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icelandic trigirl Jul 2013 11:54am, 14 Jul 2013 213 posts	0 icelandic trigirl Help! Just moved to Scotland on Tuesday and have already twice been bombed by nesting seagulls. I know they have chicks just now but they are savage. They seem to leave me if I walk very slowly but I don't want to keep stopping in the middle of a training run. Any tips? I also had the disgust of running through a swarm of hideous flies, dozens of whom I later peeled off my cap, glasses and shirt. Ew. Any suggestions (apart from keeping one's mouth closed)?
old mum Jul 2013 5:43pm, 14 Jul 2013 598 posts	0 old mum Phone your local council re the gulls. Most councils in Scotland are militant about culling gulls because they're such a bloody nuisance with the aggression, shitting everywhere and general vermin behaviour. Nowt you can do about the bugs, they're a global thing, not just Scottish.
icelandic trigirl Jul 2013 6:20pm, 14 Jul 2013 215 posts	0 icelandic trigirl They won't do anything They are sodding protected but in Elgin they are massive and seriously aggressive.
old mum Jul 2013 6:28pm, 14 Jul 2013 601 posts	0 old mum I would suggest making friends with someone who's in to falconry, then invite them and the bird round for dinner.

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