The first ‘traffic reporter’ showed up on Monday afternoon
People were joking around that the bird looks like he has some attitude. The tweet with the seagull quickly amassed more than 15,000 likes and thus, a star was born.
Not long after, the seagull who has already become a hit returned
“Guess who’s back?!”, Transport for London tweeted alongside a photo of the bird. No other tweets on the TfL account have ever received so many likes or retweets.
Later that day ‘due to popular demand’, the bird returned and appeared to be talking to the camera
The video on TfL’s Twitter has been viewed more than 600,000 times so it’s fair to say that the seagull really improved its game. “Is he advising people not to take any left turns?” inquired one Twitter user while the other called the update a “Gull-ivers travel update.” When it comes to puns, Twitter always knows how to deliver.
Soon, another seagull joined and they’ve been named Graeme and Steve
“Our cameras usually give us a bird’s eye view of traffic across London, but we’d like to thank our new colleagues Graeme and Steve for helping out at beak times,” tweeted Traffic for London.
‘Good afternoon from our favourite traffic reporter!’
The ‘favourite’ traffic reporter seems to really enjoy being on camera as he (or she?) returns to the same spot several times a day.
Naturally, Twitter had a blast due to this iconic duo of reporters
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