I don’t know if your readers are aware that the easy way to deter seagulls from raising young on your roof is to give Mr Fox access to it.

I have come to the conclusion, after watching for years, that if the nest site is not safe from this predator seagulls will raise no young.

The bungalows here in Peacehaven are an example of this.

Mr Fox loves defenceless young seagulls and, if he can find a way to get to this food fest, he will eat them.

I have seen a fox kill many young seagulls by causing them to fall to the ground from the roof of a house, only to collect them upon returning to the ground.

Could this account in some way to a fall in gull numbers?

I couldn’t say. But I do know that all the young gulls which are not on “fox-proof” roofs end up being taken by foxes within a very short period of time.

They just love them to death.

Dave Mills, Sunview Aveue, Peacehaven