Wetherspoons buy falcon and install shrieking alarm to fend off savage seagull attacks
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: 'No barbecues in your garden' urge fire chiefs as 35C heatwave approachesThe Imperial pub has been experimenting in a bid to prevent the birds from harassing drinkers in their beer garden including purcashing a peregrine falcon.Gary, a front-of-house member of staff, said: “It is a big problem here - an absolute nightmare.”A year ago, the pub purchased a peregrine falcon from local pest controllers - which they would allow to roam free around the grounds to scare off the gulls.Gary admitted the success of Dev the falcon was a “great surprise” and the pub have been endorsing this unique solution for over a year now.He said: “When the hawk is visible, the gulls won’t come anywhere near the pub - it’s crazy.“When he’s here, the reaction is unbelievable, they just completely scarper - they are petrified of this little falcon.”But due to restrictions Dev can only work once a month now which is what sparked the pub’s decision to install a shrieking siren at the top of their building.And according to Gary it's only been partly successful.He admitted: “We have a big outdoors area with 700 covers, so it’s a big space and we cannot monitor all of it.“When these gulls are hungry, nothing is going to stop them.“Also, it is their feeding season - and these birds will stop at nothing to feed their young.“Luckily people here are very understanding and we haven’t had any severe cases of seagulls snatching people’s food.“But we’ve got to be really quick clearing the tables.”READ NEXT:Water bosses tell families to wash balls with flannels instead of showering in heatwaveAugust heatwave could be hottest ever in UK with 40C temperatures set to returnBrits being urged to snitch on their neighbours who break the hosepipe banUK on.
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