BUSINESSES on a Barnstaple industrial estate say they have been under siege by seagulls for too long and have had enough of the feathered pests.
People working on Pottington Industrial Estate are regularly dive-bombed while buildings and cars have been damaged by layers of bird poo.
Business owners say the estate is constantly strewn with rubbish after seagulls attack bins and employees have to put up with the birds’ constant squawking.
Some firms already pay hundreds of pounds a week for measures to prevent the birds from nesting on their buildings.
But at a meeting on Monday night at the Barnstaple Hotel nearly 40 business owners and representatives met to discuss how they can rid the estate of the birds for good.
The meeting was set up by Chris Bonner, a landlord on the estate.
He said: “We need to set up a business group, like we used to have, and team together to get rid of the birds.”
Business owners and representatives discussed culling the seagulls.
But North Devon Council regulatory services manager Andrew Millie said it was unlikely business owners would get a licence to cull the birds.
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