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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Some seagull
is grooving
to all our ❤️Love Letters ❤️

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait how did they post that letter?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Plate mail and a flail - they got Medieval on their feathery asses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months 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 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

One Liskeard resident described it as "deadly" to go outside when the birds were nesting.In the letter, Royal Mail assured customers the company would be "monitoring the situation on a daily basis".

"The purpose of this letter is to firstly advise you of the issues we are experiencing but also to assure you that we will continue to attempt deliveries every day.

"It added: "Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this may cause but whilst Royal Mail is committed to providing a consistent daily delivery to addresses, we do place the highest priority on the safety of our employees."

Local resident Naomi said the seagulls nest on her neighbouring property for six weeks every year.

"I've got a nest on my neighbour's roof at the minute actually and we have six weeks every year when it’s sort of deadly to go out," she said.

"It’s really a daily occurrence where I’m seeing people that are walking by or delivering things getting swooped."

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