Published: Wednesday, 7th May, 2008 10:00
Seagull signs of the times...
By David Walker
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Gull war ... An unusual perspective of a seagull on the bonnet of a car on Largs seafront.
Signs urging the public not to feed the seagulls on Largs prom are working, a council boss has said.
Last year, members of Largs Community Council demanded the introduction of new signage after expressing fears that the local seagull population was getting out of control.
They spoke of the “menace” posed by gulls attacking and dive-bombing promenade walkers for their food, with the birds increasingly shunning their traditional feeding habits and favouring greasy snacks instead.
However, last week, North Ayrshire Council’s Head of Cleansing, John Currie, told of an improvement in public attitude since the introduction of the anti-feeding signs.
“People have actually stopped feeding them towards the end of last season,” he said, adding, “I have seen it work down south.”
Mr Currie, who is a Largs resident, also told Largs committee members of a planned programme of council works that he believed would help to improve the local landscape.
Among the improvements, he said that new lighting at Mackerston had been completed with additional fairy lights, hanging baskets and benches at the kiosk set to join it.
The cleansing official added that new seafront railings at the foot of May Street had been fitted as a “safety precaution” with similar ones now planned for Aubery.
The Cleansing chief stated that flower beds at the war memorial would be improved with a selection of plants that, he hoped, could better withstand adverse seafront weather while new seating would be added on Routenburn Road, and at the Anderson and Douglas Parks.
He also told committee members that “reducing the council’s carbon footprint” was a huge priority in light of new government recycling targets
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