Garden wars in suburbia: Couple who feed seagulls, foxes and wildlife in their re-wilded garden...

Stephen and Caroline Atkinson-Jones face complaints in Bexhill, East Sussex. The dispute follows similar. Have YOU been drawn into a neighbour spat? Email arthur.parashar@mailonline.co.ukA couple threatened with prosecution by council officers for feeding birds in their re-wilded garden have blamed next-door neighbours dubbed 'the Glums' for waging a '27-year vendetta' against them.

For more than 20 years he and his wife have thrown pieces of dog biscuits into the courtyard at 8am to feed gulls and about 10 of them swoop down to gratefully pick up their breakfast before flying off again. Mr Atkinson-Jones said that the couple' love all wildlife' and 'support the wildlife' along with their other neighbours who also feed the gulls.

Last August Mr and Mrs Atkinson-Jones were visited by an environmental health officer about a complaint they were 'causing a nuisance due to persistent bird feeding'. The pair agreed to stop feeding the birds, yet further complaints and evidence of 'persistent bird feeding and nuisance' have resulted in a formal 'community protection warning'

He told of how they re-started it when things 'quietened down', but a further complaint last year has prompted the council action. It was alleged Mr Atkinson-Jones, who owns five properties rented through a letting agent, was illegally running a business from home He said this was just the latest in a long series of complaints to local authorities by Mr and Mrs Edwards during almost three decades as neighbours.

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