Mysterious artwork depicting seagulls has appeared at a number of different locations in a Welsh town. The images have popped up in Tenby in Pembrokeshire.
The artwork appears to have been transferred onto walls across the town, rather than being painted onto a surface as seen elsewhere with artists such as Banksy. You can get the latest WalesOnline newsletters e-mailed to you directly for free by signing up here.
One image shows a number of seagulls standing on top of each other in a human being’s raincoat, as if walking down a street, while another shows a seagull attacking a child by attempting to take off their hat. Another depicts a bird holding a balloon in its mouth, and there is one of seagulls surrounding a box marked ‘food bank’ which is full of chips.
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The exact meaning of the artwork is something of a mystery, but Tenby has become synonymous with seagull issues in recent years, with tourists complaining that the birds are becoming more vicious than ever when it comes to stealing food.
Rubbish has also become something of an issue in the town due to seagulls ripping open waste bags, with councillors even suggesting recently that ‘seagull-proof bags’ could be provided to residents free of charge in an attempt to stop rubbish being strewn across streets before refuse collectors can even collect it.
Some of the artwork which has appeared in Tenby can be seen below
Seagulls have been blamed for tearing open plastic bags after they are left out by residents. Last summer, the streets of Tenby were filled with plastic and other waste, leading one local business owner to say: “I could not believe what I was looking at. It’s definitely gulls causing the problem tearing bags open.” You can read more about that here.
It is not known who is responsible for the seagull images in Tenby, but the message and meaning behind the artwork is somewhat reminiscent of Banksy, who famously created a display in Port Talbot in 2018 called Season's Greetings which many believed was a creative commentary on the innocence of childhood, industrial decay and air pollution.
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