Page 12 - City Life Magazine - Autumn Edition

12 Issue 56 • October 2021

CLEANER AND GREENER WORCESTER

Hawks flown daily to

deter gulls in Worcester

Hawks were flown around Worcester five days a week over the summer
months, in a bid to deter gulls. It is the biggest exercise of its kind to
have been undertaken in the city.

The programme targeted doubling our budget over
a range of areas including the next 12 months to
The Tything; Foregate combat the effects of gulls
Street; High Street and and are using a variety
Copenhagen Street – as well of techniques, including
as outlying ones including hawk flying, to deter them.
Lower Wick and Blackpole. However, the gulls most Worcester City Council Leader Marc Bayliss
common to our area are with Harris Hawk and handler Mitchell Wright
“Residents frequently tell protected species and there
us that gulls are a nuisance are stringent rules which This action followed
and in extreme cases, can limit the techniques we can successful applications by
regularly disturb sleep and deploy.” Worcester City Council to
affect their health,” says Cllr Natural England for licenses
Marc Bayliss, City Council Between May and July to undertake the work. Lesser
Leader. this year, the peak nesting black-backed gulls and
season for gulls, 137 gulls’ herring gulls, the two most
“We are working hard to nests and 223 eggs were common species in the city,
address this issue. We’re removed. are protected by law.

New mural adds splash of

colour to Angel Street

Chroma Chameleons, a local female duo, have brightened up the
front of the old Co-op building on Worcester’s Angel Street with an

eye-catching piece of artwork.

“We were familiar with the space and in 1955. The building has now been including creations by Rob Draper
really wanted to make a difference in purchased by the City Council, at St Paul’s Street; Marko Antonio
that area, hoping to create a vision of as part of the Future High Streets on Lowesmoor; Estée Angeline on
wonderment for people to get lost Fund regeneration. Sansome Walk; and Phill Blake at St
in,” say the artists. Peter’s Garden Centre.
WELCOME TO THE FIRST
Worcester City Council approached WORCESTER PAINT FESTIVAL Worcester Paint Festival
Worcester Paint Festival and The brand new event takes place
commissioned a new piece of artwork, 18 – 19 September. Renowned street
brightening up the space which had and graffiti artists will join forces
been in urgent need of a facelift. with emerging local talent to paint
an outdoor trail of up to 20 murals
The old Co-op building at 8 Angel around the city.
Street has a rich history going back  For more information:
many years – as a supermarket, Worcester Paint Festival has already W: www.facebook.com/
car showroom and as the Victorian been involved with several murals WorcesterPaintFestival
‘Theatre Royal’ which finally closed that may have caught your eye -

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