Tony's garden
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Hello all,
I returned from a week away and discovered a young seagull had fallen down my chimney and in the empty fire surrond - previously nesting between chimney pots with it's parents and siblings. I don't know how long it had been there.
Anyway I immediately managed to get it into box and placed it in my back garden. I then observed it from indoors to see if had any apparent injury. It seemed fine, just a little daunted by its new surroundings. I left it to gather itself together and watched during the day to see if the parents - still flying around the roof - would come and feed it. They did not come down , but just kept flying abouve at roof height and above the tree tops.
I watched it look around for food and water. When night fell it settled in a corner where there was a leaking water tank and it sipped the water constantly.
The next day I again observed it to see if the parents were coming down - but they did not so I gave it some food and placed a water bowl , large enough for it to get in , next to where it had spent the night.
WOW ! it ate all the food and played happily in the water. It has been attempting to fly but cannot get off the ground, however, it is getting further and further each time, but only when the parents are circling - 3 or 4 times a day.
This was 11 days ago - I have been feeding it each day and its parents are still flying above. It's siblings are fledged onto another roof and keep returning to near the nest. I spotted one in next doors garded and it came over the 10 ft high wall to be with the one in my garded for an hour or two, but has never returned.
I would like advice please on whether or not I should keep feeding it as it still cannot get out of the garden or fly up to it's parents . Also if the parents fly off for good I am concerned that it may loose it's habit of flying practice.
Can anyone give me advice pls ?
I returned from a week away and discovered a young seagull had fallen down my chimney and in the empty fire surrond - previously nesting between chimney pots with it's parents and siblings. I don't know how long it had been there.
Anyway I immediately managed to get it into box and placed it in my back garden. I then observed it from indoors to see if had any apparent injury. It seemed fine, just a little daunted by its new surroundings. I left it to gather itself together and watched during the day to see if the parents - still flying around the roof - would come and feed it. They did not come down , but just kept flying abouve at roof height and above the tree tops.
I watched it look around for food and water. When night fell it settled in a corner where there was a leaking water tank and it sipped the water constantly.
The next day I again observed it to see if the parents were coming down - but they did not so I gave it some food and placed a water bowl , large enough for it to get in , next to where it had spent the night.
WOW ! it ate all the food and played happily in the water. It has been attempting to fly but cannot get off the ground, however, it is getting further and further each time, but only when the parents are circling - 3 or 4 times a day.
This was 11 days ago - I have been feeding it each day and its parents are still flying above. It's siblings are fledged onto another roof and keep returning to near the nest. I spotted one in next doors garded and it came over the 10 ft high wall to be with the one in my garded for an hour or two, but has never returned.
I would like advice please on whether or not I should keep feeding it as it still cannot get out of the garden or fly up to it's parents . Also if the parents fly off for good I am concerned that it may loose it's habit of flying practice.
Can anyone give me advice pls ?
