i live 40 miles from the coast why are there so many seagulls inland?

Answer 1

Basically its down to food and it can easily be found inland with rubbish tips.

Answer 2

I submit to you that there are two reasons that I am aware of that would explain the presence of seagulls forty miles inland. First, as a few people have indicated, is that landfills attract them, as well as many other birds. Where I live in southern California, there are a number of landfills that are more than twenty miles inland, and there are often hundreds of seagulls searching for food there. Second, one of the many weather-prediction tools of old, such as the "Red sky in morning, sailors take warning" or "Red sky at night, sailor's delight", or "If you see a ring around the moon, rain will come soon", is the notion that seabirds tend to move inland when they sense stormy weather, because instinctively they know that sometimes storms, especially hurricanes and typhoons, hit coastlines harder, and diminish in strength as they move inland. This often holds true from the observations I have made. I live twenty miles inland, and quite often seagulls will show up near my home before stormy weather. Biologically speaking, thre may be many other reasons that would explain seabirds fourty miles inland. I am just not aware of them.

Answer 3

If you were 100 miles inland and there was a landfill site or other easily accessible food near you there would still be Gulls. Easy food easy access and no they do not come ashore when it is stormy that is an old wives tale.

Answer 4

Rozy is right, they will steal food right from your hands. One time when I was at Atlantic City, a seagull swooped down and took a slice of pizza right from my hands. They are vicious and brave. And just as a funny story. A buddy and I were at the mall one day and two seagulls were perched on his car. He waved his hands and pushed the panic button to set his alarm off but they wouldn't move. They just looked at him like he was crazy. So he throws his bottle of water at them and they move. Now we're in the car and pulling out and both birds and a few new ones are now hovering over the car screeching at us. They followed us all the way out of the parking lot.

Answer 5

Because they are scavengers and are very adaptable, being omnivorous. This is why they are so successful. They will eat almost anything and get a lot of food from places such as landfill sites, fields being ploughed, gardens with food out for smaller birds, chips left lying around, rubbish in litter bins and so on. They will even take food such as ice creams from people's hands. They learn quickly and make the most of whatever they can get.

Answer 6

I stay inland yet i admire a visit to the coast like maximum yet once you reside there it would be too annoying interior the summertime I purely relish the peace of my very own backyard with its pond. yet there is no longer something finer than a coastal stroll on your well-being and a paddle or dip interior the shark infested waters off Norfolk's coast.

Answer 7

If you live in an area which has rubbish dumps, landfill sites or if you live in a place where their is lots of litter, seagulls will get attracted to the area.
Where I live loads of seagulls circle around this college oviously because there's lots of rubbish.

Answer 8

Apparently seagulls tend to head inland when there's a rough day at sea. Though this may be an 'old wive's tale'...

Answer 9

They're having a day at the inland.

Answer 10

They feed off rubbish, either from a land fill site or directly from bags of food waste outside restaurants.

I've seen them tear open plastic sacks containing food