海鸥“落户”学校 免其受扰校方停用操场

Pupils banned from playground for “invading” seagull

• http://www.huanqiu.com
• 2011-06-28 15:00
• 环球网

Pupils have been banned from their school playground after a seagull built a nest in the middle of it.

The bird has moved into the yard at Millom Infant School, Cumbria - and after previous experiences with aggressive gulls, staff have declared the playground out of bounds.

A schoolboy spotted the nest during a lunch hour last week and told his parents, who in turn notified the school.

Jan Procter, a teacher, said: “We have a little outcrop in our playground and the seagull has spotted this and decided to make a nest and has laid two eggs. We rang the RSPB for advice and they told us seagulls are protected.”

“We've not been able to use the playground and so we have to use our grassy area instead, and the children have not been too disappointed as they are still able to play outside. We have had seagulls at our school before and we're now waiting with interest to see what happens next”, she added.

However, their play equipment cannot be used for at least one month while the bird eggs hatch.

A spokeswoman for the RSPB said: “All nesting birds are protected by law and some do pick weird and wonderful places to nest. We have heard of birds under car bonnets and on Ministry of Defense tanks.”

“It's lovely to hear the school sought advice and haven't disturbed it. Hopefully the children can learn from it and track the progress - they will get to see some lovely fluffy seagull chicks.”He added.

据英国《每日邮报》27日报道，一只海鸥把巢筑在了一所学校的操场中心，孩子们因此被“禁止入内”。

这只海鸥搬进了英国坎布里亚郡米勒姆幼儿园的院子里，根据以往的经验，学校工作人员认为海鸥并不是什么善茬，所以他们宣布禁止让孩子们再进入操场。
 

上个礼拜该校一名男学生在午饭时间发现了这个海鸥巢，并把事情告诉了父母，家长最后通知了校方。
 

教师简•普克特说：“我们学校操场上有一块突出的地儿，海鸥发现后就把巢筑在这里，它已经在这儿产了两个卵了。我们打电话通知了皇家鸟类保护协会，他们说海鸥是受保护动物。”
 

“因为无法使用操场，我们只好在草坪上活动，但孩子们并没有因此感到很失望，因为他们还可以继续在户外玩耍。之前就有海鸥在我们学校安过家，我们都兴致勃勃地等着要看接下来还会发生什么”，普克特补充说。
 

在海鸥孵蛋期间，学校的运动器材至少在一个月内不能使用。
 

皇家鸟类保护协会的一位发言人说：“所有的筑巢鸟类都受到法律的保护，有一些鸟确实喜欢把巢筑在奇奇怪怪的地方。以前就听说过鸟把巢筑在汽车发动机盖下面，或是国防部的坦克上。”
 

“得知校方并没有打扰这只海鸥，而是向我们征求建议时，我们也很高兴。我希望孩子们可以从中学到一些，并能够继续关注海鸥的进展，他们将会看到一些可爱的毛茸茸的小海鸥”，这位发言人说。