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Royal Mail says sorry for delays caused by seagulls (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Residents in a town in Cornwall have received a letter from Royal Mail apologising for late mail - explaining that its delivery workers were being hampered by dive-bombing seagulls.

Royal Mail said those living in the affected zone in Liskeard could choose to wait until the birds were not aggressively protecting their young, or nominate a new address.

One Liskeard resident described it as "deadly" to go outside when the birds were nesting.

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[–] MrFappy 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I very much would be out there with a shotgun in that six week period. Not even with bird shot, just bean bags, that way there’s not any danger to humans, but those birds can get fucked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately they are a protected species so not allowed to do anything to them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that's why this is a bad plan. Because of the protected species status and not the shooting of a weapon in public thing.

[–] VelvetStorm 3 points 4 days ago

For real, that is an extremely American mindset and unhinged thing to say.