and brought mealworm pellets and got an old bowl for some water. I've been giving the bird the pellets, mixed veg (I do not know if it can eat this, but it was eating grass, so I wanted to give some veg for a good diet combination with the pellets) and water in a shaded area, and it has seemed to started to trust me, which was fine as I was only giving it water and food until it learns to fly and goes. However, this bird now keeps coming over to me and laying near me. I tried to give the bird space while it was eating, but it kept following me. The bird even tried to steal my keys and ran around with them, I had to chase the bird to get my keys back, and I realise now that it might have been trying to play. This baby seagull has come so close to me on its own and I have not seen any adults come near or try to protect it, which makes me assume that the parents do not know where it is.

I am just wondering if I could get some advice on what to do to help make this seagull more comfy while it grows up. I am of course leaving it alone as much as possible, apart from when I go out to refill the water bowl and put more food down. But, I still would like to hear if there is more I can do for it.

Here is a picture of the seagull with the bowl of water and some food

Hi everyone,

Our neighbours have a baby seagull on their roof, don't know how old he is, I've just seen it recently popping up on the roof.

I was wondering, is it normal to have his wing hanging like that or is it broken or something? Should we be worried? He doesn't scream or cry and his parents are nearby (we know cause we can't even go in our garden cause they will attack us wtf) haha.

Thanks for the future answers.

Basicly i own a boat and the location is next to a lot of seagulls nests.i went to my boat to get some stuff. I noticed a seagull on top of a boat next to mine. Imedietly he just started mew:ing (The peacock-like wail they make) after like a minut his friends showed up and they started flying over me and trying to scare me off by diving down. Anyone got an idea if i can stay and work on my boat or will they keep pretending to attack me? My bad for bad english

Binkles (cockatiel) and Igor have been hanging out for six summers now. I don't have the heart to tell binkle she'd be a tasty treat if the glass weren't there.

A sneaky seagull who previously had a taste for pastries is back thieving again - but this time he has a thirst for news.

Last year the Late Stop store on Holyhead Road in Bangor, Wales had an issue with a particular gull swooping in to pinch croissants.

The bird - nicknamed Steven Seagull after the action hero actor - has now returned and has a passion for pinching newspapers

What do you think about the thieving bird?

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/sneaky-seagull-caught-camera-pinching-29379696

Gave him shelter and one of my house mates moved him to the back yard and then have said that when they moved the seagull to the garden & the parents swooped down and took the baby home . I don’t believe gulls exhibit this behaviour and I wanted to ask on here to see if anyone knows if gulls pick up their young….

This is a photo of the first chilling on dad’s arm.

Title pretty much says it. There were two seagulls building a nest on the roof across the way. They were trying to mate but never laid any eggs - maybe for the last two weeks. I'd leave for work and see they pushed the best lower down on the roof and then a few days later, they pushed it next to the gutters and today I see that they've pushed it completely off the roof altogether. Would they destroy their own nest if mating wasn't working? One seagull is currently there. (I'm not sure if the other has abandoned the other seagull or just off getting food)

Need some name ideas for her 3 babies, any suggestions?

Title explains it all. We have huge diesel storage tanks that I have to test the over flow alarms monthly at my job where seagulls always have to make their nest so when I climb to the top they dive bomb me and even peck at my hands despite I’ve never harmed them.

Other people do the tests as well and the gulls give them the same treatment but here’s the catch, I can just be on the ground in the general area and they’ll dive bomb ME and not the other people who have climbed to the tops of the tanks as well, the other people get left alone as long as they aren’t climbing to the top.

Other people I work with find it hilarious, my boss gets irritated because understandably I can’t really do my job at the fuel plant with birds harassing me but I don’t understand why it’s strictly me. Do seagulls have a tendency to just for some reason not like certain people for no reason and gang up on rather than other humans ?