I was walking home from the local country park when I heard the desperate cheeping of a hungry young bird. Looking up and across the road, I noticed a gull sitting on top of the building that houses my local corner shop. It was an adult Herring gull and, sitting beneath their parent, amongst a collection of chimney pots, were two young chicks. I’ve seen many a family of Lesser black-backed gulls nesting locally (there’ll be an update on my local family tomorrow) but this was the first Herring gull I’d noticed (probably my poor observation skills, rather than a rare occurrence).