The first few weeks in the life of an Herring Gull

in the summer of 2010 two Herring gulls built a nest on the roof of our neighbours house. We watched in amazment as they hatched their chicks and we watched them grow over the coming weeks until the finally learnt to fly.
Music by Kevin Macleod, & pacdy.com/sounds/

[@SecretLifeOfSwansByXavier]

I wish you made this video longer because I really enjoyed it, you should make a gull documentary it will definitely be a treat for everybody.

[@PHALANX47]

There is a video on my page showing them grow from chicks to fledgling. There are many weeks to come.......watch this space....as they grow.

[@steviealessi5412]

Great film. We've had three born on our roof this summer too. One fell off the roof last week and we had the whole "seagull nation" as i call it flying around our large front garden keeping an eye on it. Worried abut foxes we eventually (against the advice of local bird group i may add) popped it back on our patio roof from where it managed to reach its family again. Sweet thing almost seemed thankful. Its parents made a hell of a racket for ages . All quiet now and just waiting for them to fledge. The 'seagull triplets' are almost ready to fly. Amazing long lived birds and very intelligent. Very misunderstood by humans. They're not vermin but avian sentient beings who have amazing caring abilities fo r their young . Also amazed to read that their numbers have decreased by 50% in twenty years!. Brilliant film . Thanks

[@thesilentmothtrapper4373]

Wonderful . so amazing to see these . Such a pity some people hate them

[@sleepyjoe7843]

I only hate adult ones. They are cute at first but then become jerks.

[@flippersthedolphin]

This is an adorable video, thanks for putting it all together! I can really appreciate these little fellows now.

[@HelenaMikas]

Thanks for your video .Gulls are wonderful and you have shown the devoted parents and the amazing development of the young birds beautifully.Their calls are amazing .. . I agree with another here that a gull documentary would be a treat 👍☀️

[@joruddock8950]

I love seagulls, they are wonderful x

[@firfuxsake]

Thanks for this - I only ever see them as adults and juveniles, never as growing chicks - I love watching the gulls on our local beach :)

[@Soralella71]

I am addicted to seagulls videos on youtube.

[@PHALANX47]

Then look at my latest. The chicks on my roof are about a month old now. Mum is feeding them with a fresh fish. :)

[@garyengland9549]

Same here 😐 3 hours straight now

[@dusksentry5836]

Because cute sqark fluffs

[@melinmove]

And me, and I hear them every morning in real life, as I live by the sea

[@jameshuang3560]

Me too. I love to feed them too.

[@ivahadenuff9080]

I enjoyed this.I have just moved to the coast and love the gulls they are highly intelligent birds

[@RichDavey]

Wonderful short film. Nice to see someone who enjoys one of our common native species. Well done 👍

[@theotheseaeagle]

They are in decline according to the rspb

[@jameshuang3560]

Thanks for the beautiful videos ..

[@rebeccaruthberg2581]

I love their little baby squeals :)

[@srg0075]

Er, er, feed me, feed me!

[@levanahdr1991]

theyre far too cute too xx

[@simonshanley9841]

Great footage. We have two chicks on our roof at the 4 week stage and they are fascinating to watch.

[@hetjamesfield4473]

Imagine then having one home, and have the time and be able to rise him ;) 4 days ago my rescued baby gull flew away. And came back 2 days later on my balcon.... I swear. Im still in shock, it happened yesterday.. He just walked into my lliving room 🤣 He ate and is sleeping now... What a weird gull :) I dont know what to do with him now :) He acts almost like a dog!

[@andyheavyside]

Great vid. Nice to see someone else who appreciates one of our most common birds. As numbers of these birds dwindle across the world its important to keep our guys doing well. 👍 Really enjoyed this vid.

[@ahxd951]

Oh look, Steven in his young ages haha!

[@imra316]

Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing this! The Herring Gulls also live here at the Jersey Shore! My favorite is the Laughing Gulls who live a little bit more in land than the Herring Gulls ! Love these birds!

[@greenmetalbender4692]

So this is how Steven's kids look

[@bb0123]

Great footage. Ty for sharing. 💖💕

[@hobouk3871]

I love Gulls nice to see all three Gull Chicks have made it to become adults :)

[@DailyMyChildhood]

Well captured ! Appreciate your video😊

[@FastEasyLifeTips]

Great video! Really enjoyed

[@janmariablackwell8138]

Thank you for this video. I had no idea they remained dependant on their parents for six months. I've also heard that the parents won't feed them junk during their formative weeks.

[@davemyers7507]

Looks like they make good pets

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Seagulls would ngl

[@irinavbr4126]

Such a lovely little birds! I like it much 🐣🐣🐣

[@Tuyyoyoutube]

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[@Christinecedar]

Thank you!

[@lastpokemon]

I got two seagull on the roof, unfortunately their mom might have died in fishing trip so its only the father there. so I help out with food. they are pretty cool birds.

[@jameshuang3560]

Thanks for feeding them.

[@colinfleetham8190]

lastpokemon don't feed them that encourages them they are vermin

[@Mera8920]

Oh my God I have as well seagulls are my roof, they are so bothering, noisy and unfriendly

[@colinfleetham8190]

Marwa M I really hate them

[@Mera8920]

Colin fleetham me too, even they are so smart and caring for their 🐥 🐥

[@angiescarberry4339]

I've never seen any other birds chick's practice flying like this!! Amazing

[@xaiano794]

"Here kids, I'll show you how to pinch people's chips and poo on cars of people who are mean to you"

[@medioculus]

nice vid! enjoyed observing them grow up!

[@dubbingsync]

Thanks to this video I’ve found out the grounded baby outside my building is about 4 or 5 weeks old… so hopefully it starts to fly soon as it’s managed to survive on the floor for about a week now. Mainly just so I don’t get swooped down upon by the parents every time I leave.

[@PHALANX47]

I am sure it will be OK, they are tough birds, survivors.

[@romanspiano639]

very Majestic

[@warriorqueen9792]

Gulls nest on my roof sometimes. It is a nuisance because they don't like me going into the garden to water my plants and pick raspberries. One chick fell off the roof yesterday and got injured so I took it to a wildlife centre but they hate me even more now! I stole their baby! I think it was a bit too small though I don't know if it was developing properly or if it was just late hatching compared to the chicks I see on the roof across the way. I get my binoculars and I can count the chicks and watch them learning to fly.

[@AB-gn8oh]

Thanks for posting this. I found your video because I’ve just rescued a chick that fell out of its nest, and I anted to know what to expect. Unfortunately , I had to remove her from the ground because my neighbourhood is overrun with feral cats, and the chick wouldn’t have survived the night. From your video, I reckon she/he is about 2-3 weeks old. I’m in touch with a gull rescue charity, who are telling me how to care for the chick until she can go to their sanctuary. Thanks again for your interesting and instructive video.

[@vintage1950]

They’re vicious little things. Tried to place one back on the roof, boy didn’t it put up a fight.

[@mpazs]

Great video! A have a nest on my roof too, but I can't see much because it's a flat roof. It's pretty dangerous to be in my garden when it's getting dark, mum and dad seagull don't like that.....they scream and attack you by diving from the roof and flying close over your head :'-) I love those birds, looking forward to see those little grey fluf balls.

[@PHALANX47]

I know what you mean. Dad used to follow me up the road occasionally diving down to make sure I kept going. :)

[@firegator6853]

for two days there was a fledgling that flew on our roof and one of the parents was with it i was scared to go out in our balcony i know how protective the parents are they are amazing birds though

[@mpazs]

The little fluff balls (2, as far as I can see) are already as big as mum and dad, and 1 is sitting in my garden, screaming like a donkey when it's hungry :'-)

[@firegator6853]

@@mpazs yes seagull chicks grow rapidly in size it's like a human baby growing to adult but in age technically it still a baby

[@mpazs]

@@firegator6853 He's very curious, pecking and pulling at everything he can find, making quite a mess :-) I gave him a few small pieces of pan cake, he liked that.

[@tiedupsmurf]

Great video

[@hetjamesfield4473]

Cool :) I rescued an orphan 5-6 days old baby Herring seagull. He is 3 weeks old now and a professional food thief. I call him/his name is, "ccccccccccccc" ... and he gets offended.....

[@firegator6853]

he flew away now didn't he? xd

[@hetjamesfield4473]

​@@firegator6853 ​ @Lord Freeza ​ @Lord Freeza Yeah :) 4days ago he convinced us that he could fly and that he is strong enough so, we took him where we found him at the first place. He flew. 2 days after this (yesterday), I was eating lunch, and from nowhere, he landed on my balcony and entered my living room. I swear to God. He had a hurt leg, but now he is better, bc he is resting and his leg is better. He came to heal probably... I really do not know how he could come back, exatcly on his balcony and floor/flat. I really dont, and we are in the building in an appartment. Yes, we rised him on the balcony :D , but man... There are numerous buildings arround me and they look all the same, and he could still know :) Like wtfff... :) I think that we let him go a week or two to early, he was exausted when he came back... We will hold him again now until he leave from the balcony byhim-self. A very very weird Sea-Gull :)

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Nice, I saved a young seagull at my school once aswell

[@gardini100]

we got a family of four at the construction site, and they all have got used to us they do not look at us like any danger anymore, but we watch where set things so we don't hurt them, but people that do not belong at the site get it, same with dogs and other birds, it is kind of strange :D

[@YtheMain]

Very informative :) Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands

[@irenemontilla4826]

thank you for this...

[@dogzillasquad9524]

Beautiful

[@dogzillasquad9524]

Here until the end of your video you sound like a reporter 👏👏👏

[@firegator6853]

i noticed that whenever there is a fledgling on a roof i see at least four adults flying and watching near by... so the parents help them and the others keep an eye on them to help?

[@coffeecaim2527]

Yeah they live in colonies

[@MrScootmcg]

The best bit is when fly straight onto a road to get a taste of Michelin.

[@Unoduetrequattro340]

Thank you 💙

[@henriettahenson]

Imagine starting out so soft and dumpy @then eventually finding you can fly... I would love that but never got passed the dumpy stage 😂😂😂🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️👌👌🕊️Great video 👌

[@PHALANX47]

Snap :)

[@henriettahenson]

@@PHALANX47 👌🤣

[@Duvmasta]

Cute chicks

[@PoPo-xm2zm]

divine

[@dogzillasquad9524]

Love it

[@anthonyreid666]

Awesome video

[@dogzillasquad9524]

This so cute my friends

[@davescopes249]

The title doesn't quite make sense. But great video. 👍

[@rogerkreil3314]

If you saw a seagull chick before you watched this, would you know what it was? Well you might if you saw one of the parents.

[@cerriberry6835]

I love birds and particularly seagulls, bless. ❤ ️Advise anyone to read Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach...amazing. Very short easy read with a powerful message.🙏 pls pls read and enjoy....

[@jameshuang3560]

Please feed them too.

[@HelenaMikas]

Thanks for this book info .I shall depart now and look it up .Can also recommend a wonderful children's book ( Good for all ages ) The Story Of A Seagull and the Cat who Taught Her How To Fly , by Luis Sepulveda 🌻

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[@dogzillasquad9524]

Six week looks already to fly

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[@LitpalLitpal]

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[@Tuyyoyoutube]

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[@AngelArm1110]

Its on 'an' when the 'h' is silent

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

When do seagulls actually become independent from their parents?

[@PHALANX47]

They will be seen begging for food from the parent for about six months after fledging, then By their first winter they should be self sufficient.

[@dogzillasquad9524]

I love your language where you from my friends I am from 🇵🇦 Panama

[@PHALANX47]

UK :) Where this is filmed.

[@dagainz6997]

I wonder how old they need to be in order to start eating whole rabbits

[@wappynightnurse]

we've had a female gull here for some years, we feed her all year but she's demanding more right now, usually she has one fledgling but last August she had 2, some are quicker and leave straight away but sometimes a backwards type stays for many months, asking endlessly to be fed, what do we give? my friend gives scraps and cat food, I also give sachets of cat food, she taps on the cat flap when she needs more!

[@mpazs]

Hahaha, that's great :-)

[@Nick-oz1ex]

Did they leave for good after they fledged?

[@PHALANX47]

Initially I thought so, but there were a lot of Jv around for some time, begging for food......

[@SA77888]

3:59 music please?

[@PHALANX47]

It came with the editing software, sorry :)

[@SA77888]

@@PHALANX47 Thank you for taking the time to reply tho :)

[@user-hk3th3vi3s]

😊😊😊

[@careylowell]

Just pigeons with better plumage

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Pigeons, but more badass

[@LitpalLitpal]

Here they are, all different ages : kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-VfoRpnbp1mLM

[@garyengland9549]

Go on fly fly fly ... no .. ok maybe tomorow then. Be free ☺

[@LitpalLitpal]

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[@brendanconnollyandirelandw889]

👍👏👌

[@byronchavarria4954]

It’s Seagull Not Gull

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Seagulls are gulls 🤦‍♂️

[@eveeefemale1536]

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[@emberhydra7621]

Shame that this annoying birds are so cute as tiny chicks

[@johntrevena4280]

Shouldn't of added music... I needed a chick emergency distress scream call, to play back thru my speaker phone and gull will piss off!!! Sorted... Play gull threat calls too works at getting them to go away as well..

[@BlueZirnitra]

This video isnt meamt to scare birds, find one that is.

[@craigrix7678]

Horrible little shits. I had 1 in my back yard - used to love hearing it scream in terror as I chased it around. After about a week I got tired of doing this and just killed it. So satisfying that over the years there will be 1 less of the monstrosities to bother people

[@aljones75]

Craig Rix Wow well done you must be so proud of yourself - wanker

[@LenCarey]

It's people like you, that are horrible little shits.

[@reddaB]

It's illegal for one thing. Secondly you may be a psychopath. I hope you don't have children.

[@andersgronqvist8347]

Dirty screaming and be on the beach not on top of houses

[@wappynightnurse]

they go up there for safety from foxes, etc

[@garrysteptoe2279]

@@wappynightnurse they are abundant and becoming pests in towns because silly folk feeding them encouraging them to nest on houses, if they nested on coastal rocks which is their natural habitat they would not need to nest in urban areas where they are becoming a pest.

[@wappynightnurse]

@@garrysteptoe2279 gulls are on rooftops for protection from foxes, etc, when fed they leave you alone, when not fed they wreck your house and take your pets, they are also a protected species, no one has come up with a sensible idea to sort it all out

[@coffeecaim2527]

Well to a seagull they think houses are just cliffs. They don't understand that it's a house.

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Okay, what’s wrong with them nesting on roofs? And to be honest, it’s pretty cool and interesting having a species nesting and starting a generation on your house, also if you want to see something dirty, just look into a mirror, though you might get 7 years bad luck from doing so, cuz a crack might occur if you look into it hard enough

[@Es3iya]

ugly ass birds. my sympathies to people who have them on their roof. I had them this spring-summer and it was non stop screaming day and night

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Seagulls are not ugly, seagulls are very cool and interesting animals and if you actually spent time with a seagull, you would realise how majestic these animals are But if you really want to see something truly ugly, go onto camera, take a selfie and then look at the selfie, you will have something very ugly staring back at you in the image

[@garrysteptoe2279]

What's your other hobby? watching paint dry? how flipping boring.

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

What are your hobbies then? Making fun of people online? If anything, your the one who should get a hobby, though I’m saying that to an untalented person after all

[@dogzillasquad9524]

Love it