Frank
Some of you might remember our mate Frank the seagull. Well, he's surfaced again and this time it's official😀
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-61164777
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"Former store manager, Jason Dawes, told BBC Radio Cornwall, Frank's favourite snack was a dark chocolate, almond and pistachio energy bar."
Well, he's welcome to that-maybe TW you should catch him/her and take him/her to Hayle for a pasty?!
Or just drop him in St Ives for some pasty snatching lessons??
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Hmm, it looks like he's gone vegan, A&J, so won't be interested in pasties. Chips might be a different matter though.
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He had expensive tastes, Steve 😱
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Their antics can be amusing if you aren’t on the end of it. I spent an early morning watching them mug the unwary for breakfast goodies in St Ives one holiday. So fast…..swoop and gone, with a cackle of laughter in their wake.
Good to hear Frank is thriving👍
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Apparently it was quite funny when, walking through Looe with visiting Scottish friends, and eating and eating a "Treleaven Luxury Cornish Ice Cream" I stupidly pointed toward the fish quay, saying shall we go that way, and whoosh-my ice cream was gone!
To add insult to injury my mate got a picture of it, sat on a car roof, head tilted back and a clear cone shape visible in its throat!
Several pictures of seagulls on car roofs have been exchanged since.
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I've just been chatting to a friend in Blackpool who showed me a picture of the devastation on her tray after a seagull had divebombed it, taken the vanilla slice and spilt two cups of coffee in doing so. She's not a happy bunny.
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Reminds me of the time in St Ives, right in front of one of the many "do not feed the seagulls" signs, when some bloke was encouraging his kids to throw bits of pasty to them. Gull swooped down and nicked what was left of said bloke's own pasty then deposited something not quite so tasty in return all over bloke's shirt. Following language not suitable to be repeated here!
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I’ve found a pic of a close encounter we had with Frank in Penzance. He perched on the car bonnet, as you can see, but how did he know we were eating inside the car?🤔
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well I assume it was a club site?
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Bound to have been. They know where the best pickings are 😂
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One of the Herring Gulls that patrol the seafront promenade at Llandudno once took a Sandwich out of my hand by flying over my shoulder as I was sitting there. Took a nice bloody gash out of the webbing on my hand.
And here I am, a Birdwatcher and Nature Lover.No justice.
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and where in the pecking order they are as well?
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😩😎😎😎
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Wow, look at that! He’s back from his foreign hols👍🏻
He's found an easier way of gathering food now😀
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Here’s his latest Tinny-awww bless, he says Marbs or Scarbs, it’ll be Scarbs. Our Frankie is all grown up⤵️
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Aw, look at that, Frank's a daddy! He's sure been busy. No wonder he's into healthy eating - he has to keep his energy levels up👍.
Thanks tor sharing, Rocky🙂
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I’m surprised how he took the selfie, then again he always was resourceful tinny😂😂
PS-I’m hoping for more as he said he’d keep in touch👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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He's smarter than the average seagull, Rocky, as the BBC found out.
Is he back in Scarbs now? I think it's got less rain than Marbs whereas Penzance is, well, changeable.
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I have family in a villa just outside Fuengirola who were not happy when I told them we’ve not had rain for weeks. I was going with them until something came up🤷🏻♂️, dodged a bullet there mate👍🏻😁
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Hell, yes! Wise move. Frank will approve - he doesn't like rain either 💦
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Raining in Spain! Another myth gone. I hope anyone from CT over there is keeping dry.
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