They are all too used to keeping an eye out for the threat of dogs. But postmen in a seaside town have been forced to take cover from an unexpected threat –seagulls. They have complained that the birds has become so terrifying that deliveries to some streets have been suspended. Yesterday residents of Abergele in North Wales agreed the seagulls were fearless but said they were angry at losing their daily post.
Roberts, who works as a safety adviser, lives where the attacks have taken place. “Last week, we noticed we hadn't got any mail for what we thought was a week, but it's hard to tell because you don't always know if you're due any mail,” she said. “We put something on Facebook asking if anyone else had not had their post... One of my Facebook friends said a postman had refused to deliver because of the seagulls.”
Royal Mail said that deliveries had been interrupted because of the postman experiencing attacks by seagulls as he delivered mail on his round there over the past few weeks. Spokeswoman Val Bodden said the postman got people’s mail through whenever it was safe.
“We are aware that these kinds of attacks do happen at this time of year across the country as they are nesting,” she said. Royal Mail apologised to the customers affected and promised to continue to monitor the situation every day, but in the meantime some are having to travel to neighbouring Rhyl to collect mail from the delivery office there. But he recommends preventing gulls nesting on roofs in advance by putting up nets, and if all else fails, walking with an umbrella up during worst-affected areas.
Last month Roy and Annabel Bailey were told it was too dangerous for their postman to park opposite their cottage in Berkshire and cross the road with their mail and that they would have to wait to the end of his round when he could stop on their side of the lane.
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