Woman's horror as pesky seagull pinches Sensodyne toothpaste from her bathroom

DevonLive ^ | 10 FEB 2021 | Chloe Parkman

[nickcarraway]

'I had a cheap tube of Lidl toothpaste, but instead it stuck its head in and pinched the full tube of Sensodyne'

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Anna Ravenscroft-Ward, 45, says she was downstairs when the theft took place yesterday (February 9), but was quickly alerted to the incident by her neighbour who was an eyewitness.

Anna says it's not the first time this taunting seagull has visited her house.

She said: ''It uses its beak to tap on our windows everyday when we are eating.

''I had a cheap tube of Lidl toothpaste, but instead it stuck its head in and pinched the full tube of Sensodyne.''

Anna - who finds the incident amusing - says she is quite sure it is the same seagull who visits the house daily.

''It taps on our conservatory first and then works his way around the house tapping on all of the windows.

''The other day he started tapping on the kitchen window and then tried another window.

''Shortly after I went upstairs and I could hear tapping - he was trying to get in through the bathroom.''

Following yesterday's 'toothpaste gate', Anna said it was her neighbour who spotted the gull sticking its head through the window before flying off with the Sensodyne tube.

She said: ''My neighbour messaged me and told me. I ran upstairs and the toothpaste was gone.

Although she lost a whole tube of Sensodyne, Anna finds the incident amusing (Image: Anna Ravenscroft-Ward) ''I did feel a bit bad for the seagull, I guess they aren't able to feed on as many scraps due to lockdown. They are so cheeky.

''It was a full tube!''

Jokingly Anna said: ''We've called him Steven Seagal - although that's a bit of an old joke.''

After the incident, Anna took to social media to share what had happened.

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She said: ''It seemed to get a great reaction and cheer people up especially in these strange times.

''I just hope it has put a smile on everyone's face.

''People should be on the lookout as it [the toothpaste] will probably turn up in someone's garden somewhere!''

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

“Killing a seagull is a federal crime.”

Seriously?

More Osprey needed.

[dainbramaged]

All 27 or so species of seagull have been protected since 1918 by the Migratory Bird Act. It's a huge list that stems from the days of commercial bird hunting that completely wiped out the passenger pigeon and others.
Gulls are smart and can be obnoxious at the landfill and other places from learned behavior and free chow laid out by humans. A chicken drumstick, bone in, one gulp.
I used to live on the beach near Juneau, Alaska and would watch crows, ravens and seagulls pick up mussels and drop them from the air to crack and eat. I don't know who taught who first, but they all knew the trick.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There is this new fangled invention called a window screen. Keeps birds out of your house so they don't they poop on everything

It as only been around a century so perhaps the word has not reached Europe.

[Lazamataz]

God yes I’d hit that.

[minnesota_bound]

What is with the 2 nose rings?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Falcon and osprey breeding programs are in order!

In Chile the seagulls have learned to follow the whales and dive bomb them with there beaks to get a chunk of whale meat. The whales are getting infections and coming up for air less frequently and its doing bad things to them.

While I like the sound of their cries, for a while anyway, Seagulls are yes, like large flying rats.

[mowowie]

Bird Brained..