What is the total amount of food stolen by seagulls each year?
Britons have collectively lost a colossal £171 million worth of food a year to seagulls, new research estimates.
Whether they’re stealing fish and chips on the beach or targeting a Greggs sausage roll on the high street, the UK’s seagull population has become infamous for acts of ben food theft.
Now, 71 per cent of Britons surveyed by Compare the Market confessed they’ve had food stolen or targeted by a seagull, making it almost as quintessential a British experience as buying fish and chips in the first place.
Two early morning vapour trails seen across Rhoscolyn:
Young Razorbill on Rhoscolyn rocks:
Two flying videos from Caroline Adlam:
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Lion’s Mane Jellyfish:
This one was seen by Caroline Adlam on Rhoscolyn beach – she says there have been news articles about them having been washed up on many Anglesey beachsr. Their stings ae particularly nasty (they can sting even when beached, so look out).
Weatherman Tim Hopper’s report:
Ynys Mon and Ynys Gybi: – Weather Statistics, August 2026:
The month of August began with the continuation of the lovely hot summer weather which had started during the last week of June.
Maximum average highest temperatures for Valley are around 18-19C (see below) but this year we recorded monthly maximums of 33C,28C,31C during June, July and August. This may not be of statistical interest, but it may help to show how abnormally warm and sunny the period has been.
It is hardly surprising that until the weather broke at the end of August, rainfall during the three summer months was well below average at less than 100mm in total.
We might normally have received nearly twice that amount (183mm) over the three months period.
On 27th August, with thunderstorms approaching, the prospect of rain showers and longer spells will bring relief to some farmers, alas many crops will already have been harvested. A Super El Nino far away in the Pacific has been in the news lately which may be the harbinger of a stormy autumn and yet warmer summer next year, but this is for climatologists and computer modelers to examine. For us living on an exposed island our atmosphere is always a fascinating subject.
